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"Healthy Communities - Indicators Project" - This Community Indicators Project database is available for use in Maine classrooms; students will learn how to use "Indicators" to measure the health of their communities. The Indicators used in this project include: People and Population, Natural Resource Consumption and Natural Environment conditions. They provide a glimpse of some economic, social and environmental factors that affect our quality of life.
 
2001 Regional Planning Project - Queensland, Australia - A cooperative regional planning project managing the effects of rapid population growth and planning for sustainable development in South East Queensland. It involves the three spheres of government and the community.
 
A Vision of Community Sustainability: Model Principles - Ontario Round Table on Environement and Economy (Bilingual: English, French.)
 
Books by Jane Holtz Kay - Book summaries and articles concerning urban affairs, planning, transportation, and coping with pollution, sprawl, and other environmental challenges. Includes "Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back." By the architecture/planning critic of The Nation.
 
Cabo San Francisco Foundation - Ecuadorian foundation working for a sustainable development of poor villages in coastal Ecuador.
 
Center for Economic and Environmental Development - Describes several projects to support sustainable development and improve community and regional leaders` understanding of how economic and environmental decisions can work hand in hand to bring a new vitality to Northwest Pennsylvania.
 
Center for Neighborhood Technology (Chicago) - Creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically.
 
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Site resources and links are related to community sustainable and sustainable living.
 
Chattanooga Institute - Seeking to provide communities and companies with the resources and support necessary to create a sustainable and competitive future by finding solutions that integrate business, social equity and the environment in ways that are both sustainable and profitable.
 
Chelsea Green's Books for Sustainable Living - Chelsea Green publishes information to help design future lives where human activities of production and consumption are balanced in harmony with the natural state of the world.
 
Cities Environment Reports on the Internet - An UN inititative, and part of UNEP. A program to facilitate easy access to environmental information for sound decision-making and general awareness-raising in cities.
 
Community Sustainability - Izaak Walton League Minnesota community sustainability workshop report.
 
Criterion Planners/Engineers - Criterion is an urban planning firm specializing in sustainable community development.
 
EcoGateway - EcoIQ magazine and links to a large collection of Internet resources related to sustainable communities.
 
Ecosustainable Hub - Provides a team of international and Australian professionals committed towards a common goal of facilitating, developing and servicing sustainability. Also provides a Search engine for Sustainability using popular portals.
 
Ecosystems - South African consultants and advisors in the field of sustainable community and rural development describe their capabilities and discuss topics such as permaculture and handling issues of rapid urbanization through waste management, recycling, and incineration.
 
Electronic Tools for Community Sustainability - A group of scientists who specialize in environmental impact analysis and mitigation strategies. Provide consultation services and computer software to assist national and local governments, development agencies, planners, developers, and architects in minimizing the environmental impacts of developments.
 
Environment Canada's Green Lane/Environnement Canada - Canadian government entity's vision is to see a Canada where people make responsible decisions about the environment; and where the environment is thereby sustained for the benefit of present and future generations.
 
Five E's Unlimited - Consulting firm that specializes in environmental sustainability, strengthened economies, and social equity. Based in Virginia.
 
Grants - Sustainable Communities - Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation makes grants for studying and enabling sustainable communities.
 
 

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