Links
Here is a
collection of useful links in the general area of Sustainable Development.
| BOND | UK-based network for International
Development |
| BASD | Business Action for Sustainable
Development |
| Earth Charter Initiative | Based on the UN's Earth Charter
Document |
| The Earth Council | International NGO charged
with promoting implementation of the Earth Summit agreements |
| earthscan | Publisher on environmentally-sustainable
development |
| Environmental Defense | US-based network representing
over 300,000 members promoting solutions to environmental problems |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility:
official umbrella for international co-operation to implement Rio |
| Heinrich Bell Foundation | Washington office of influential
political lobby group affiliated with German political party Die Grunen |
| IIED | London-based NGO providing
expertise in SD |
| IISD | Winnipeg-based
NGO promoting SD in international decision-making |
| INFORSE | International Network for
Sustainable Energy coalition of NGOs for sustainable development in energy |
| LEAD | Summit site of Leadership
for Environment and Development |
| NCSDs | National Councils for Sustainable
Development: a network of participatory bodies in 70 countries to implement Rio |
| Organisation
for Community Networks |
US-based resource for information
on Community Networks |
| RING | Regional & International Networking
Group Global alliance of research and policy organisations promoting SD |
| Rio-10 | The Danish 92 Group working
to increase the role of NGOs in the Summit process |
| SciDevNet | Reporting and discussing science
and technology for SD |
| SD Gateway | Part of the SD webring: many
online resources |
| Stakeholder Forum for our Common Future | Supporting multi-stakeholder
participation in SD; allied to UNED-Forum UK. |
| Sustainable Development International | Technical and organisational
resources for implementing SD and Agenda 21 |
| Sustainable Development Issues Network | A resource tool for NGO networks
working in sustainable development |
| Transnational Institute | A 'worldwide fellowship of
committed scholar-activists' analysing and finding possible solutions to global problems. |
| WBCSD | World Business Council for
SD: 150 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development ' via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress' |
Sustainable Development Media and Information links
| Calendar of events | Sustainable Development International's
calendar of SD events |
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| earthscan | Publisher on environmentally-sustainable
development |
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| Environment News Network | US-based environmental news |
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| ERP Environment | Environmental information
dissemination and debate |
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| Global Environment Information Centre | Joint initiative of UN University
and Ministry of the Environment, Japan |
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| OneWorldNet | International network broadcasting
an alternative global agenda on social justice and SD |
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| Lovearth Network | US-based information on environmental
and humanitarian concerns, 'to pass on a sustainable Earth to future generations'. |
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| PANOS Institute | Information on global issues
from a developing country's perspective |
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| Planet Ark | Reuters' daily World Environment
News |
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| Sustainable Development | A Swedish library's compendium
of links to SD websites |
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| SD Internet Resources | Links to SD websites compiled
by Colorado University |
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| Television Trust for the Environment | Promoting films on environment,
development, health and human rights issues |
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| Worldwatch Institute | Analysing interdisciplinary
data from around the world |
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| World Resources Institute | Environmental think-tank on
global resource depletion |
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| WWW Virtual Library | Compendium of SD links |
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