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Sustainable Development Department
of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), providing multilateral financial assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean. Provides technical advice to Bank project teams, and creates and disseminates knowledge on sustainable development issues with three divisions: Social Development; Environment and Natural Resources; and Infrastructure and Financial Markets. (infos)WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
Comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases. (infos)
Living Room - A Place for All of Us
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. (infos)
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Independent, international research institute specialising in sustainable development and environment issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels. Aims to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability. These goals are linked to the principles advocated in Agenda 21 and the Conventions such as Climate Change, Ozone Layer Protection and Biological Diversity. (infos)
Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR)
The ILSR is a nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies. (infos)
Requiem
by Jay Hanson. Essay on sustainability. (infos)
GPI Atlantic - Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada
Non-profit research group developing an index for measuring sustainable development for Nova Scotia, integrating social, economic, and environmental variables. (infos)
Context Institute
Explores how human society can become sustainable, and serves as a catalyst for voluntary change toward a more humane and sustainable culture. (infos)
European Partners for the Environment (EPE)
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. (infos)
Global System for Sustainable Development
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. (infos)