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Sustainable

Sustainable - the ability to maintain into perpetuity.

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           As in timber and logging.

Sustainable fisheries
           As in fishing

Sustainable development

  • Sustainable agriculture
  •            As in land use.

    Sustainable living
               As in the ability of humanity to endure.
    



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    Dempsey's Home Page
    Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews and other topics.
    http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1059/townplanning.html

    Improving Community Participation in Environment and 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.
    http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/

    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.
    http://www.ngo.grida.no/ggynet/

    The Empty Homes Agency
    Highlighting the waste of empty homes and property throughout England: Information, solutions and statistics.
    http://www.emptyhomes.com/

    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"...
    http://www.foundation.novartis.com/sustainable_development.htm

    Sustainable Links
    Colorado State educational site provides original material on permaculture, cooperative business, gardening, agriculture, community and architecture.
    http://csf.colorado.edu/sustainability/

    Panos London
    Independent, non-profit information agency producing news and analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective.
    http://www.panos.org.uk

    Participatory approaches
    Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) information exchange.
    http://www.rcpla.org/

    National Strategies for Sustainable Development
    Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development.
    http://www.nssd.net/

    WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
    List of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, and databases.
    http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html

    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 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."
    http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/

    Sustainable Development Web Page, The
    Contains a bibliography, case studies, and links to related sites.
    http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/sustain.html

    New Colonist, The
    Site for people interested in visiting, moving to, or improving cities. Covers sustainable urban development, tourism and travel, and other urban issues.
    http://www.newcolonist.com/

    Green Globe Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development
    Key information on the most important international agreements on environment and development, IGOs and NGOs working in this area, and environmental data on OECD countries.
    http://www.greenyearbook.org/

    Environment and Sustainable Development
    Papers on environment and sustainable development, with special attention to relevant issues in developing countries.
    http://www.inderscience.com/catalogue/e/esd/indexesd.html

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
    News, background and other resources from coalition that seeks to bridge gap between proponents of trade and sustainable development.
    http://www.ictsd.org/

    Implementing Sustainable Development
    Experiences and recommendations from national and regional consultations for the Rio+5 Forum. Overview and country reports.
    http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/pregeoindex.htm

    Introduction to The Natural Step
    A creative approach for addressing environmental challenges based on consensus, systems thinking and sharing a common framework of easily understood, scientifically-based principles. Being used by many large businesses worldwide.
    http://www.mtn.org/iasa/tnsintro.html

    Sustainable Huron
    Regional example of the social, economic and environmental variables in Sustainability. Huron County, Ontario.
    http://www.sustainablehuron.com

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development
    Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business and government to balance economic and environmental interests.
    http://www.wbcsd.org/

    Environment Wales
    National Assembly initiative in partnership with voluntary organisations for protecting and improving the environment. Includes information on partners, projects, and grants, with newsletter and downloadable registration pack.
    http://www.environment-wales.org/

    Freshwater Solutions
    United Kingdom company providing services in the development of aquaculture projects. Background on company, links, and contact information.
    http://www.fsvo.com/aquaculture

    Threshold 21
    Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic and environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient and effective development planning choices.
    http://www.threshold21.com

    Sustainable Development Gateway
    The tri-lingual Sustainable Development Gateway provides access to over 1,200 links, a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, listservs, and news sites dealing with sustainable development.
    http://sdgateway.net

    SAGE (Sustainability Action Group Exchange)
    An exchange forum for information sharing about best practice in sustainability. It features articles, projects, case studies, lectures, texts and links. Updated quarterly focusing on a particular theme or issue.
    http://www.sage-rsa.org.uk

    The Natural Advantage
    A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential.
    http://www.thenaturaladvantage.com

    Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy and Economy for a Sustainable Environment
    A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament.
    http://www.geocities.com/combusem/

    Cyclic Solar Safe
    A free online course in sustainable product design, with a quiz and hundreds of product examples. Run by the non profit organisation BioThinking International.
    http://www.cyclicsolarsafe.org/

    Sustainable Life
    Gateway and store of a wealth of online resources to help you find what you need to live a more healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
    http://www.sustlife.com/

    Patterns of a Conservation Economy
    Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century.
    http://www.conservationeconomy.net/

    Sustainable Development Online
    Listing conferences, tools, education and training, SME support initiatives and networks, all personally screened by researchers.
    http://sd-online.ewindows.eu.org/

    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.
    http://www.biothinking.com/applysd/index.html

    Awakening Earth
    Information in support of the awakening of culture and consciousness to achieve a sustainable and compassionate global future.
    http://www.simpleliving.net/awakeningearth/

    United Nations Sustainable Development
    Dedicated to improving the well being of present and future generations through the promotion of sustainable development.
    http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/

    Centre for Sustainable Development
    Interdisciplinary research group drawing on the knowledge and expertise of nine departments at Ghent University. [Duthc site with a section in English]
    http://cdonet.rug.ac.be/

    UK Sustainable Development Commission
    Inspires government, the economy and society to embrace sustainable development as the central organising principle.
    http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/

    World Foundation for Environment and Development
    works to sustain economic development and conserve the Earth's biological resources through facilitating equitable and efficient access and benefit-sharing frameworks and by producing targeted information tools designed to improve public understanding of the issues underlying environmental conflicts.
    http://www.wfed.org/

    Canadian International Development Agency Policy for Environmental Sustainability
    Discusses objectives, philosophical and practical basis, and commitments.
    http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/852562900065549c8525624c0055bafb/8d822748c6f30b31852565450065e876?OpenDocument



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