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Sustainability creates sense of community on campus: Sprouting possibilities, growing potential, it is great to see... http://bit.ly/4qJhAz
SustainableBiz (Sustainable Business) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:54:41 -0000
Sustainability creates sense of community on campus: Sprouting possibilities, growing potential, it is great to see... http://bit.ly/4qJhAz
#sustainability: NB Power through the eyes of the sustainable community - Times and Transcript http://ow.ly/16abUZ
uncompromise (cameron burgess) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:37:41 -0000
#sustainability: NB Power through the eyes of the sustainable community - Times and Transcript http://ow.ly/16abUZ
RT @uncompromise: #sustainability: Sustainability creates sense of community on campus - UNM Daily Lobo http://ow.ly/16a71I
subrigavar (Brigitte Goddemeyer) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:32:46 -0000
RT @uncompromise: #sustainability: Sustainability creates sense of community on campus - UNM Daily Lobo http://ow.ly/16a71I
Sustainability creates sense of community on campus: This class is offered through the Research Service Learnin.. http://bit.ly/5tKiIz
gardeningtoday (Thomas Smith) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:58:38 -0000
Sustainability creates sense of community on campus: This class is offered through the Research Service Learnin.. http://bit.ly/5tKiIz
all my Gmail ads are on Personal Rapid Transit and community sustainability. maybe I do talk about this too much! lol
klstorey (Ken Storey) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:57:39 -0000
all my Gmail ads are on Personal Rapid Transit and community sustainability. maybe I do talk about this too much! lol
#sustainability: Sustainability creates sense of community on campus - UNM Daily Lobo http://ow.ly/16a71I
uncompromise (cameron burgess) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:22:42 -0000
#sustainability: Sustainability creates sense of community on campus - UNM Daily Lobo http://ow.ly/16a71I

 

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Sustainability Ltd. - An award-winning strategic management consultancy and 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 and change management.
Meta Description: [ Independent think tank and strategy consultancy. Experts in corporate responsibility and sustainable development. Advisors on market risks and opportunities. ]

Appalachian Sustainable Development - Focuses on developing healthy, diverse and ecologically sound economic opportunities through education and training. ASD's two main programs are in sustainable forestry and wood products and sustainable agriculture.
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Books by Jane Holtz Kay - Book summaries and articles concerning urban affairs, planning, transportation, and coping with pollution, sprawl, and other environmental challenges. Includes Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. By the architecture/planning critic of The Nation.
Meta Description: [ Jane Holtz Kay is the architecture and planning critic for The Nation, and author of Asphalt Nation, Lost Boston, and Preserving New England. This site includes information about her books and reprints of selected articles. ]

Cabo San Francisco Foundation - Ecuadorian foundation working for a sustainable development of poor villages in coastal Ecuador.
Meta Description: [ FCSF - Organizacion ecuatoriana que trabaja en los campos de la salud, la educacion y la proteccion del medio ambiente con una prespectiva de desarrollo sustentable en la provincia de Esmeraldas, canton Muisne, Ecuador - FCSF ]

Center for Economic and Environmental Development - Describes several projects to support sustainable development and improve community and regional leaders` understanding of how economic and environmental decisions can work hand in hand to bring a new vitality to Northwest Pennsylvania.
Meta Description: [ CEED engages Allegheny College students, faculty, and the community in creating innovative approaches to environmental stewardship, environmental education, and regional revitalization. ]

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

Chattanooga Institute - Seeking to provide communities and companies with the resources and support necessary to create a sustainable and competitive future by finding solutions that integrate business, social equity and the environment in ways that are both sustainable and profitable.
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Chelsea Green's Books for Sustainable Living - Chelsea Green publishes information to help design future lives where human activities of production and consumption are balanced in harmony with the natural state of the world.
Meta Description: [ Chelsea Green publishes books of ideas and information for useful, pleasurable, and sustainable living in an Invisible Universe where human activities of production and consumption are in harmony and balance with nature. ]

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 and general awareness-raising in cities.
Meta Description: [ Urban environment information gateway ]

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

500 Communities by Choice - Web-based network for people and communities committed to the practice of sustainable development. Includes message boards, a calendar of sustainable development events, tips for sustainable living, and other resources for sustainable community development.
Meta Description: [ Sustainable Development ]

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

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

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

EcoGateway - EcoIQ magazine and links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities.
Meta Description: [ A portal for environmental, land use, and transportation information related to local government and sustainable communities. Includes directories, anthologies, calendars, links, and free stuff ]

Ecosustainable Hub - Provides a team of international and Australian professionals committed towards a common goal of facilitating, developing and servicing sustainability. Also provides a Search engine for Sustainability using popular portals.
Meta Description: [ One-stop connection to resources and tools on ecology, environment, sustainability. Facilitating cooperation, networking, ethical developments. ]

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

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; and where the environment is thereby sustained for the benefit of present and future generations.
Meta Description: [ Main page of Environment Canada's website. Environment Canada works to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment; conserve Canada's renewable resources; conserve and protect Canada's water resources; carry out meteorology and provide weather forecasts; enforce rules relating to ... ]

exSite Research Ltd. - exSite Research Ltd. focuses on innovative and sustainable solutions for advancing the State of the Art in the regeneration of Brownfield and contaminated land.

Five E's Unlimited - Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, and social equity, Based in Virginia.
Meta Description: [ Specializing in sustainable development through interdisciplinary approaches that consider how economics, environment and society connect to produce effective, long-lasting actions and in ways that are fair and equal to all society. ]

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

Groundwork Wales - Promotes sustainable communities through joint environmental action. Includes information on community involvement projects and efforts to reclaim old industrial and mining sites.
Meta Description: [ environmental support for regeneration and grants for your business in Wales ]

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

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; and Community Well-Being.

Indicators of Sustainability - develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy,society and environment.
Meta Description: [ Sustainable Measures develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment. ]

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

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

404 Izaak Walton League Community Sustainability Publications - Information about studies and reports on case studies, monitoring community progress toward sustainability goals, teaching the subject of sustainability, and related topics.

James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments - A series of urban, community design events and university of british columbia-based research projects providing a number of potential solutions to the problems spawned by non-sustainable urban/suburban growth.
Meta Description: [ James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments - a series of urban, community design events and university of british columbia-based research projects described in this web site provide a number of potential solutions to the problems spawned by un-sustainable urban/suburban growth ]

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

Linking Sustainable Community Activities to Pollution Prevention: A Sourcebook - Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies and extensive bibliography.
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Livable Cities for the 21st Century - The Priorities Institute examines alternative community designs, carfree cities, cohousing, recycling pantries, and other concepts and technologies to promote environmentally sustainable community life.

Local community sustainability indicators - Some new local community sustainability indicators developed in Australia. This site provides a new methodology for indicators that sustain and develop our community and that we can all count, measure and check them for ourselves.
Meta Description: [ Sustainability indicators for Community in Sunnybank Brisbane Queensland Australia ]

Northern Innovative Communities - An inclusive regional effort committed to Sustainable Community Development rooted in economically viable, socially equitable, ecologically sound, and locally nurturing initiatives.
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Rebuild America - Program partners with communities to improve the energy efficiency of their commercial and multifamily residential buildings and reinvest energy savings back into the community. Offers business and technical tools as well as customized assistance.

Smart Communities Network - Resources on the concept of sustainable development, including overview articles, slide shows, links, recommended books and videos, and educational materials and programs that can help communities in their sustainable development efforts.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Web site of the U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development ]

Smart Growth Network - Searchable databases of information resources on smart growth case studies, smart building design, smart development design and zoning, brownfields redevelopment and eco-industrial parks; and related topics.
Meta Description: [ Smart growth--anti-sprawl development that is environmentally, fiscally, and economically smart and includes land-use planning, mixed use development, and transportation efficiency --in the U.S. is supported by the Smart Growth Network's 23 national partner organizations. ]

Sustainable Cites Research Institute - Aims to improve the quality of life of urban communities through developing and promoting sustainable approaches to urban living.
Meta Description: [ Sustainable Cities Research Institute aims to improve the quality of life of urban communities through developing and promoting sustainable approaches to urban living. ]

Sustainable Communities Network - Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities.
Meta Description: [ The Sustainable Communities Network website connects citizens with the resources they need to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities. It addresses a wide range of issues related to community sustainab... ]

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

The HomeTown Advantage - Book published by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, provides comprehensive strategies for reviving independent businesses and Main Streets.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. The heart of this web site is a growing storehouse of community and local economy-building--laws, regulations, ordinances, statutes. The New Rules Pr... ]

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

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

404 U.S. EPA Community-Based Environmental Protection - Case studies and other information about the place-based approach to the environment.

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

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, and socio-economic environments.
Meta Description: [ The UEM Homepage is an output of the Urban Environmental Management Research Initiative (UEMRI), a grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. It looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments. ]

Village Habitat Design - Village Habitat Design, LLC is an award-winning architecture and planning firm with a 30 year family history of conservation design.