Open Directory - Science: Environment: Sustainability: Community Sustainability
See also: - 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. - Provides a community consultative service for built development and environmental projects in the north of England. Includes details of projects, research and coaching services. - 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. - Creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically. - 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. - An UN initiative, and part of UNEP. A program to facilitate easy access to environmental information for sound decision-making and general awareness-raising in cities. - Blog with stories of how cities around the world can become more sustainable by focussing on their people, building parks and cycle paths and providing increased cultural options. - Citizen activists educating and inspiring people to build a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. (Portland, Oregon) - Washington State University's School of Architecture web site explores some interactive design-planning topics and presents a proposal for Pullman, Washington, USA. - Criterion is an urban planning firm specializing in sustainable community development. - EcoIQ magazine and links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities. - Describes the transformation of Malmö, Sweden, into sustainability, including details of building design and about management of traffic, rainwater, and waste. - Provides a team of international and Australian professionals committed towards a common goal of facilitating, developing and servicing sustainability. Also provides a Search engine for Sustainability using popular portals. - South African consultants and advisors in the field of sustainable community and rural development describe their capabilities and discuss topics such as permaculture and handling issues of rapid urbanization through waste management, recycling, and incineration. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, and social equity, Based in Virginia. - 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. - Explores planning process for community sustainability, including how to assess environmental issues and set environmental priorities; as well as how to implement selected actions and monitor and evaluate results. - One stop guide for U.S. Local Governments. Enhance the Sustainability of Your Community Through: Environmental Protection; Economic Vitality; and Community Well-Being. - develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy,society and environment. - Awards, launched in 1997 with the aim of improving the quality of life of individual citizens through the creation of liveable communities. Includes information on this year's awards and previous winners and finalists. - ICIMOD is committed to economically and environmentally sound mountain development and improving the living standards of mountain communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. - 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. - Development of communities with gated entries, paved roads, individual wells, underground electric, and wireless phone and internet. Includes FAQ. - Online report of RAND study (1997). Includes case studies and extensive bibliography. - The Priorities Institute examines alternative community designs, carfree cities, cohousing, recycling pantries, and other concepts and technologies to promote environmentally sustainable community life. - Town planning consultants, sustainable design and technology experts and architectural designers based in Galway. - Promotes a book of this title by Daniel Lerch and provides background resources for local governments and planners. - Resources on the concept of sustainable development, including overview articles, slide shows, links, recommended books and videos, and educational materials and programs that can help communities in their sustainable development efforts. - 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. - Offers news and short videos that promote people-friendly urban design. - Blog with the latest science and best practices in sustainability from a Hawaiian island perspective. - Aims to improve the quality of life of urban communities through developing and promoting sustainable approaches to urban living. - Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities. - Provides information, solutions and a forum to make Montreal and its surrounding boroughs (Westmount, Mount Royal, Cote St. Luc, Hampstead and the West island) more sustainable. - International working collaborative providing sustainability consultancy and strategies for local authorities and organisations, focusing on the creation of more sustainable cities and communities. - Provides courses on strategic sustainability for leaders and offers to work with businesses and communities to guide them towards sustainable agriculture, buildings and cities. - 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. - 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. - Aims to advance creative development in the state through education, research and design solutions that improve and make sustainable the physical environment. - 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. - 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, LLC is an award-winning architecture and planning firm with a 30 year family history of conservation design. - Blog promoting walkable areas in US cities through presentations and various forms of media, and helping site visitors relocate to these types of communities.
