Sustainable Development

Desenvolvimento Sustentável

• United Nations Sustainable Development
  UNITED NATIONS System-Wide Web Site on National Implementation of the Rio Commitments
• World Resources Institute
  Information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
• B-SPAN
  An internet-based broadcasting station that presents World Bank seminars, workshops, and conferences on a variety of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues.
• Center for Sustainable Systems
  Educational materials (compendia) for university instructional faculty (Univ. of Michigan)
• Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
  Technologies and management tools supporting sustainable growth, environmental stewardship, and Responsible Care (by AIChE)
• Centre for Sustainable Design (UK)
  The CfSD facilitates discussion and research about the effects of environmental, social, ethical and economic issues on design. This is achieved through training, education, seminars, workshops, conferences, consultancy, publications and Internet. The CfSD focuses on: Sustainable Product Design (SPD) and related concepts the implications of sustainable development on the design disciplines; the implications of sustainable development on market sectors relating to design and design-related industries.
• Conselho Empresarial para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
  The Portuguese node of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• DANTES project
  Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability
• Design for Sustainability Program
  The DfS program develops and offers computerbased services and tools that focus on several needs and questions of designers and design students on environmental issues.
• Dow-Jones Sustainability Indexes
  Global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide
• EcoDesign Foundation
  Sustainments Pathfinding Research and Education
• ECOLinks
  EcoLinks is an initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that seeks practical, market-based solutions to industrial and urban environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
• Ecological Design Association
  The EDA aims to enhance awareness of environmental issues amongst the design and building professions amongst others, and to promote understanding of sustainable development.
• Eco-Portal
  The EnvironmentalSustainability.Info Source - an Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental Sustainability
• Ecosustainable Hub - Ecology Environment Sustainability
  One-stop connection to resources and tools on environment and sustainability. Facilitating cooperation, networking and ethical developments.
• Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development
  By the Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Progamme, and is supported by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The Encyclopedia is a one-stop source of information on sustainable development.
• Environmental Dynamics Special Interest Group
  EDI is dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable Development at all scales, through the Environmental Dynamics paradigm.
• EPA Sustainable Technology Division
  Sustainable Technology Division is a component of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL)
• European Foundation | Sustainable Development
  The Foundation website includes an extensive 'links' listing of ±300 organisations who are pioneering sustainable developmen.
• e-volve
  E-volve is a virtual community of individuals from all over the globe concerned with issues including sustainability.
• Fondation for Environmental Education in Europe
  A nonprofit organization that helps colleges and universities expand their efforts to make environmentally sustainable learning and practice
• Foundation for Business and Society
  
• Futuro Sustentável
  Plano Estratégico de Ambiente do Grande Porto
• GreenMatters: The Busy Person's Guide to Greener Living
  The website for busy people who want to make a difference, but want it to be easier. This e-guide is designed to save you time and get results for the environment. Weekly tips, forums, helpful links, e-activism, and more.
• Innovilys
  Sustainable Development in France
• Institute for Sustainability
  The AIChE IfS is a catalyst for driving the development and deployment of new technologies and practices that are needed to shape a world that can truly sustain future generations
• Instruments for Change: Making Production and Consumption More Sustainable
  This site contains a growing compendium of instruments that governments at all levels are using to influence and change what we produce and consume. The electronic conferences are broadening the dialogue among researchers, bureaucrats and citizens about how to change the way we work and live. This site is being developed by IISD, with the support of the Government of Norway.
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  
• National Risk Management Research (EPA)
  
• O2 - International Network for Sustainable Design
  
• Resources for the Future
  RFF is an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to help people make better decisions about the conservation and use of their natural resources and the environment
• SD Gateway
  The SD Gateway integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network
• Sustainability
  Better Environmentally Sound Transportation; Connecting you to sources of sustainable development information from around the world.
• Sustainability at IChEME
  Links in Sustainable Development from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK)
• Sustainability-reports.com
  Portal for sustainability reports of multinational companies all over the world
• Sustainable Business.com
  
• Sustainable Design Program, US Department of Energy
  gateway to tools, resources, and regulations to help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) incorporate sustainable design into its facilities and operations
• Sustainable Development (Virtual Library)
  
• Sustainable Marketing
  Information and articles on how to promote environmentally sustainable products enabling the green economy
• Sustainable Technology Systems Analysis
  SAB is organized under the Sustainable Technology Division of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (EPA). The SAB's research programs grew out of preceding programs in pollution prevention, life cycle assessment and computer tooling.
• World Bank - Environment
  
• World Bank Carbon Finance Unit
  CFU uses money to purchase project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  WBCSD is a coalition of 122 international companies united by a shared commitment to the environment and to the principles of economic growth and sustainable development