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New Colonist, The - Site for people interested in visiting, moving to, or improving cities. Covers sustainable urban development, tourism & travel, & other urban issues. Go

UK Sustainable Development Commission - Inspires government, the economy & society to embrace sustainable development as the central organising principle. Go

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. Go

BBC: Sustainable development: Big not boring - Jonathon Porritt explains why sustainable development isn't a 'boring catch-phrase for sad gits'. (November 23, 2006) Go

Dempsey's Home Page - Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews & other topics. Go

Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy & Economy for a Sustainable Environment - A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament. Go

Patterns of a Conservation Economy - Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century. Go

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. Go

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. Go

The Natural Advantage - A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential. Go

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] Go

Threshold 21 - Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic & environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient & effective development planning choices. Go

United Nations Sustainable Development - Dedicated to improving the well being of present & future generations through the promotion of sustainable development. Go

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'. Go

Participatory approaches - Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning & Action (PLA) information exchange. Go

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. Go

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. Go

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. Go

Sustainable Development Online - Listing conferences, tools, education & training, SME support initiatives & networks, all personally screened by researchers. Go

Panos London - Independent, non-profit information agency producing news & analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective. Go

National Strategies for Sustainable Development - Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development. Go

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.' Go

WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development - List of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects & activities, electronic journals, libraries, references & documents, & databases. Go

International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development - News, background & other resources from coalition that seeks to bridge gap between proponents of trade & sustainable development. Go

The Empty Homes Agency - Highlighting the waste of empty homes & property throughout England: Information, solutions & statistics. Go

Sustainable Development Web Page, The - Contains a bibliography, case studies, & links to related sites. Go

World Business Council for Sustainable Development - Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business & government to balance economic & environmental interests. Go

Freshwater Solutions - United Kingdom company providing services in the development of aquaculture projects. Background on company, links, & contact information. Go

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. Go

Awakening Earth - Information in support of the awakening of culture & consciousness to achieve a sustainable & compassionate global future… Go



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