Internet References for: TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views in Sustainability, 2e
Internet References for:
TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views in Sustainability
Second Edition
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UNIT 1: PRINCIPLES AND OVERVIEW
U.S. Department of Environmental Protection—Sustainability
This is the website of the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection, which provides information on sustainability.
http://epa.gov/sustainability
United Nations—Division for Sustainable Development
This website provides information on sustainable development and on the
Millennium Development goals.
Leading a Green Life
This website is a media outlet publishing blogs, daily newsletters, and regular
updates on Twitter and Facebook. It discusses the basics of leading a “green
life” and also provides the resources for doing so.
Sustainability—An Open-Access Journal
This is the homepage to Sustainability—an open-access journal. This journal
publishes articles on many topics related to sustainability.
Environmental Sustainability Index
An Initiative of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The site provides access to the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index and its underlying data and map gallery.
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi/
Sustainability Information
A website that introduces the reader to basic concepts, definitions, and approaches to sustainability and sustainable development.
U.S. Geological Survey
The website of the U.S. Geological Survey provides a good overview of sustainability issues.
http://www.usgs.gov
Natural Resources
This website provides sustainability facts and statistics on natural resources.
UNIT 2: GLOBAL ISSUES
International Monetary Fund
This is the website of the International Monetary Fund. It provides a source of
credible information about economic growth in different countries of the world.
World Bank
The website of the World Bank provides authentic and valuable information
about different projects initiated by the World Bank around the world.
Scientific and Global Issues
This website discusses scientific and social issues affecting the earth.
Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity links human welfare to nature. It explains how
mankind exists with mutual symbiosis with the plants and animals of the biota,
so that diversity is maintained.
Steady State Economy
This website, The Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). CASSE discusses the relationship between economic growth and environment.
Population Issues
This website discusses the impact of overpopulation and overconsumption.
Global Ecological Footprint Network
Global Footprint Network is an international group that focuses on advancing
sustainability through use of the ecological footprint analysis and measurement.
World Wildlife Fund
The website of the world’s leading conservation organization.
Culture and Sustainability
This is a website about the struggle for indigenous land, language, and culture.
UNIT 3: POLICY
Economy and Ecosystem Services
This site contains analytical information regarding the economic aspects of ecosystem services.
Economy and Valuation of Ecosystem Services
This website discusses the benefits of ecosystem services from an economic
perspective, and how degradation of ecosystems can have economic costs.
Climate Change—Cap and Trade
The Chicago Climate Exchange offers the only voluntary cap-and-trade program
in the United States.
Carbon Trading
The European Commission carbon trading system is the first instituted cap-and trade program. Background on how the system was implemented is provided.
Free-Market Sustainability
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a conservative free-market think tank dedicated toward disproving global warming and promoting limited government.
Green Building
The Green Globes system is a revolutionary building environmental design and
management tool. It delivers an online assessment protocol, rating system, and
guidance for green building design, operation, and management.
World Water Council
This council is a beneficial resource for obtaining information on water issues.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
The NRDC has an informative website and its page on LEED-certified building
certification is informative on the latest technologies that are available.
UNIT 4: NATURAL RESOURCES
The Nature Conservancy
This is the blog for The Nature Conservancy, an international organization
that strives to protect “ecologically important lands and waters for nature and
people.”
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
This website is sponsored by the United Nations and provides current reference
material, scientific, professional, and otherwise, regarding key programs,
global issues, and core activities that include those in agriculture and natural
resources.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Marine Fisheries Service’s website provides information on issues
pertaining to biodiversity and habitat conservation, access to management
plans developed by the eight regional councils under Magnusson-Stevens, and
current information on fishery restrictions.
www.nmfs.noaa.gov
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
The website of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, it seeks
to provide pragmatic solutions to finding solutions to our most pressing environmental and development challenges.
Natural Resources Defense Council
This website is the public face for the Natural Resources Defense Council which
is a grassroots organization that promotes environmental action to “safeguard
the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which
all life depends.”
UNIT 5: ENERGY, BUSINESS, AND SOCIETY
Nuclear Energy and Global Climate Change
This website provides information about nuclear power and global climate
change. It also has articles based on issues related to nuclear energy.
Nuclear Energy
This website provides comprehensive information, publications, and news on
nuclear power.
Green Business
The website is devoted to information on the best practices of corporations that
follow sustainability practices and policy.
Triple Bottom Line Sustainability
This is the corporate website of John Elkington, the business consultant and
author credited with originating the concept of the “Triple Bottom Line.”
Cradle-to-Cradle Environmental Design
This is the website of green design consultants and authors William McDonough
and Michael Braungart, better known for Cradle-to-Cradle Design.
Sustainable Communities
This is the website of Resourceful Communities, a group dedicated to pursuing
conservation and social justice particularly within the communities of NC.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
This is the website provides case studies of sustainable businesses worldwide.
International Association of Local Governments (ICLEI)
This organization has one of the most comprehensive programs to promote sustainable cities worldwide.
Urbanism and Sustainability
This website discusses smart growth policy and New Urbanism.
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