New Colonist, The
- Site for people interested in visiting, moving to, or improving cities. Covers sustainable urban development, tourism & travel, & other urban issues.
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UK Sustainable Development Commission
- Inspires government, the economy & society to embrace sustainable development as the central organising principle.
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Environment Wales
- National Assembly initiative in partnership with voluntary organisations for protecting & improving the environment. Includes information on partners, projects, & grants, with newsletter & downloadable registration pack.
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BBC: Sustainable development: Big not boring
- Jonathon Porritt explains why sustainable development isn't a 'boring catch-phrase for sad gits'. (November 23, 2006)
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Dempsey's Home Page
- Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews & other topics.
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Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy & Economy for a Sustainable Environment
- A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament.
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Patterns of a Conservation Economy
- Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century.
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SAGE (Sustainability Action Group Exchange)
- An exchange forum for information sharing about best practice in sustainability. It features articles, projects, case studies, lectures, texts & links. Updated quarterly focusing on a particular theme or issue.
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Introduction to The Natural Step
- A creative approach for addressing environmental challenges based on consensus, systems thinking & sharing a common framework of easily understood, scientifically-based principles. Being used by many large businesses worldwide.
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The Natural Advantage
- A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential.
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Centre for Sustainable Development
- Interdisciplinary research group drawing on the knowledge & expertise of nine departments at Ghent University. [Duthc site with a section in English]
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Threshold 21
- Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic & environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient & effective development planning choices.
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United Nations Sustainable Development
- Dedicated to improving the well being of present & future generations through the promotion of sustainable development.
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Sustainable Development - A Common Challenge for North & South
- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) article: From the point of view of sustainable development, all countries are 'developing countries'.
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Participatory approaches
- Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning & Action (PLA) information exchange.
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Applying Sustainable Development
- Focus is on social & cultural change, without which sustainable development is unattainable. Pages include threats & opportunities, agenda for change, practical examples, skilled people, models for change, sources of information.
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World Foundation for Environment & Development
- works to sustain economic development & conserve the Earth's biological resources through facilitating equitable & efficient access & benefit-sharing frameworks & by producing targeted information tools designed to improve public understanding of the issues underlying environmental conflicts.
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Sustainable Development Gateway
- The tri-lingual Sustainable Development Gateway gives access to over 1,200 links, a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, listservs, & news sites dealing with sustainable development.
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Sustainable Development Online
- Listing conferences, tools, education & training, SME support initiatives & networks, all personally screened by researchers.
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Panos London
- Independent, non-profit information agency producing news & analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective.
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National Strategies for Sustainable Development
- Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development.
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Sustainable Development
- At its third session in April 1995, the UN 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 & interpretation of data & to identify data gaps, for the purpose of providing more comprehensive & integrated data to decision-makers at national, regional & international levels.'
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WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
- List of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects & activities, electronic journals, libraries, references & documents, & databases.
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International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development
- News, background & other resources from coalition that seeks to bridge gap between proponents of trade & sustainable development.
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The Empty Homes Agency
- Highlighting the waste of empty homes & property throughout England: Information, solutions & statistics.
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Sustainable Development Web Page, The
- Contains a bibliography, case studies, & links to related sites.
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business & government to balance economic & environmental interests.
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Freshwater Solutions
- United Kingdom company providing services in the development of aquaculture projects. Background on company, links, & contact information.
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Sustainable Life
- Gateway & store of a wealth of on line resources to help you find what you need to live a more healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
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Awakening Earth
- Information in support of the awakening of culture & consciousness to achieve a sustainable & compassionate global future
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