Center for a Livable Future, The
Works to establish a global resource to develop and disseminate information and to promote policies for the protection of health, the global environment, and our ability to sustain life for future generations. http://www.jhsph.edu/environment
Ecotecture: The Online Journal of Ecological Design
Focuses on aspects of the ecological design field such as the re-design of cities for better ecological performance, sustainable agriculture, ecological housing, and alternative energy. An emphasis is placed upon solutions that are already in place on a small scale, such as water recycling systems and intentional communities, and new developments in the field such as hydrogen-fuel cells, geographic information systems, and the internet. http://www.ecotecture.com/index.html
Facing the Future: People & The Planet
Facing the Future is a non-profit organization providing teachers, students, and the public with sustainability and global issues educational materials and action opportunities to shape our future. Our programs address the interconnected issues of population, poverty, consumption, peace and conflict, and the environment. http://www.facingthefuture.org/
Green Guide, The
The Green Guide Institute is a non-profit, tax exempt research and education organization which aims to educate and engage millions of consumers as to everyday household- and market-level actions that, when combined, yield system-wide environmental, health and social change. http://www.thegreenguide.com/index.mhtml
Green Life, The
The Green Life promotes simplicity, health and sustainability in daily life. We are a resource for individuals who support these three pillars of green living as a service to themselves, their communities and their environment. http://www.thegreenlife.org
Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI)
The HGCI vision is to establish an integrated commitment throughout Harvard by becoming a "learning organization" and a living laboratory in the pursuit of environmental sustainability. The approach is to engage and involve the Harvard community of faculty, students and administrators, working within Harvard's decentralized structure to enable local management involvement, develop understanding of sustainability, develop networks within and between faculties, and enable the community to Institutionalize sustainable practices. http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/
International Institute for Sustainable Development
The IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources management. http://www.iisd.org
Natural Step, The
The Natural Step is an international advisory and research organization, which works with some of the largest resource users on the planet to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability. http://www.naturalstep.org/
Redefining Progress
Redefining Progress works with partners to change technology, influence the choices individuals make, and resolve pressing social and environmental issues. RP also adds to our partners’ efforts by pursuing systemic change in underlying economic, political, and social mechanisms. http://www.rprogress.org/
Rocky Mountain Institute
An entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining. http://www.rmi.org
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
The mission of the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) is to make sustainability a major focus of teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities worldwide. ULSF pursues this mission through advocacy, education, research, assessment, membership support, and international partnerships to advance education for sustainability. http://www.ulsf.org/index.html
World Conservation Union, The (IUCN)
For more than 50 years this ‘Green Web’ of partnerships worldwide has generated environmental conventions, global standards, scientific knowledge and innovative leadership. Its mission is “ to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.” http://www.iucn.org/
World Resource Institute
An environmental research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. Their work is concentrated on achieving progress toward four key goals: Protecting earth’s living systems, increasing access to information, creating sustainable enterprise and opportunity, and reversing global warming. http://www.wri.org/
