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- Global Sustainability Institute, RMIT University (GS@RMIT) - A research facility in Melbourne, Australia. Purpose of groups is to work on models of worldwide ecologically friendly practices to add to the knowledge base and practical applications to Australia and Asia-Pacific region. Page includes mission statement, staff profiles, current projects, and online teaching modules for classes.
- The Sustainable Village - Provides solutions to global problems using renewable energy, appropriate technology, and technical and financial resources required for international sustainable development projects and micro-enterprises.
- The Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) at MIT - Knowledge-based, multidimensional, knowledge networking system designed to provide coherent access to internet resources related to sustainable development.
- World Fisheries Trust - Promoting sustainable use of global fisheries resources through research, public awareness and training of professionals and communities to protect our fish and our fisheries.
- World Peace Sustainability Indicators - This unofficial and independent page contains some ideas in an attempt to trigger the development of World Peace Sustainability Indicators.
- Ecosustainable Links - Sustainable Environment - Thousands of links to resources and tools on ecology, environment and sustainability.
- Global Public Media - A portal dedicated to raising awareness on the topic of peak oil production and actions that can be taken.
- Alliance for Global Sustainability Water and Agriculture Research Projects - No description
- NUSAP.net - Resource for exchange of views and education in sustainability, precaution, post normal science, knowledge quality assessment, and the management of uncertainty.
- Benking.de - Personal page of Heiner Benking. Deals with topics of planning, environment, development, and sustainability.
Wikipedia Articles
- Global Reporting Initiative - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) produces the world’s de facto standard in sustainability reporting guidelines. Sustainability reporting is the action where an organization publicly communicates their economic, environmental, and social performance.
- Environmental Sustainability Index - The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a composite index tracking 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, contributions to protection of the global commons, and a society's capacity to improve its environmental performance over time.
- Global citizens movement - A global citizens movement refers to a number of organized and overlapping citizens groups who seek to influence public policy often with the hope of establishing global solidarity on an issue. Such efforts include advocacy on ecological sustainability, corporate responsibility, social justice and similar progressive issues.
- Global Young Greens - The Global Young Greens (GYG) is an emerging universal organisation supporting and consolidating the efforts of young people working towards social justice, ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy and peace. GYG is a joint project of over 70 youth organisations and many hundreds of individuals, including the Federation of Young European Greens, Asia Pacific Young Greens Network, Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, Young Volunteers for the Environment and others.
- Mathis Wackernagel - Mathis Wackernagel is a Swiss-born sustainability advocate. He is currently Executive Director for Global Footprint Network, an Oakland, California-based non-profit that focuses on developing and promoting metrics for sustainability.