U.S. EPA: Green Communities - The Green Communities Assistance Kit that you'll find here is packaged as a step-by-step guide for planning & implementing sustainable actions. Each of the five steps results in a specific outcome. Go

Ecocity of Malmö - Describes the transformation of Malmö, Sweden, into sustainability, including details of building design & about management of traffic, rainwater, & waste. Go

Criterion Planners/Engineers - Criterion is an urban planning firm specializing in sustainable community development. Go

ICLEI: Electronic tools for a sustainable community. - One stop guide for U.S. Local Governments. Enhance the Sustainability of Your Community Through: Environmental Protection; Economic Vitality; & Community Well-Being. Go

Sustainability Ltd. - An award-winning strategic management consultancy & think-tank. Founded in 1987, Sustainability Ltd. is the longest established international consultancy dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable development. The three main areas of operation: foresight, agenda-setting & change management. Go

Smart Communities Network - Resources on the concept of sustainable development, including over view articles, slide shows, links, recommended books & videos, & educational materials & programs that can assist communities in their sustainable development efforts. Go

Village Habitat Design - Village Habitat Design, LLC is an award-winning architecture & planning firm with a thirty year family history of conservation design. Go

The Way to Go: Sustainable Lands & Buildings in North Carolina - North Carolina government portal for access to & exchange of sustainability information. It's designed to serve state & local government employees, designers, & others who are responsible for the planning, design, & construction of public building projects. Go

Center for Neighborhood Technology (Chicago) - Creative strategies for making cities & their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally & economically. Go

James Taylor Chair in Landscape & Liveable Environments - A series of urban, community design events & university of british columbia-based research projects providing a number of potential solutions to the problems spawned by non-sustainable urban/suburban growth. Go

Ecosystems - South African consultants & advisors in the field of sustainable community & rural development describe their capabilities & discuss topics such as permaculture & handling issues of rapid urbanization through waste management, recycling, & incineration. Go

Guide to Implementing Local Environmental Action Plans in Central & Eastern Europe - Explores planning process for community sustainability, including how to assess environmental issues & set environmental priorities; as well as how to implement selected actions & monitor & evaluate results. Go

Sustainable Communities Network - Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes & programs to restore the economic, environmental, & social health & vitality of their communities. Go

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - ICIMOD is committed to economically & environmentally sound mountain development & improving the living standards of mountain communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. Go

Joint Center for Sustainable Communities - sponsored by U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) & National Association of Counties Go

Community Sustainability: A Comprehensive Urban Regenerative Process - Washington State University's School of Architecture web site explores some interactive design-planning topics & presents a proposal for Pullman, Washington, USA. Go

Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life - An integrated environmental initiative for the 15-county metropolitan Charlotte region in North & South Carolina. Promotes issues on air quality, sustainable growth & water resources. Go

Environment Canada's Green Lane/Environnement Canada - Canadian government entity's vision is to see a Canada where people make responsible decisions about the environment; & where the environment is thereby sustained for the benefit of present & future generations. Go

The Sustainability Report - Provides Canada's first independent assessment of living in balance for the long term to help Canadians understand if current lifestyle & development choices are improving or threatening prospects for a healthy & successful society. Go

City Repair Project (The) - Citizen activists educating & inspiring people to build a more community-oriented & ecologically sustainable society. (Portland, Oregon) Go

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - International clearinghouse on sustainable development & environmental protection policies, programs, & techniques being implemented at the local level by local institutions. Resources & links on Local Agenda 21, Green Fleets, environmental budgeting, other topics. Go

Urban Environmental Management - Output of the Urban Environmental Management Research Initiative (UEMRI), a grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. Looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, & socio-economic environments. Go

EcoGateway - EcoIQ magazine & links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities. Go

Chelsea Green's Books for Sustainable Living - Chelsea Green publishes information to help design future lives where human activities of production & consumption are balanced in harmony with the natural state of the world. Go

The HomeTown Advantage - Book published by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, gives comprehensive strategies for reviving independent businesses & Main Streets. (March 1, 2001) Go

Sustainable Cities Research Institute - Aims to improve the quality of life of urban communities through developing & promoting sustainable approaches to urban living. Go

Five E's Unlimited - Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, & social equity, Based in Virginia. Go

Livable Cities for the 21st Century - The Priorities Institute examines alternative community designs, carfree cities, cohousing, recycling pantries, & other concepts & technologies to promote environmentally sustainable community life. Go

Cities Environment Reports on the Internet - An UN inititative, and part of UNEP. A program to facilitate easy access to environmental information for sound decision-making & general awareness-raising in cities. Go

Ecosustainable Hub - Provides a team of international & Australian professionals committed towards a common goal of facilitating, developing & servicing sustainability. Also gives a Search engine for Sustainability using popular portals. Go

Center for Economic & Environmental Development - Describes many projects to support sustainable development & improve community & regional leaders` understanding of how economic & environmental decisions can work hand-in-hand to bring a new vitality to Northwest Pennsylvania. Go

Rebuild America - Program partners with communities to improve the energy efficiency of their commercial & multifamily residential buildings & reinvest energy savings back into the community. Offers business & technical tools as well as customized assistance. Go

Groundwork Wales - Promotes sustainable communities through joint environmental action. Includes information on community involvement projects & efforts to reclaim old industrial & mining sites. Go

Indicators of Sustainability - develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy,society & environment. Go

Green Map System - Project to promote healthy cities & sustainable communities by developing maps to chart the sites of environmental significance in urban places around the world. Includes examples. Go

Linking Sustainable Community Activities to Pollution Prevention: A Sourcebook - Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies & extensive bibliography. Go

Local community sustainability indicators - Some new local community sustainability indicators developed in Australia. This site gives a new methodology for indicators that sustain & develop our community & that we can all count, measure & check them for ourselves. Go

Smart Growth Network - Searchable databases of information resources on smart growth case studies, smart building design, smart development design & zoning, brownfields redevelopment & eco-industrial parks; & related topics. Go