Surf these sites: ATTRA - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas -- ATTRA is a sustainable agriculture information center that provides technical assistance to farmers, market gardeners & extension agents on farming topics: sustainable, organic, alternative, crops, livestock, and pest control. American Wildlands -- Bozeman-based non-profit conservation organization and advocate for wildlands, biodiversity, and sustainable management of the Northern Rocky Mountain region Applying Sustainable Development -- Focus is on social and cultural change, without which sustainable development is unattainable. Pages include threats and opportunities, agenda for change, practical examples, skilled people, models for change, sources of information. Baron''s Haven Freehold Inc; Combining: 15th century medieval and 21st century environmental Techno-Ideologies. -- An ongoing project to build a complete 15th century medieval city and castle with authentic supporting economic and agricultural facilities along with the best of modern technologies disguised to fit. This is an Intentional Community based on the Eco-Village model, with a medieval theme. CASL - Community Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods -- Since 1993, IISD has successfully developed and applied an approach which brings together community-identified adaptive strategies, analysis of policy, and technologies to start a process of helping communities build sustainable livelihood systems. Capacity Development: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development -- An analyses of the concept of capacity development--a process by which individuals, groups, organizations and societies enhance their abilities to identify and meet development challenges on a sustainable basis. Centre for Ecology and Alternative Technology: a model for sustainable development, renewable energy, and cooperative learning. -- The Centre demonstrates practical examples of sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, harmony with the ecosystem and cooperative learning in Cyprus. Concerned Alaskans for Resources and Environment -- A Grassroots organization of citizens, small business and industry. Anti-Environmental extremists. Consejo de la Tierra -- Red para el Desarrollo Sostenible Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute -- Educational institute whose mission is to assist in the creation of small sustainable farms, homesteads and urban permaculture gardens. We carry out our mission primarily through teaching, sharing and exchanging functional design information, offering tours of our demonstration site in Blue, Texas and through our volunteer service program. Dempsey''s Home Page -- Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews and other topics. EarthlinkEcologyClub -- Dedicated to increasing awareness of the human''s effect on the environment. Based at California State University, Stanislaus, membership is largely comprised of environmentally minded students. Eco-Efficiency Centre -- The Eco-Efficiency Centre in Burnside is an arms-length, non-profit education and assistance centre. The Centre cooperates with businesses in the Burnside Industrial Park, Dartmouth Nova Scotia, on addressing environmental issues that are costing their companies and the environment. Ecotrust - Building a Conservation Economy -- Ecotrust is a 501(c)(3) organization promoting a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rain forests of North America. Ecotrust Mission -- A non-profit organization promoting a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rain forests of North America. EnvironDesign -- Conference on Sustainable Design Environmental Lighthouse Programme -- Environmental certification of small and middlesized companies - a Local Agenda 21 initiative in Norway. Expo 2005 Rediscovering Nature''s Wisdom through Culture and Technology -- Exploring avenues for sustainable development in the context of culture and technology is the focus of the Expo 2005 site. FICUS -- Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability GRACE Factory Farm Project - Promoting Sustainable Agriculture -- Facts, news, and ideas about the problem of factory farming. Global System for Sustainable Development -- The Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) is a project of the Global Accords Consortium for Sustainable Development housed at MIT. GSSD consists of an evolving, quality controlled, and highly cross-referenced index to some of the best resources and materials on sustainability to be found on the Internet organized in an intuitive conceptual framework. Improving Community Participation in Environment & Development -- Guide for natural resource managers and others working to help communities identify more sustainable resource management practices. Provides approaches, information and theory in related fields such as sustainable development, adaptive management, collaborative learning, facilitation, conflict resolution, information management and Internet use. How these fields interlink in practice is also illustrated. Is it sustainable to spend this much on lipstick and pet food? -- Hope Magazine suggests from U.N. world data that what people in U.S. spend on cosmetics and pets could more than feed the whole world. Kerala Model Of Development - Online resources Guide -- An online resource guide for the academic studies related to the Kerala Model of Sustainable Development LETS: The Economic System of Giving -- Interesting discussion of LETS as a new, more humanising kind of "money", and its relationship with the problem of the future of work, followed by contact details for EAGLETS. Native Sustainability Paper -- Indigenous cultures can teach those of us in Western culture about alternative ways of connecting to life, the land, and community. [Very brief paper] Novartis'' Commitment to Sustainable Development -- Statement of purpose of multinational enterprise and corporate citizen, Novartis on setting up the Foundation for sustainable development. Organization & Environment -- International journal for discussion of the complex social causes and consequences of environmental damage, restoration, sustainability, and liberation. Panos London homepage -- Panos is an independent, non-profit information agency producing news and analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective. Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development -- The Pembina Institute is an independant, citizen-based non-profit organization involved in environmental education, research, public policy development, and corporate environmental management services. PennFuture.com -- An organization of citizens committed to a vision of the future that places the conservation of our natural resources at the center of a vibrant economy. RPM''s Flywheel Battery -- Flywheel battery having near-zero storage (idling) loss, unlimited service life with no maintenance, ultra-high power conversion efficiency. Societal trends -- Identifies, reviews and compares books concerned with societal trends, globalization, ecological sustainability and related issues in the context of business. Sustainable Conservation -- Organization engages businesses and private landowners in advancing the stewardship of our land and water in partnership with the environmental community. Sustainable Development -- At its third session in April 1995, the Commission "noted the importance of developing, among the organizations of the United Nations system, a common or compatible system of access to their respective data bases, in order to share data fully, to streamline the collection and interpretation of data and to identify data gaps, for the purpose of providing more comprehensive and integrated data to decision-makers at national, regional and international levels. Sustainable Development - A Common Challenge for North and South -- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) article: From the point of view of sustainable development, all countries are "developing countries"... Sustainable Development Products & Services: Karla Bell & Associates -- KBA develops environmental, social and economic policies for LGAs, Cities and Regions, UN forums, federal and state agendas. We developed the Green Olympic Strategy which led to "The Environmental Guidelines for the Summer Olympic Games", Sept 1993. Sustainable Development: Laguna San Ignacio -- An overview of ESSA''s proposed saltworks in Mexico, gray whales and local people''s needs. Sustainable Development: Sharing Canada`s Vision -- The Canadian Government''s definition of sustainable development of less developed countries. Sustainable Resources on the Internet -- Colorado State educational site provides original material on permaulture, cooperative business, gardening & agriculture, community & architecture. Sustainable development in the Americas -- Critical review of what is and is not online about sustainable development planning in the Americas. The Environmental Action Community -- EAC''s goal is promoting awareness, education, and action toward a clean and sustainable Environment. The Good Neighbor Project for Sustainable Industries -- An organization that provides technical, legal and strategic support on grassroots negotiations with local industries, and which promotes supportive public policies. Threshold 21 -- Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic and environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient and effective development planning choices. United Nations Sustainable Development - The Commission -- Created to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. The CSD is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development -- A coalition of 125 international companies united by a shared commitment to the environment and to the principles of economic growth and sustainable development. Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development -- Detailed and difficult-to-find data on the interrelationships between treaties, IGOs, NGOs and governments. Journal of the International Juridical Organization for Environment and Development provides updated, basic data on the progress made at environmental conventions and organizations. alambina: Green Architecture and Sustainable Development -- Link list with a focus on green architecture. Also: Beyond sprawl, patterns of growth, carfree cities and energy efficiency.
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