Internet References For: TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views in Sustainability, 2E

Internet References For: TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views in Sustainability, 2E

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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