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The World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), defined "sustainable development" as follows in the report Our Common Future (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987):"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: the concept of "needs", in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs." Sustainability can encompass many things and can be pursued on several different levels and scales.


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Dempsey's Home Page - Advocates sustainable community development. Information on land use planning, software reviews and other topics.
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Improving Community Participation in Environment and Development - Guide for natural resource managers and others working to help communities identify more sustainable resource management practices. Provides approaches, information and theory in related fields such as sustainable development, adaptive management, collaborative learning, facilitation, conflict resolution, information management and Internet use.
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Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development - Detailed and difficult-to-find data on the interrelationships between treaties, IGOs, NGOs and governments. Journal of the International Juridical Organization for Environment and Development provides updated, basic data on the progress made at environmental conventions and organizations.
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The Empty Homes Agency - Highlighting the waste of empty homes and property throughout England: Information, solutions and statistics.
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Sustainable Development - A Common Challenge for North and South - Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) article: From the point of view of sustainable development, all countries are "developing countries"...
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Panos London - Independent, non-profit information agency producing news and analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective.
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Participatory approaches - Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) information exchange.
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National Strategies for Sustainable Development - Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development.
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WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development - Comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases.
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Sustainable Development - At its third session in April 1995, the UN Commission "noted the importance of developing, among the organizations of the United Nations system, a common or compatible system of access to their respective data bases, in order to share data fully, to streamline the collection and interpretation of data and to identify data gaps, for the purpose of providing more comprehensive and integrated data to decision-makers at national, regional and international levels."
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Introduction to The Natural Step - A creative approach for addressing environmental challenges based on consensus, systems thinking and sharing a common framework of easily understood, scientifically-based principles. Being used by many large businesses worldwide.
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development - Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business and government to balance economic and environmental interests.
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Environment Wales - National Assembly initiative in partnership with voluntary organisations for protecting and improving the environment. Includes information on partners, projects, and grants, with newsletter and downloadable registration pack.
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Freshwater Solutions - United Kingdom company providing services in the development of aquaculture projects. Background on company, links, and contact information.
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Threshold 21 - Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic and environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient and effective development planning choices.
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Sustainable Development Gateway - The tri-lingual Sustainable Development Gateway provides access to over 1,200 links, a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, listservs, and news sites dealing with sustainable development.
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SAGE (Sustainability Action Group Exchange) - An exchange forum for information sharing about best practice in sustainability. It features articles, projects, case studies, lectures, texts and links. Updated quarterly focusing on a particular theme or issue.
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The Natural Advantage - A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential.
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Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy and Economy for a Sustainable Environment - A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament.
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Cyclic Solar Safe - A free online course in sustainable product design, with a quiz and hundreds of product examples. Run by the non profit organisation BioThinking International.
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Sustainable Life - Gateway and store of a wealth of online resources to help you find what you need to live a more healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
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Patterns of a Conservation Economy - Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century.
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Sustainable Development Online - Listing conferences, tools, education and training, SME support initiatives and networks, all personally screened by researchers.
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Applying Sustainable Development - Focus is on social and cultural change, without which sustainable development is unattainable. Pages include threats and opportunities, agenda for change, practical examples, skilled people, models for change, sources of information.
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Sustainable Development Web Page, The - Contains a bibliography, case studies, and links to related sites.
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New Colonist, The - Site for people interested in visiting, moving to, or improving cities. Covers sustainable urban development, tourism and travel, and other urban issues.
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Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development - Presents informed annual evaluations of international collaboration on environmental and developmental issues, as well as listing key data concerning related international agreements, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) including UN specialized agencies; and international NGOs.
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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development - News, background and other resources from coalition that seeks to bridge gap between proponents of trade and sustainable development.
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Implementing Sustainable Development - Experiences and recommendations from national and regional consultations for the Rio+5 Forum. Overview and country reports.
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United Nations Sustainable Development - Dedicated to improving the well being of present and future generations through the promotion of sustainable development.
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Centre for Sustainable Development - Interdisciplinary research group drawing on the knowledge and expertise of nine departments at Ghent University. [Duthc site with a section in English]
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UK Sustainable Development Commission - Inspires government, the economy and society to embrace sustainable development as the central organising principle.
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World Foundation for Environment and Development - works to sustain economic development and conserve the Earth's biological resources through facilitating equitable and efficient access and benefit-sharing frameworks and by producing targeted information tools designed to improve public understanding of the issues underlying environmental conflicts.
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Canadian International Development Agency Policy for Environmental Sustainability - Discusses objectives, philosophical and practical basis, and commitments.
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Awakening Earth - Information in support of the awakening of culture and consciousness to achieve a sustainable and compassionate global future.
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