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ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
CO-OP
AMERICA - www.coopamerica.org
Co-op America is dedicated to fostering an integrated, just
and sustainable society by helping individuals and businesses
seek out new ways to live, think and act - ways that are more in
harmony with the planet and all of its inhabitants.
ECO-VILLAGE
PROJECT - Findhorn Foundation - www.findhorn.org
An Ecovillage is a small community of 50 to 2000 people
united by a common goal usually based on a common ecological,
social or spiritual perspective. Working on the simple principle
of not taking more away from the Earth than one gives back,
eco-villages are potentially sustainable
indefinitely.
EARTH DREAM
ALLIANCE
P.O. Box 2219
Jupiter, Florida 33468
561-744-7600
EDA is
an organization dedicated to conserving forests, inspiring
earth-honoring changes in consciousness and applying indigenous
wisdom in ways that foster environmental and social
balance.
EARTHLIGHT -
www.earthlight.org
EarthLight sees the heart of the environmental crisis as a
crisis of spirit. EarthLight seeks the co-creation of an
eco-spiritual way of life which renews human society at a
profound level.
THE CIRCLE -
www.oneprayer.org
The Circle sponsors an annual two day prayer vigil in
Washington, D.C. to create an experience of One Humanity, One
Earth, and One Sacred Life.
INTERFAITH
CENTER ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY (ICCR) - www.iccr.org
ICCR's Energy & Environment Program continues to
focus on helping religious investors challenge companies on
their detrimental environmental policies and the economic
impacts of irresponsible corporate citizenship.
THE ICSEE -
Email: lange@brandeis.edu
The
International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the
Environment, supports grassroots projects in science and
environmental education, sustainable development, and
environmental protection.
INTERFAITH
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
A Project of the United Nations Environment Programme (Regional
Office for North America) (UNEP/RONA)
The
Interfaith Partnership for the Environment was organized for the
purpose of involving the world's religions in the growing
struggle to preserve the Earth's environment for future
generations.
RETHINKING
TOURISM PROJECT/Tides Center - http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/rtp/rtp.html
RTP's mission is to strengthen Indigenous People's capacity
to critically analyze tourism development, create
self-development strategies and projects that protect
biodiversity, culture and traditional economies, and create a
network.
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE - www.rmi.org
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an entrepreneurial
nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and
restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous
and life- sustaining world.
TREES FOR
LIFE - www.treesforlife.org
Trees
for Life helps empower people in developing countries to plant
fruit trees, each of which provides a low-cost, self renewing
source of food for a large number of people and protects the
environment.
WILDERNESS
VOLUNTEER CORPS- www.wawild.org/youthvolunteer
The Wilderness Volunteer Corps consists of a three week
outdoor education and conservation service course followed by a
year long community service and leadership program.
THE WHIDBEY
INSTITUTE - www.whidbey.com/Whidbey_Institute
The Whidbey Institute is an educational center dedicated
to personal spiritual formation, kinship with the Earth, and new
patterns of cultural and environmental sustainability.
The
President's Council on Sustainable Development - http://www.whitehouse.gov/PCSD/
Advises the US President on sustainable development and develops
bold, new approaches to achieve economic, environmental, and
equity goals.
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IISDnet - http://iisd1.iisd.ca/
International Institute for Sustainable Development. Focus is on
sustainability at the global, regional, and community scales.
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Center
of Excellence for Sustainable Development - http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Site resources and
links are related to community sustainable and sustainable
living.
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WWW
Virtual Library: Sustainable Development - http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
Comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable
development, including organisations, projects and activities,
electronic journals, libraries, references and documents,
databases.
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Second
Nature: Education for Sustainability - http://www.2nature.org/
Second Nature is a nonprofit organization working to help
colleges and universities expand their efforts to make
environmentally sustainable and just action a foundation of
learning and practice.
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Global
Environment and Technology Foundation - http://www.getf.org/
Information resources promoting the development and use of
innovative technology to achieve sustainable development.
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Ecotrust - http://www.ecotrust.org
Nonprofit organization dedicated to building a conservation
economy along North America's temperate rain forest coast, the
region from San Francisco to Anchorage. Site has topical
information on subjects including forest policy, salmon
restoration, and urban communities.
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Institute
for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) - http://www.ilsr.org/
The ILSR is a nonprofit research and educational organization
that provides technical assistance and information on
environmentally sound economic development strategies.
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Solstice:
Sustainable Living - http://solstice.crest.org/sustainable/index.shtml
Resources and links for individuals and communities.
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WWW
Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development - http://iisd1.iisd.ca/ic/
Sustainability information for use at all levels, from that of
senior decision makers at the national and international levels
to the grass-roots and individual levels.
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Requiem - http://dieoff.org/
by Jay Hanson. Essay on sustainability.
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Best
Practices in Sustainable Development - http://www.bestpractices.org
Searchable database cataloging over 650 good and best practices
from more than 90 countries on how people, their communities,
the public and private sectors have been able to tackle critical
social, economic and environmental problems.
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Stockholm
Environment Institute (SEI) - http://www.sei.se/
Independent, international research institute specializing in
sustainable development and environment issues at local,
national, regional and global policy levels.
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Sustainable
Architecture Building and Culture - http://www.SustainableABC.com
A unique compendium of links for those interested in sustainable
design and building. A good start, when moving toward making
life easier on the earth.
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Context
Institute - http://www.context.org/ICLIB/DEFS/hsc.htm
Explores how human society can become sustainable, and serves as
a catalyst for voluntary change toward a more humane and
sustainable culture.
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Global
System for Sustainable Development - http://gssd.mit.edu
A project of the Global Accords Consortium for Sustainable
Development housed at MIT. GSSD consists of an index to some of
the best resources and materials on sustainability on the
Internet.
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Living
Room - A Place for All of Us - http://www.living-room.org
Web magazine and forum dedicated to discussions of sustainable
living practices in human communities, with emphases on
transportation, urban design, environmental and economic
justice, community, and energy efficiency. Topics include Bike
People, Suburbia Project, and Sustainability.
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Center
for Watershed and Community Health - http://www.upa.pdx.edu/CWCH/
The Center assists communities, business and government to
enhance the economy and environment by developing strategies to
decouple economic growth, job creation and community development
from environmental impacts.
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International
Council Local Enviro Database - http://www.iclei.org/iclei/linkdb.htm
ICLEI's Link Database is dedicated to the prevention and
solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems
through local action. Over 300 cities, towns, counties, and
their associations from around the world are Members of the
Council.
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Communities
by Choice - http://www.communitiesbychoice.org
A learning community made up of mostly U.S. communities
committed to the practice of sustainable development. Website
has tips for sustainable living as well as resources for
sustainable community development.
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Izaak
Walton League Sustainability Education Project - http://www.iwla.org/sep/
The Sustainability Education Project was formed to help bring
human population growth, economic development and natural
resource consumption into balance with the limits of nature for
the benefit of current and future generations.
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ZeroEmission - http://www.zeroemission.de/
The ZeroEmission Initiative of Fraunhofer ICT, University
Stuttgart IKP and PE Product Engineering Ltd, with news,
projects, links.
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Sustain
Magazine - http://www.sustainmagazine.com
Website about sustainable development in the construction,
engineering, planning and property sectors. Searchable listings
of sustainability events, searchable index, and sample articles.
Focus is on the UK.
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5th
World Network for Sustainable Development - http://www.5thworld.net
Networking and education for individuals and communities
interested in sustainable development, permaculture design, and
bioregional resource protection.
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National
Centre for Sustainability - http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/ncfs/
Organization in Victoria, British Columbia which defines and
teaches "deep sustainability." Web based training.
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Tools
of Change: Proven Methods for Promoting Health and Environmental
Citizenship - http://www.toolsofchange.com
Case studies, planning guides and worksheets for programs to
promote healthier and/or more environmentally sustainable
actions and habits.
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Sustainable
Development Department - http://www.iadb.org/sds
of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), providing
multilateral financial assistance for Latin America and the
Caribbean.
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European
Partners for the Environment (EPE) - http://www.epe.be/
Network of European organizations, companies, trade unions and
related groups working on sustainable development. Site has
extensive resources on links on sustainability at all scales.
Special topics include green purchasing, sustainable tourism,
and Europe-specific environmental sourcebooks.
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InterGarden - http://metalab.unc.edu/london/
Regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, permaculture and
bioregionalism information, forums and links. All developed for
and coevolving with an international community interested in
biological, regenerative, ecologically-and-socially-oriented
agriculture and related topics.
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Sustainability
Institute - http://sustainer.org
A "think-do tank" dedicated to sustainable resource
use, economics, and community. Providing information, analysis,
and practical demonstrations that can foster transitions to
sustainable systems at all levels of society, from local to
global. Limited information on website.
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Regional
Information Service Centre for Southeast Asia on Appropriate
Technology - http://www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/
Resource on appropriate technologies in the fields of
sustainable agriculture, waste management, textiles and
renewable energy, primarily in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
and Yunnan province in China.
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The
Knossus Project - http://www.geniusloci.com/
US based research and development firm that promotes integrated
sustainable systems.
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Lightstone
Foundation and Community Development Corporation - http://www.lightstone.org
A regional center for sustainable family farming, natural
resource management, and rural community-based development,
enhancing the social, economic, and environmental vitality of
West Virginia and Virginia rural mountain communities by
supporting sustainable enterprises.
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Bookmark
Biosphere Reserve - http://www.bookmarkbiosphere.org
Bookmark is a community driven organization committed to
integrating the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of
Australia's landscape and biodiversity.
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Green
Alliance - http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/
An UK organisation that aims to promote sustainable development
by ensuring that the environment is at the heart of
decision-making.
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Institute
for Agriculture - http://208.155.173.226/iatp/
IATP (est 1986) encourages environmentally and economically
sustainable communities and regions through sound agriculture
and trade policy.
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Towards
Sustainability - http://www.towards-sustainability.co.uk
UK site with links and resources for sustainable development
initiatives.
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Sustainability
Web Ring - http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=sustainability;list
The webring focuses on the efforts of organizations to achieve
sustainable development.
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EuroEst - http://www.euroest.environ.se/
Information exchange on transport and the environment to promote
an environmental sustainable transport system in Europe.
More
Publications......(see
page 2 - Actions - Educate yourself...for others)
The
Amicus Journal
Amicus is a quarterly magazine of environmental opinion and analysis for
the general public on environmental issues.
The Atlantic Monthly
A "journal of literature, politics, science, and the arts."
The Bear Essential
The Bear Essential is a publication of Orlo, a nonprofit organization
using the creative arts to explore environmental themes.
E magazine
E is chock full of everything the budding environmentalist needs to
know, from "rainforests to recycling" and from the
"personal to the political."
Earth Island Journal
Published by David Brower's Earth Island Institute, Earth Island Journal
"is unparalleled in its ability to illuminate ecological dimensions
of contemporary science, politics and culture," says Utne Reader.
Earth Times
An independent, international non-partisan environment and development
newspaper.
Green Teacher
An excellent magazine out of Canada for teachers of environmental
education.
Mother Jones
Mother Jones is a progressive, bimonthly magazine is known for its
investigative journalism and exposes, and its coverage of social issues,
public affairs, and popular culture.
Open Spaces
Open Spaces Quarterly, a fresh voice from the Northwest, features
fiction, personal essays, and nonfiction articles on the environment,
politics, science and culture.
Parabola Magazine
Parabola Magazine is an in-depth and enduring journal of the world's
wisdom traditions. It explores the sacred myths, symbols, rituals, and
arts which have inspired people in all times and places.
Petroglyph
Published by Utah State University, Petroglyph is a journal devoted to
nature and celebrations of personal connection to the environment.
Pilgrimage
A journal of essays, poetry and photography that explores the human
experience and searches for the eco-spiritual dimension hidden beneath
the turmoil of our contemporary world.
Resurgence
An International forum for ecological and spiritual thinking.
Sun Magazine
From Chapel Hill, NC, this unique magazine publishes photos, essays,
stories, interviews, and poems.
Terrain
Terrain: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments is a
quarterly online journal publishing editorials, poetry, essays, fiction,
articles, artwork, case studies, reviews, and much more.
Tricycle
Founded in 1991, Tricycle is a non-profit quarterly magazine with an
educational charter to spread the dharma.
Whole
Terrain: Reflective Environmental Practice
This journal is dedicated to the experiences of those who have chosen
the environment as the basis of their professional work.
Yes: A Journal of Positive Futures
Yes! is published quarterly by Positive Futures Network, an independent,
non-profit organization dedicated to sustainability research and
education.
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