Sustainable Development Departmentof 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 http://www.iadb.org/sds |
Superfund Home PageU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) site about the CERCLA statute and Superfund programs. http://www.epa.gov/superfund |
EPA`s Office of Solid WasteInformation on municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, and industrial waste. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw |
US EPA Acid Rain Home PageInformation about acid rain, its causes and effects, how we measure acid rain, and what is being done to solve the problem. Includes activities for students. http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain |
Requiemby Jay Hanson. Essay on sustainability. http://dieoff.org |
DOE Office of Environmental ManagementU.S. Department of Energy waste management (hazardous waste, radioactive waste) and environmental remediation (waste site clean-up) programs. http://www.em.doe.gov |
Center of Excellence for SustainableSupported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Site resources and links are related to community sustainable and sustainable living. http://www.sustainable.doe.gov |
Redefining ProgressNonpartisan, nonprofit organization that develops policies and tools that shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability. Includes how to help, news, and a list of projects and programs. http://www.redefiningprogress.org |
Contaminated land in Great BritainInformation on Contaminated Land in the UK, for all working in the field, whether involved in buying, selling, assessing, advising, or remediating. http://www.contaminatedland.co.uk |
The Absurdity of VivisectionExtensive set of arguments, articles and newsletters against animal experimentation. Surrey, England. http://vivisection-absurd.org.uk |
National Atmospheric Deposition ProgramThe US National Atmospheric Deposition Program operates an acid rain observing network that is used to monitor the chemistry of precipitation for geographical and temporal long-term trends. Quality assured precipitation chemistry data (including acidity) http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu |
Best Practices in SustainableSearchable database cataloging over 650 good and best practices from more than 90 countries on how people, their communities, the public and private sectors have been able to tackle critical social, economic and environmental problems. http://www.bestpractices.org |
Global Environment and TechnologyInformation resources promoting the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development. http://www.getf.org |
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 http://www.sei.se |
Water Quality ProductsProvideseditorial content including developments in water conditioning, filtration and disinfection for residential, commercial and industrial systems. http://www.wqpmag.com |
What is Acid Rain and What Causes It?A discussion of the causes and effects of acid rain, and possible policy solutions. http://www.policyalmanac.org/environment/archive/acid_rain.shtml |
US EPA Acid Rain ProgramAbout EPA efforts reduce electric utilities` emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, the pollutants responsible for acid deposition. The program includes a system of tradable SO2 emissions allowances. http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/arp |
Sustainability InstituteA "think-do tank" dedicated to sustainable resource use, economics, and community. Providing information, analysis, and practical demonstrations that can foster transitions to sustainable systems at all levels of society, http://sustainer.org |
WWW Virtual Library: SustainableComprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases. http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html |
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. http://www.ilsr.org |
Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Wastecleans up sites contaminated with hazardous waste, radioactive waste, or ordnance. http://www.environmental.usace.army.mil |
GPI Atlantic - Genuine Progress IndexNon-profit research group developing an index for measuring sustainable development for Nova Scotia, integrating social, economic, and environmental variables. http://gpiatlantic.org |