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.
  • The Empty Homes Agency
    Highlighting the waste of empty homes and property throughout England: Information, solutions and statistics.
  • Panos London
    Independent, non-profit information agency producing news and analysis on topical, global issues with a developing country perspective.
  • Participatory approaches
    Website that aims to promote participation in development though a focus on Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) information exchange.
  • National Strategies for Sustainable Development
    Planning tool for multi-donor project on Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development.
  • WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
    List of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, and databases.
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development
    Organization of transnational corporations who advocate for cooperation between business and government to balance economic and environmental interests.
  • 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.
  • Threshold 21
    Computer-based development model - integrating human, economic and environmental concerns into one model - used to make efficient and effective development planning choices.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Natural Advantage
    A book which presents human sustainability at work by applying the principles of organic growth to achieve results while renewing potential.
  • 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.
  • Patterns of a Conservation Economy
    Presents a bioregional pattern language, defining sectors of opportunity for the emerging sustainable economy of the 21st century.
  • Sustainable Development Online
    Listing conferences, tools, education and training, SME support initiatives and networks, all personally screened by researchers.
  • 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.
  • Sustainable Development Web Page, The
    Contains a bibliography, case studies, and links to related sites.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • United Nations Sustainable Development
    Dedicated to improving the well being of present and future generations through the promotion of sustainable development.
  • 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]
  • Awakening Earth
    Information in support of the awakening of culture and consciousness to achieve a sustainable and compassionate global future.
  • 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".
  • Freshwater Solutions
    United Kingdom company providing services in the development of aquaculture projects. Background on company, links, and contact information.
  • UK Sustainable Development Commission
    Inspires government, the economy and society to embrace sustainable development as the central organising principle.
  • 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."
  • Combustion in the Rainforest: Ecology, Energy and Economy for a Sustainable Environment
    A global holistic perspective to the world environmental predicament.
  • BBC: Sustainable development: Big not boring
    Jonathon Porritt explains why sustainable development is not a "boring catch-phrase for sad gits".

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  • World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
    URL : www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
    ... of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, ... Environment and Sustainable Development, ...[2008/11/12]
  • UNDP | Environment & Energy
    URL : www.undp.org/energyandenvironment
    Global Environment Facility. Montreal Protocol Unit. Drylands Development Centre ... Energy and environment are essential for sustainable development. ...[2008/10/08]
  • NIPC: Ecological Planning and Design Directory
    URL : www.nipc.org/environment/sustainable/development/communities/index.htm
    Sustainable development is a philosophy, a way of thinking, and a ... sustainable communities where the natural environment is ... SUSTAINABLE ...[2005/12/06]
  • Sustainable Development in the Yahoo! Directory
    URL : dir.yahoo.com/.../Environment_and_Nature/Sustainable_Development
    Yahoo! reviewed these sites and found them related to Sustainable Development ... Directory > Society and Culture > Environment and Nature > Sustainable Development ...[2008/11/20]
  • IISD Linkages
    URL : www.iisd.ca
    ... Linkages - A Multimedia Resource for Environment and Development Negotiations ... for news on environment and related sustainable development issues in Africa. ...[2008/12/01]
  • Department of Sustainable Development
    URL : www.oas.org/usde
    The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) supports OAS member States in ... Translating sustainable development and environmental protection goals into ...[2008/12/01]
  • Sustainable development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
    ... environment and to promote a model of 'sustainable development' risk ... of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health 2 (1) ...[2008/11/24]
  • Sustainable development
    URL : www.hrea.org/learn/guides/development.html
    Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is a non-profit organisation whose main mission is to support efforts aimed at ... environment and sustainable ...[2008/11/30]
  • allAfrica.com: Environment
    URL : allafrica.com/environment
    allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... Sustainable Development. Water and Sanitation. Climate. Oceans and Rivers. Wildlife. Ecotourism ...[2008/12/02]
  • What Is Sustainable Development?
    URL : www.menominee.edu/sdi/whatis.htm
    Sustainable development is a buzzword found in much environmental and some ... sustainable development (World Commission on Environment and Development, p43) ...[2005/06/15]
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