Sustainable Development.
 

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.

Awakening Earth - Information in support of the awakening of culture and consciousness to achieve a sustainable and compassionate global future.

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]

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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."

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".

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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