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To help create a more sustainable world by encouraging the evolution and widespread adoption of thinking and practices which are socially responsible, environmentally sound, and economically viable.

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• Brownfields Utilization
• Growth and Sprawl Debate
• Industrial Ecology
• Urban Climate
• Urban Forestry

Resources in This Category

• Center for Economic and Environmental Development

  http://ceed.allegheny.edu/
  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.

• Center for Neighborhood Technology (Chicago)

  http://www.cnt.org/
  Creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically.

• Chelsea Green's Books for Sustainable Living

  http://www.chelseagreen.com/
  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.

• City Repair Project (The)

  http://www.cityrepair.org/
  Citizen activists educating and inspiring people to build a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. (Portland, Oregon)

• Criterion Planners/Engineers

  http://www.crit.com/
  Criterion is an urban planning firm specializing in sustainable community development.

• Ecocity of Malmö

  http://www.ekostaden.com/
  Describes the transformation of Malmö, Sweden, into sustainability, including details of building design and about management of traffic, rainwater, and waste.

• EcoGateway

  http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/
  EcoIQ magazine and links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities.

• Energy for São Tomé

  http://stpenergy.blogspot.com/
  Project to demonstrate how sustainability and renewable energy sources could benefit a rural area of Africa. Includes information and videos on the workshops where the systems have been designed and tested.

• Engauge Online

  http://engaugeonline.co.uk/
  Project dedicated to the improvement of the social, economic and environmental aspects of schools. Includes information on assessing the present position and deciding how to improve it.

• European Community: Energy: Sustainable Communities

  http://www.managenergy.net/communities.html
  Climate change is a global issue but some actions to combat it fall within the scope of local government's competencies. This site explains how local citizens and stakeholders can share the commitments of the EU in the fight against climate change.

• Five E's Unlimited

  http://www.eeeee.net/
  Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, and social equity, Based in Virginia.

• Green Map System

  http://www.greenmap.org/
  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.

• Indicators of Sustainability

  http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/
  develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy,society and environment.

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

  http://www.icimod.org/
  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)

  http://www.iclei.org/
  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.

• Linking Sustainable Community Activities to Pollution Prevention: A Sourcebook

  http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR855/index.html
  Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies and extensive bibliography.

• LV Ranch Estates

  http://www.lvranchestates.com/info/sustainable_living.php
  Development of communities with gated entries, paved roads, individual wells, underground electric, and wireless phone and internet. Includes FAQ.

• Planning Workshop Ireland

  http://www.planningworkshop.net/
  Town planning consultants, sustainable design and technology experts and architectural designers based in Galway.

• Smart Growth Network

  http://www.smartgrowth.org/
  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.

• Streetfilms

  http://www.streetfilms.org/
  Offers news and short videos that promote people-friendly urban design.

• Sustainability Ltd.

  http://www.sustainability.com/
  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.

• Sustainable Communities Network

  http://www.sustainable.org/
  Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities.

• TEPUI: Sustainability Strategies & Design

  http://tepuidesign.com/
  International working collaborative providing sustainability consultancy and strategies for local authorities and organisations, focusing on the creation of more sustainable cities and communities.

• The Sustainability Report

  http://www.sustreport.org/
  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.

• U.S. EPA: Green Communities

  http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/
  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.

• University of Arkansas: Community Design Center

  http://uacdc.uark.edu/
  Aims to advance creative development in the state through education, research and design solutions that improve and make sustainable the physical environment.

• Urban Environmental Management

  http://www.gdrc.org/uem/
  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.

• Urban Squares

  http://urbansquares.com/
  Provides a collection of photographs of urban squares from around the world and the activities taking place there. The object is to explore visual and artistic aspects of the squares and research the uses of urban space.

• Village Habitat Design

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

• Walkable Neighbourhoods

  http://neighborhoods.org/
  Blog promoting walkable areas in US cities through presentations and various forms of media, and helping site visitors relocate to these types of communities.

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