Sustainable Development

Organizations

Smart Growth Network
http://www.smartgrowth.org/
Metropolitan development that serves economy, community, and the environment.

Social Accountability International
http://www.sa-intl.org
voluntary, universal standard for companies interested in auditing and certifying labour practices in their facilities and those of their suppliers and vendors. It is designed for independent third party certification.

Southern California Council on Environment and Development
http://www.scced.org

United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/index.shtml
Provides leadership and is an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system on sustainable development.

United Nations Global Compact
http://www.unglobalcompact.org
In January 1999 the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged world business leaders to embrace and enact the United Nations Global Compact. The Compact seeks support for nine principles of human rights, labour and environmental sustainability as they apply to business practices and public policy.

US EPA Brownfields and Land Revitalization
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
Information, grants, programs on brownfields revitalization.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
http://www.wbcsd.ch/
CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.

World Wide Web Library on Sustainable Development
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
Very complete listing of organizations, projects around the world.

Database(s)

EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
http://earthtrends.wri.org
This WRI (World Resource Institute) web site gives timely and accurate global environmental and sustainable development information. Lack of access to information continues to impede the creation and implementation of good public and corporate policy. Ten topic areas: coastal and marine ecosystems; forests and grasslands; water resources and freshwater systems; agriculture and food; climate and atmosphere; population, health, and human well-being; economics and business; energy; biodiversity and protected areas; and environmental governance.

Ecovillage Directory Worldwide
http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices/index.html
Search this database to find ecovillages around the world, resources and events.