GENERAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION

The concept of Relative Sustainability
To ‘sustain’ means to keep going. When a musical note is played, the meaning is unmistakable. With reference to landscape planning, it is unclear. On a geological time scale, mountains rise and fall, species evolve and become extinct.
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United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
Contains full-text of international agreements and committments such as Agenda 21, Montreal Protocol etc. This is a good site if you are looking for an overview of the global context for sustainable development and what is driving the sustainable development agenda at the international level.
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
This site has a large collection of resources on sustainable development. A good starting point covering the subject area of sustainable development.
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Redefining Progress
This is the site of the Redefining Progress movement and contains extensive information rethinking many policy issues from a sustainable point of view. It has a lot of information on ecological footprinting.
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National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
With programs in energy, agriculture and communities, NCAT provides information on sustainable technologies and community-based approaches that can help improve the lives of economically disadvantaged people.
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