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Various Humanitarian Help Groups

Ashoka: www.ashoka.org
Christian Flights International: www.christianflights.org
Directory of Development Organizations: www.homestead.com/prosites-devdir/files/index.html
Engineering Ministries International: www.emiusa.org
Engineering World Health
Ethno Medicine Preservation Project: www.econaturalsolutions.com
Europe Aid: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm
FAO

Free a Child: www.freeachild.org

Future Generations: www.future.org
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Global EcoVillage Network: www.gaia.org
Greenstar: www.greenstar.org
Habitat for Humanity International: www.habitat.org
Institute for Village Studies: www.villagestudies.org
Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering:
www.aidis-usa.org

International Hospital for Children: www.theIHC.org
Intermediate Technology Development Group: www.itdg.org
KnightsBridge International: www.kbi.org
Legacy Foundation: www.legacyfound.org
Life Water
Living Water International
Opportunities Without Borders
OXFAM
Partners for Christian Development: www.pcd.org
Peace Corps: www.peacecorps.gov
Physicians for Peace: www.physiciansforpeace.org
Registered Engineers in Development Relief (RedR): www.redr.org
Room to Read
Seva Foundation: www.seva.org
Shoes for Africa: www.shoesforafrica.com
Spring Street School: www.springstreet.org
StepUp: www.stepup.st
Student Service Corps (ProPeru): www.properu.org
Technoserve: www.technoserve.org
The Hunger Site: www.thehungersite.com
The Tibetan Village Project: www.tibetanvillageproject.org
Urgent Africa: www.urgentafrica.org
UNDP
UNESCO
UNICEF
US Agency for International Development: www.usaid.gov
Village Earth: www.villageearth.org
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA): www.vita.org
Water Health International: www.waterhealth.com
Water Missions International
World Bank
World Hands On Project


Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH): www.path.org
Approtec: www.approtec.org
Center for Applied Special Technologies: www.cast.org
Center for Alternative Technologies: www.cat.org.uk
Demotech: www.demotech.org
Development Alternatives: www.devalt.org
Development Center for Appropriate Technology
Enterprises Works Worldwide: www.enterpriseswork.org
Global Technology Network: www.usgtn.net
Global Village: www.i4at.org
Grupo Fenix: www.grupofenix-solar.org
Intermediate Technology Development Group: www.itdg.org
International Development Enterprises: www.ideorg.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology: www.ncat.org
Real Goods: www.realgoods.com
Schumacher College: www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/
Sustainable Village: www.sustainablevillage.com


Biomimicry

Biomimicry
PAX Scientific


Cities - Megacities

Best Practices Database: www.bestpractices.org
Sustainable Cities Program: http://www.unhabitat.org/programmes/sustainablecities
Global Urban Observatory: http://www.unchs.org/guonet/default.asp
World Health Organization Center for Urban Health/Healthy Cities Project: www.who.dk/healthy-cities
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: http://cities21.com/europractice
Mega-Cities Project: www.megacities.org
International City/County Management Association: http://icma.org
Smart Growth Network: www.smartgrowth.org
Urban Ecology: www.urbanecology.org


Dams

Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making: www.dams.org
International Rivers Network: Linking Human Rights and Environmental Protection: www.irn.org


Earth Systems Engineering

Braden Allenby's articles: www.att.com/ehs/ind_ecology/articles/
Earth Systems Engineering (CU Boulder): http://ese.colorado.edu


Ecological Footprint

Choose Climate
Population Coalition
Redefining Progress
Sharing Nature's Interest

 

Educational Programs

Aprovecho Sustainable Campus Project, Cottage Grove. OR: www.efn.org/~apro
Columbia Earth Institute: www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu
Earth Systems Science at Columbia: http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/courses/s4021/earthsystem.html
Earth Systems Engineering at CU Boulder
Engineering in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service (ETHOS): http://quickplace.udayton.edu/ethos
Engineering Projects in Community Service at Purdue University, Purdue, IN: http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/
Ecosa Institute
Institute of International Education and Global Engineering Education Exchange
Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division at WPI, Worcester, MA
International Sustainable Development Studies Institute, an initiative of Kalamazoo College (MI/USA)
International Volunteers in Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (INVEST) program:www.solarenergy.org/invest.html
Institute for Village Studies, Harbor, WA: www.villagestudies.org
Living Routes - Ecovillage Education, Shutesbury, MA
Nature and Culture (UC Davis): http://wwwenglish.ucdavis.edu/Nat&Cult/NAC.html
Solar Energy Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell: http://energy.caeds.eng.uml.edu
The Master's International in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI

Fog Collection

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_collection
FogQuest

Science in Africa
Fog Harvesting
Fogwater Harvesting for Community water Supply
Clouds on tap
Nepal Community Development Foundation


General

Aldo Leopold Foundation: www.aldoleopold.org
Battelle: www.battelle.org
Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Changes: http://hdgc.epp.cmu.edu
E-Source: www.esource.com
Earth Charter Initiative: www.earthcharter.org/welcome/
Earth Share: www.earthshare.org
Energy and Resource Institute: www.teriin.org
Environics International Lt.: www.environics.net
Environmental Yellow Pages: www.enviroyellowpages.com/sustainability.html
Environmental Organization Web Directory: www.webdirectory.com
Findhorn Foundation: www.findhorn.org
International Society for Ecology and Culture: www.isec.org.uk
Institute for International Economics: www.iie.com
ISTEC: www.istec.org
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance: www.nciia.org
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies: www.eomega.org
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): www.oecd.org
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security: www.pacinst.org
Redefining Progress: www.rprogress.org
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR): www.ucar.edu/ucar/index.html
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO): www.unesco.org/ngo/fmoi
Worldwatch Institute: www.worldwatch.org
W. Alton Jones Foundation: www.wajones.org


Green Design – Building and Construction

Blueprint for a Green Campus, CU Boulder Environmental Center: www.colorado.edu/ecenter
Center for Construction & Environment, University of Florida: www.cce.ufl.edu
Environmental Building News: www.ebuild.com
Green Built Home: www.wi-ei.org/GBH/
Green Design Initiative at Carnegie Mellon: http://gdi.ce.cmu.edu/
Harvard Green Campus Initiative: www.greencampus.harvard.edu
International Council for Innovation and Research in Building and Construction: www.cibworld.nl/Default.html
Iris Communications (Resources for Environmental Design Index): www.oikos.com/redi/index.html

Institute for the Built Environment
U.S. Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org
What’s Working: www.what’sworking.com


Industrial Ecology

AT&T Environmental, Health and Safety (articles by B. Allenby): http://www.att.com/ehs/ind_ecology/articles/
Colorado Industrial Ecology Assessment Program (RECOUP): www.verinet.com/~sweikart/
International Declaration on Cleaner Production: www.uneptie.org/Cp2/declaration
International Society for Industrial Ecology (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies): www.yale.edu/is4ie/
Industrial Ecology and Environmental Policy, Princeton: www.princeton.edu/~cees/industrial_ecology/index.shtml
Interface web page: www.interfacesustainability.com
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Industrial Ecology, Material and Energy Flows: www.oit.doe.gov/mattec/img.htm


Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006
Human Development Report, UNDP 2006
Millennium Development Goals - Country Reports (UNDP)
The Millennium Development Goals: Are Close are We?
Millennium Development Goals: Progress Report
World Bank and the Millennium Development Goals
GEF Millennium Development Goals Report
Business and the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
Science, Technology and Innovation for Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (09/05)
United Nations Resolution (09/18/200)
World Failing to Reduce Poverty (AP Article, Sept. 7)
Youth and the Millennium Development Goals


Natural Hazards

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov
Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder: www.Colorado.edu/hazards/
Regional Disaster Information Center (Latin America and Caribbean): www.netsalud.sa.cr/crid


Population Issues

Global Population Information: www.popnet.org
Measure Communication: www.measurecommunication.org
Population Coalition: www.popco.org
Population Clock: www.popco.org/irc/popclocks/
Population, Health and Environment Links: www.popplanet.org
Population Coalition: www.popco.org
Population Reference Bureau: www.prb.org
U.S. Population Data: www.ameristat.org
Zero Population Growth, Inc.: www.zpg.org


Refugee Issues

Carebridge site: www.carebridge.org
Refugee Women in Development: www.refwid.org
UN High Commission for Refugees: www.unhcr.ch
Village Alliance: www.villagealliance.com


Renewable Energy

British Wind Energy Association
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (Crest): http://solstice.crest.org/
ClearDome Solar Systems: www.cleardomesolar.com
Council of Energy Resources Tribes: www.certredearth.com
Danish Wind Energy Association
Enda Energy: www.enda.sn/energie
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program: www.esmap.org
Enersol Associates, Inc: www.enersol.org
Eurec Agency: www.eurec.be
Himalaya Light Foundation: www.hlf.org
Mexico Renewable Energy Program: www.re.sandia.gov
National Energy Foundation: www.natenergy.org.uk
NREL International: www.nrel.gov/international/tools/
Optibike: www.optibike.com
PV Power Resource Cite: www.pvpower.com
Renewable Energy Magazine
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnerhsip
Renewable Natural Resources Foundation: www.rnrf.org
Rural Energy Programs at a Glance: http://mnes.nic.in
Solar Access: www.solaraccess.com
Solar City Program, University of Sydney, Australia: www.solarcity.org
Solar Electric Light Fund: http://www.self.org/nepal.asp
Solar Energy International: www.solarenergy.org
Sun Oven International: www.sunoven.com
Village Power: www.nrel.gov/villagepower
Wisdom Light Group: www.wisdomlight.com.np
Zomeworks Passive Energy Products: www.zomeworks.com


Shelter and Housing

Concrete Canvas
Construction Technologies

Habitat for Humanity International
M
ercy Housing Systems
Shelter Now International


Surveys

Survey on the Global Environment (The Economist): www.economist.com/surveys/
United Nations, Johannesburg 2002: www.johannesburgsummit.org
Worldwatch Institute: www.worldwatch.org


Sustainability                                                                                                       

ASCE Sustainable Discussion Group: www.asce.org/sustainabledev/index.cfm
Best Foot Forward: www.bestfootforward.com
Catamount Institute: www.catamountinstitute.org
Center for Environmental Management, Clarkson University: www.clarkson.edu/cem/
CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technology: www.ceocoalition.org
Development Online (Solstice): http://solstice.crest.org/
Center on Urban Sustainability (ProDus) at the University of Costa Rica: www.produs.ucr.ac.cr
Earth Council Programs: www.ecouncil.ac.cr
Earth and Environmental Engineering program in the Earth Institute at Columbia University: www.seas.columbia.edu/columbia/departments/krumb/oldweb/eee.html
Earth Policy Institute: www.earth-policy.org
Engineers Forum for Sustainable Development: www.asee.org/neic/efsd/
Environmental Engineering and Education: www.eeenetwork.net
Forum for Science and Technology on Sustainability: http://sustainabilityscience.org
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University: http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/
Global Environment Facility: www.gefweb.org
Green Clips Archives: http://solstice.crest.org/sustainable/greenclips/info.html
Green Cross International: http://web243.petrel.ch/
Green Facts: Facts on Health and the Environment: www.greenfacts.org
Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development and the Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure Program at Georgia Tech: www.istd.gatech.edu/overview.asp
Interface Sustainability Initiative: http://www.interfacesustainability.com/
International Herald Tribune 10 part series on sustainable development: www.iht.com/sponsored/index.htm
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE-Delft): www.ihe.nl
Japan for Sustainability: http://www.japanfs.org/index.html
Land and Water Fund of the Rockies: www.lawfund.org
List of Sustainable Development sites on the Web: www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/geography/mdev/dev.html
Lohas Journal: www.lohasjournal.com
National Council for Science and the Environment: www.nceonline.org
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: www.MAweb.org
Natural Capitalism: www.natcap.org
Natural Step: www.naturalstep.org
Ocean Arks International: www.oceanarks.org
People, Planet, Profit (P3): Colorado for Socially Responsible Business: www.p3colorado.org
Rocky Mountain Institute: www.rmi.org
Second Nature Inc.: www.secondnature.org
Smart Communities Network: www.sustainable.doe.gov
Sustainability Institute: www.sustainer.org
Sustainable Colorado: www.sustainablecolorado.org
Sustainable NREL: www.nrel.gov/sustainable_nrel
Triple-Bottom-Line Reporting: www.sustainability.co.uk
UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD): www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm

United Nations: Rio+10: www.un.org/rio+10/
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI group): www.sdi.gov
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Industrial Ecology, Material and Energy Flows: www.oit.doe.gov/mattec/img.htm
World Bank Group: www.worldbank.org/index.html
World Business Council for Sustainable Development: www.wbcsd.org
World Summit on Sustainable Development, August 2002: www.johannesburgsummit.org


Waste and Waste Management

Ecocycle
Recycle Materials Research Center, University of New Hampshire: www.rmrc.unh.edu
Zero Emissions Research Institute (ZERI): www.zeri.org


Water and Sanitation

Chapin Watermatics Inc.: www.chapindrip.com
Clearwater Project: www.clearwaterproject.org
Desert Rainwater Harvesting Initiative: www.yogaindailylife.org.au/humanitariancare/rainwater_one.htm
Drinking Water - NRDC: www.nrdc.org
El Porvenir (Nicaragua): www.elporvenir.org
Filtron web site
International Reference Center for Water and Sanitation: www.irc.nl

International Water and Sanitation Center: www.irc.nl
Invisible Structures: www.invisiblestructures.com
Life Water
Potters for Peace: www.potpaz.org
R-Can Environmental Inc (UV Disinfection)
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS)
Safe Water Systems: http://safewatersystems.com
Solar Water Technologies: www.solarwater.com
Solutions Benefiting Life
UNEP - Technology for Fresh Water Augumentation: www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/TechPublications/TechPub-8a/natural.asp
UNEP - More Technologies for Fresh water Augumentation: www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/TechPublications/TechPub-8a/index.asp#1
USAID West Africa Water Initiative: www.usaid.gov/about/westafricawater/
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University
Water for People: www.water4people.org
Water Health International: www.waterhealth.com
West Africa water Initiative: www.usaid.gov/about/westafricawater/
World Water and Power
Worldwide Water Foundation: www.worldwidewater.org
 

 

 

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