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Try as hard as we may to do our job, The Commons offers but one current of a much broader on-going tide of awareness, observation, thought, collaboration, and action on the issues of technology, society and sustainable mobility and development... happily since there is so much to be done and so much inertia and resistance out there to these concepts of individual and collective. What you have here below is our latest collection of primarily international sources which provide useful points of departure and information on these issues. Most of these provide useful references and links in their turn.

You will notice a hearty diversity in these sites, from the diplomatic and formal to the contentious and impudently activist. We will need all of that and more to make a more sustainable and just world. Creative dissonance is our thing.

While such a listing is inevitably idiosyncratic and personal, and incomplete, for those who care it should be a source of not only help but of a certain, measured, hopefulness. Look at how many people in how many places are trying to do their part for a more sustainable world! And you can help too by sharing your suggestions and ideas with us all. (At The Commons, we answer our mail.)

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500 PPM (Germany): - promotes global climate protection through international partnerships and by fostering involvement of industry, the public sector, and concerned individuals through market-driven means. Create solutions for clients that integrate global climate protection into business operations. "500 PPM" means 500 parts per million - a crucial value for climate protection because it describes a point at which the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere should be stabilized.
ACCESS: Eurocities for a New Mobility Culture (Belgium) ACCESS and its members take part in a number of European projects in the field of sustainable urban transport. ACCESS is also instrumental in the coordination and management of these projects.
Adbusters Media Foundation(Canada): A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs... who believe culture jamming can be to our era what civil rights was to the '60s, what feminism was to the '70s, what environmental activism was to the '80s...
ADEME -Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (France): ADEME is closely involved in implementing the government's environment and energy policies and helps France meet its international commitments. Waste economy, air pollution, energy management.
African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (Mali Senegal, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia): - seeks to develop new sustainable energy enterprises that use clean, efficient, and renewable energy technologies to meet the energy needs of under-served populations, thereby reducing the environmental and health consequences of existing energy use patterns.
Aga Khan Development Network (Switzerland ): The AKDN focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender.
Agence Française de Développement (France): - a public institution, belongs to French system of Public Development Assistance (APD). Active in over 60 countries in Africa,
AllAfrica Global Media(Mauritius): -- multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users.
The Alliance to Save Energy (USA): - promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security. The Alliance strives to be the world's premier organization promoting energy efficiency to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security
Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (USA): A project of the Sustainable Energy Institute - Promoting eco-democracy since 1988
Alliance for Sustainability (USA): The mission of the Alliance is to bring about personal, organizational and planetary sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane. The Alliance for Sustainability is a Minnesota-based, tax-deductible nonprofit supporting model sustainability projects on the local, national and international levels.
Alternative Transportation Resources (USA) Life After, Before, Without, and Despite Cars. Focus is twofold. One is to participate in the on-going effort of challenging the supremacy of the automobile, whether on our roads or in our hearts. The other is to promote and encourage the use of bicycles.
America Walks (USA) The mission is to foster the development of community-based pedestrian advocacy groups, to educate the public about the benefits of walking, and, when appropriate, to act as a collective voice for walking advocates. To carry out our mission, we provide a support network for local pedestrian advocacy groups. We offer advice about how to get started and how to be effective with public officials and engineering and design professionals.
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (USA) - a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection. ACEEE's program areas include: National, Regional, and State Energy Policy; Buildings, Appliances and Equipment; Utilities; Industry; Transportation; International; Conferences and Publications.
Arbetslivsinstitutet - National Institute for Working Life (Sweden) - national centre of knowledge for issues concerning working life. The Institute carries out research and development covering the whole field of working life, on commission from The Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications.
Amor (Austria): Austrian Mobility Research is one of the leading European companies in the field of mobility research and therefore has a vast experience in cooperating with the EU-research promotional institutions. Works for sustainable environmental-friendly and people-friendly traffic development.
Asahi Glass Foundation (Japan) - strives to contribute to the creation of a richer, more vibrant society. To this end, the Foundation supports research in leading-edge scientific and technological fields and recognizes individual and organizational efforts to solve issues of concern to people around the world.
Ascribe: The Public Interest Newswire (USA) AScribe supplies journalist and the public with fast and convenient access to a valuable information resource.
Aseed - a network that initiates actions and campaigns on environmental and social justice issues. Main activities are promoting discussion, encouraging positive action, distributing publications and coordinating meetings
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public - Ashoka invests in people. It is a global non-profit organization that searches the world for social entrepreneurs-extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities. Ashoka identifies and invests in these social entrepreneurs when no one else will.
Association for European Transport (UK) European organisation for transport professionals, promotes networking and the exchange of ideas, Information and opportunities amongst its members through conferences, special interest groups and the members' website. AET is responsible for organising Europe's leading annual transportation conference (the European Transport Conference - ETC). Members are encouraged to play an active role.
Australian Greenhouse Office (Australia) Federal government agency dedicated to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, including alternative fuel and sustainable transport actions.
Auto-Free Ottawa (Canada): makes extensive of electronic discussion areas. Used for announcements, general discussion and for event planning. There is also a support area for people that are making a transition to a car-free lifestyle. (Listed here as an example of spontaneous citizen organization.)
autofrei leben! e.V. (Germany) German-language platform for car free living, with web site, conferences, print materials.

The Baltic Challenge (Sweden) - for Sustainable Growth in the Baltic Sea Region
A yearly competition - The Baltic Challenge Award - is a core activity inviting projects illustrating innovative and useful ways to implement ICT. The vision of the Baltic Challenge is to create the world's most dynamic and highly competitive ICT region - a leading user of ICT tools both for citizen and community leverage and for sustainable socio-economic growth in the region.

Bicycling Empowerment Network (South Africa) - for Sustainable Growth in the Baltic Sea Region
Launched in Cape Town on 7 February 2002. BEN promotes the use of bicycles in order to address low-cost mobility, health and access to opportunity, employment, skills and education. In collaboration with both national and international development/ donor agencies, the project facilitates the transportation of bicycles from Europe, Great Britain and the United States to South Africa, the establishment of bicycle workshop projects and the introduction of bicycle user paths/ networks.

Best Foot Forward (UK) ' Our aim is to help regions, organisations and communities to reduce their 'ecological footprint' through the delivery of a wide range of analytical tools and consulting services."

Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme (UNEP) - a global network of institutions dedicated to the identification and exchange of successful solutions for sustainable development. The BLP partners' network identifies initiatives in such areas as housing, urban development and governance, the environment, economic development, social inclusion, crime prevention, poverty reduction, women, youth, infrastructure and social services.

Best Practices Database (UNEP) This searchable database contains proven solutions to common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanising and globalising world. Over 1600 practices from 140 countries demonstrate practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide housing, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development.

Bicycle News Agency (Denmark)

Bremen Initiative (Germany) is a global platform for all local business-municiality partnership programmes and projects aiming at sustainable development. As a campaign, its goal is to affect awareness, influence legislation and be a catalyst in developing new solutions based on best practices.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USA) The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 established BTS for data collection, analysis, and reporting and to ensure the most cost-effective use of transportation-monitoring resources. BTS brings a greater degree of coordination, comparability, and quality standards to transportation data, and to fill important gaps.

Business Council for Sustainable Energy (USA) The BCSE is an organization dedicated to implementing market-based approaches to reducing pollution and providing a diverse, secure mix of energy resources. Through our extensive national and international contacts, the Council works on issues pertaining to climate change, international financing, clean energy tax equity and global market development

California Center for Innovative Transportation - CCIT (USA) : was founded by the University of California and the California Department of Transportation. Its mission is to facilitate the development, commercialization and deployment of promising transportation technologies and systems.

California Energy Commission (USA) : The state's primary energy policy and planning agency. Promoting energy efficiency through appliance and building standards. Developing energy technologies and supporting renewable energy. Planning for and directing state response to energy emergency.

Campaign for Sensible Transport (Ireland) :

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Canada) : - offers an alternative to the message that we have no choice about the policies that affect our lives. We undertake and promote research on issues of social and economic justice. We produce research reports, books, opinion pieces, fact sheets and other publications, including The Monitor, a monthly digest of progressive research and opinion.

Canadian International Development Agency (Canada) : CIDA supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world

Canadian Urban Institute (Canada) : CUI is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions to important issues that have an impact on the quality of life in urban areas and communicating those solutions to a wide audience through a variety of media. The CUI brings together experts from different disciplines to connect people, money and ideas to build strong communities and equitable and competitive urban areas in Canada and internationally.

Carshare Organizations - World Inventory (France) : Organized in three main parts: (i) World Inventory of Carshare Operators, (ii) Regional Groupings, and (iii) links to National Groupings. In each case these inventories are developed with the help of our members and colleagues of the World CarShare Consortium world wide.

CarBusters: a project of World Carfree Network. Carbusters.org, Car Busters magazine, and the Car Busters Resource Centre are tools for the grassroots global carfree movement - activists, campaigners and engaged citizens from around the world who want to take on car culture and promote alternative ways of life. Organise their own World Car-Free Day... and their site is full of useful info for anti-car campaigners worldwide

Car Free Cities Discussions Free flow chat sessions on how to achieve "car free city solutions to the vexing problem of urban automobiles." Includes discussion of transport and energy issues. Intended for discussion of personal experiences as they relate to the larger issues. Moderated by Carfree.com.

Car Free Discussions 300 list members discuss and explore issues related to eliminating or reducing one's reliance on automotive transport. Celebrates non-polluting forms of transportation such as walking and bicycling while encouraging the use of mass transit as well as other life style changes providing an alternative to autocentric perspectives. Very personal, laid back approach.

Carfree Times A newsletter for those interested in carfree cities. Published on-line four times a year (sometimes more often).

Carfree Universe (USA) - focus of this site is not so much on accomplishing carfreeness (though that is a desired end), but on helping those who are choosing to live without a car have as many opportunities and options as possible. It is about creating a strong and supportive environment for those who choose carfreeness.

Car Haters Unite (USA) - Hideouse-whitenoise, The Urban Cycling Zine.

Cars Suck - Right Of Way is a group of activists dedicated to asserting the rights of car-free street users -- including pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters -- and fighting back against car violence. Our home base is New York City, but we hope to report on, and help stimulate, action and awareness in other locales as well.

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (USA)) The world's premier forum for research and education in ethics and international policy. We provide a home for those who explore the ethical dilemmas posed by issues such as deadly conflict, human rights violations, environmental protection, global economic disparities, and the politics of reconciliation.

Clean Air Campaign (USA) The mission is to motivate Georgians to take action to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion. To accomplish this mission, The Clean Air Campaign offers a variety of voluntary programs and services, including free employer assistance, public information and children's education. We focus on both congestion and air quality because they are linked - vehicle emissions contribute to smog formation.

Centre for Alternative Technology (UK) CAT is an environmental charity aiming to 'inspire, inform, and enable' people to live more sustainably. A solutions driven organisation, offering practical solutions to environmental problems. Key areas: are renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency, organic growing and alternative sewage systems.

Center for A New American Dream (USA) - helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life and promote social justice. We work with individuals, institutions, communities and businesses to conserve natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and consumed.

Centre for Alternative Transportation (USA) A non-profit organization committed to community involvement in manufacturing, using, and advocating sustainable modes of transportation.

Center For Science and Environment (India) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is an independent, public interest organisation which aims to increase public awareness on science, technology, environment and development. The Centre was started in 1980.

Center for Livable Communities (USA') - a national initiative of the Local Government Commission (LGC). A nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization of elected officials, city and county staff, and other interested individuals throughout California and other states, the Local Government Commission helps local governments identify and implement solutions to today's problems

Centre for Public Space Research (Denmark)
A research centre of the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts specially devoted to the study of urban spaces and the impact of the design of urban and suburban areas on the daily lives of their inhabitants. Director: Dr Jan Gehl.

Center for Resource Solutions (USA)
believes a small number of people can make a big difference in addressing sustainability issues. We encourage the transfer of sustainable technologies and foster international leadership in sustainability by building the human capacity to meet environmental, economic, and cultural needs.

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (UK)
CSERGE is internationally renowned for working at the forefront of interdisciplinary research, on a range of environmental issues. CSERGE uses social science analysis as a link between existing scientific knowledge and policy guidance, with the aim of mitigating environmental problems in both developed and developing economies.

Centre for Sustainable Transport/Centre pour un Transport Durable (Canada) The Centre for Sustainable Transportation was founded to provide leadership in achieving sustainable transportation in Canada.

Center for Transportation and the Environment (USA) - continues to focus on being a leader in facilitating rapid development, commercialization, public understanding, and acceptance of advanced transportation technologies.

China Sustainable Energy Program (China)The CSEP supports China's policy efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy. The program emphasizes both national policy and regional implementation. The program strives to build capacity in China to analyze energy savings and renewable energy opportunities, and to develop policies to capture those opportunities.

Child Friendly Cities (Unicef) See http://www.unicef.org/search.php?q=Child+Friendly+Cities&Go.x=9&Go.y=9 for info on this Unicef program.

Città sostenibili (Italy)
A project aimed at city improvements for children. Sponsored by the Italian Ministry of the Environment.

Ciudad Humana (Colombia) es una Fundación sin ánimo de lucro que promueve la construcción participativa de ciudades sostenibles donde el centro de reflexión y acción sea lo humano.

Clear Zones (UK) The overall aim of is to reduce pollution and traffic in towns and enhance manufacturing end export opportunities by developing relevant technology and techniques through partnerships between cities, industry, academia and Government

Clickmobility.it (Italy) è il portale italiano della Mobilità e del Trasporto Passeggeri, un portale verticale di tipo "business-to-business" finalizzato a fornire informazioni ad alto valore aggiunto, promuovere prodotti e servizi specialistici ed offrire servizi di consulenza on-line "profilati" sui diversi segmenti di una comunità virtuale composta dai principali operatori di questo settore.

Climate Care Calculator Clean up your CO2 emissions quickly and efficiently, just by using one or more of our Carbon Calculators: Car & Home Calculator; Air Travel Calculator; and Fixed Offset Options where you'll find an offset to fit every pocket.

Climate India (India) < The aim of WSD, which is based on the principle of conscious and responsible participation of women, is to implement relevant development programmes.

Climate Trust The Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit start-up originally formed in 1997 as Oregon Climate Trust. Our mission is to promote climate change solutions by providing high quality greenhouse gas offset projects and advancing sound offset policy.

Club des villes cyclables (France) Le Club des villes cyclables, créé en 1989 par 10 villes pionnières, regroupe aujourd'hui plus de 550 communes représentant 14 millions d'habitants. Il est devenu, au fil des ans, un acteur majeur en matière de politiques et de réalisations cyclables.

Coke Challenge Campaign (Canada) On this website, you'll learn how Coca-Cola can keep its cool without cooking the planet and how, under pressure from thousands of individuals worldwide, it changed its global refrigeration policy. Then you can join in a global campaign to ensure the "real thing" implements its new policy.

Comité 21 (France) Comité français pour l'environnement et le développement durable

The Commons (France) A shared public space on the Internet, providing a wide open, world-wide, non-government forum with working tools and assembly areas for people and groups concerned with improving our understanding and control of technology as it impacts on people in their daily lives. The bottom line: sustainable development and social justice. Without the wait!

Common Ground (Canada) Common Ground is an independent publication, 100% Canadian owned. It is Western Canada's biggest and best-loved monthly magazine dedicated to health, wellness, ecology and personal growth.

Concord Consortium (USA) a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord, Massachusetts. We create interactive materials that exploit the power of information technologies. Our primary goal in all our work is digital equity -- improving learning opportunities for all students.

Copenhagen Consensus (Denmark) - The Copenhagen Consensus is a problematical brainstorming exercise posing some of the world's leading economists questions about sustainable development priorities in a world of limited resources. We invite you to check it out, follow some of the more critical discussions that are paralleling it, and pitch in here with your views.

Copenhagen X (Denmark)- partnership between the city of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Municipality and the Realdania Foundation, will arrange the mobile workshops using the city as case-study.

Cordis - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (Europe) - focuses directly on a number of pressing environmental and energy concerns. In a sustainable development perspective, we must address the quality and sustainability of our use of natural resources and ecosystems, threats of global change, quality of life in our cities, and the impact of the production and use of the energy which is essential to our economies and to our way of life, and also centrally important in environmental problems, notably climate change.

Council of European Municipalities (Belgium) - founded in Geneva in 1951 by a group of European mayors; later, it opened its ranks to the regions and became the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Today, it is the largest organisation of local and regional government in Europe; its members are national associations of towns, municipalities and regions from over 30 countries.

Counterpart International (USA) is a non-profit international human development organization founded in 1965 as the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific. We are headquartered in Washington D.C. and work in more than 60 countries. Counterpart works around the world with local non-government organizations (NGOs) to support the development of civil and democratic societies.

Critical Mass A monthly bicycle ride to take back the streets. It began in San Francisco in 1992, and quickly spread to cities all over the world. The ".org" domain notwithstanding, Critical Mass is not an organization, it's an unorganized coincidence. It's a movement ... of bicycles, in the streets. Accordingly, this isn't the official Critical Mass web page, because there is no official Critical Mass web page. There are, however, a bunch of unofficial web pages which you can find here.

Culture Change/Sustainable Energy Institute Sustainable Energy Institute was established in Washington, D.C. as a "global warming center" according to the press. Our projects function as alternatives to petroleum dependence.

Curitiba mass transportation system (Brazil) Leading world service, introducing innovative multi-level busway network and support services. Started in the early '70s, integrating the street network system and the land use program, as one of the underpinnings of the plan proposed by the Curitiba Master Plan. Also see article: http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_62.shtml

Demos is a greenhouse for new ideas which can improve the quality of our lives. As an independent think-tank, our aim is to create an open resource of knowledge and learning that operates beyond traditional parties, identities and disciplines.

Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (UK)

Detour Publications Looking for the latest, greatest and classic information on sustainable transportation, urban ecology, transit, walking, cycling, green cities, green tourism, moving goods, trains, car use reduction, telecommuting, and land use planning? Are you a planner, activist, educator, consultant, developer, policy maker or simply interested in what makes our cities tick? You've travelled to the right place!

Development Gateway Foundation - an enabler of development. We help improve people's lives in developing countries by building partnerships and information systems that provide access to knowledge for development. We exploit powerful and affordable information and communication technologies (ICT) that were previously unavailable

The Dominion (Canada) "Canada's Grassroots National Newspaper" - a bi-weekly Canadian newspaper with a national focus, published in print and online. Our focus is on stories or issues that are marginalized, spun, or ignored by the mainstream press. We also hope to provide a venue where fundamental questions can be asked about Canadian institutions, policies, and events--the questions to which answers are often assumed to be obvious.

Doors of Perception (Netherlands) Doors is an international conference and knowledge network which sets new agendas for design - in particular, the design agenda for information and communication technologies (ICTs).

Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (USA) Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.

Dow Jones Sustainability Investment (USA) Increasingly, investors are diversifying their portfolios by investing in companies that set industry-wide best practices with regard to sustainability. The DJSI components are selected by a systematic corporate sustainability assessment and include only the leading sustainability companies' worldwide. The DJSI therefore provide a bridge between companies implementing sustainability principles and investors wishing to profit from their superior performance and favourable risk/return profiles.

Dubai International Best Practices Awards (Dubai) The Municipality of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), are pleased to invite you to submit your 'Best Practice' for the 2004 Dubai International Award.

Dutch Waste Solution (Netherlands) DWS offers a total, turn-key solution for the handling of waste. An international concept covering (controlling) the entire waste chain: From (separated) waste collection via transferring of the waste to the management of controlled landfill sites, including leach water

Earth Charter Initiative (Costa Rica) - Promotes an ethical commitment to sustainable development, democracy, peace and non-violence, community development, etc. "The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. It is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history."

Earth Council Institute (Costa Rica) - international non-governmental organization (NGO) that was created in September 1992 to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements. It is led by a body of 18 Members, drawn from the world's political, business, scientific and non-governmental communities.

Earth Day Network (USA) an alliance of 5,000 groups in 184 countries working to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world.

Earth Island Institute (USA) EII founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy

Earth Rights Institute is dedicated to securing a culture of peace and justice by establishing dynamic worldwide networks of persons of goodwill and special skill, promoting policies and programs which further democratic rights to common heritage resources, and building ecological communities.

Earth Policy Institute "dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy-an eco-economy-as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there."

EarthVoice (USA) Mission: To work with others to create a humane society by protecting animals and ecosystems, fostering sustainable development, and instilling earth ethics.

Earthworks (USA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the destructive impacts of mineral development, in the U.S. and worldwide. We fulfill our mission by working with communities and grassroots groups to reform government policies, improve corporate practices, influence investment decisions and encourage responsible materials sourcing and consumption.

EarthTrends: Environmental information portal, offers a searchable database, maps, country profiles, text and graphics "features" pieces, and pre-formatted datatables.

EarthNews Radio Syndicated radio program focusing on science and the environment. Requires Media Player

Earthwire News service (UK) EarthWire is updated every day with environmental news from newspapers in the United Kingdom. By UNEP/GRID-Arendal and the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.

Earthscan (UK) Leading publisher of books on the environment and sustainable development

Ecological Footprint (USA) Sustainability means achieving satisfying lives for all within the means of nature - now and in the future. The extent to which we're using more than nature can provide can be measured with the Ecological Footprint. This information points us to actions that can address fundamental sustainability concerns, and it gives us a way to measure our progress. Check it out and see how you are doing. Happy?

EcoPeace - Yaakov Garb (Israel)

Eco-Portal - The EnvironmentalSustainability.Info Source (USA) The Original and Best Environmental Portal - with true search engine, links to sites and news, blog, action alert, discussion groups and more!

EcoWorld an information resource on nature and clean technology. Providers of earth-friendly products and services who seek an eco-conscious audience of consumers and green business people are encouraged to consider www.EcoWorld.com as a venue for their online advertising messages.

ELGO - European Local Government Database

ELTIS Info Service - an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Clean Transport Unit. The project is led by an international team of transport related organisations. The aim of ELTIS is to provide information and support a practical transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience in the field of urban and regional transport in Europe.

The Energy Foundation (USA) A partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy

Energie-Cités (France): With over 110 members in 21 countries and representing close to 300 towns and cities, Energie-Cités is the association of European local authorities for promotion of local sustainable energy policies.

EnergySmart Schools (USA) -helps K-12 schools develop energy education programs and save energy and dollars through energy efficiency. It is working with school districts to introduce energy-saving improvements to the physical environment, taking a proactive role.

Environment Digest

envolve - Partners for Sustainability (UK) - work with schools, community groups, youth groups, businesses and individuals to: a) Bring environmental issues to life and make them relevant and meaningful; b) Demonstrate the power of individual action - together we can make a difference; c) Benefit both the environment and the community through recycling, energy saving, conservation etc. d) Provide practical support for local groups to help them address environmental, social and economic issues in sustainable ways.

European Environmental Bureau

EU's Externe fuel price project

ENS - Environmental News Service

ENN - Environmental News Network "ENN is your resource for quality environ- mental news, features and multimedia content."

L'Entreprise et la Cité (France) La Fondation d'entreprise VINCI pour la Cité a pour ambition de mettre en place des passerelles entre le monde du travail et le monde associatif, entre le monde de l'entreprise et celui de la cité

Environmental Data Services "The original daily international wire service of the environment. Established in 1990. ENS contributors around the world cover issues and events that affect the environment such as: legislation, politics, conferences, lawsuits, international agreements, demonstrations, science and technology, public health, air quality, drinking water, oceans and marine life, land use, wildlife, forests, natural disasters, the indoor environment, hazardous materials, toxics, nuclear issues, renewable energy, recycling, transportation, and environmental economics.

Environmental Defence (USA) Environmental Defense is fighting for greener, more cost-effective transportation choices

Environmental Daily : Focused European coverage of transport issues

EE-Link: Environmental Education Resources on the Internet (USA) : - participant in the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). K-12, environmental education, teaching resources, lesson plan, curriculum guides, catalog, directory

Environmental Health News (USA) -- published daily by Environmental Health Sciences, a not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 to help increase public understanding of emerging scientific links between environmental exposures and human health

Environmental Sustainability Index(USA) -- is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 142 countries. The ESI scores are based upon a set of 20 core "indicators," each of which combines two to eight variables for a total of 68 underlying variables. The ESI permits cross-national comparisons of environmental progress in a systematic and quantitative fashion. It represents a first step towards a more analytically driven approach to environmental decisionmaking

ERTICO (Belgium) : - Europe-wide, not-for-profit, public/private partnership for the implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS). Set up in 1991 at the initiative of the European Commission as well as key members of European ITS industry and national governments, ERTICO is open to any European organisation or international organisation operating substantially in Europe

Environmental Transportation Association "We will never be without cars but we can use them more sensibly as part of a sustainable transport system for Britain, something we can all be a part of. This is the vision of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) .We are trying to address what can be done to reverse the congestion and pollution trends and we campaign and lobby government directly on these issues. We are also the only alternative motoring organisation and offers a comprehensive range of breakdown and insurance services. "

EnviroLinks News Service

European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (France) - European non-profit organisation consisting of national Academies of Applied Science and Engineering from eighteen European countries. Euro-CASE has access to a unique resource of experts counting 5,200 individual Fellows of 18 national Academies.

European Cyclists' Federation Promote and encourage cycling in the countries of Europe as an economic, efficient, healthy and environmentally friendly means of transport and recreation. The ECF shall act as a federation of member groups throughout Europe.

European Federation for Transport and the Environment (Belgium) T&E is Europe's principal environmental organisation campaigning specifically on transport issues. Its members are drawn from NGOs in nearly every European country, all of whom promote a more environmentally sound approach to transport.

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (T&E) - carries out research and development projects, to provide data and analysis for informing and supporting the formulation of EU policy on working and living conditions. The Foundation has a network of experts throughout Europe who conduct research on its behalf including assessing the current national situations, the preparation of case studies and national reports and the conducting of surveys.

European Mobility Week - represents a platform for local authorities as well as organisations and associations from all over Europe to: promote their existing policies, initiatives and best practices on sustainable urban mobility; launch new policies and initiatives; emphasise the local commitment towards sustainable urban transport policies.

European Network of Cycling Expertise (Belgium) Velo.Info website. This website is still under construction. The working functions at this moment are: search on cycling, about Velo.Info and agenda.

European Platform on Mobility Managementk (Belgium) EPOMM provides a forum for all those interested in Mobility Management: representatives from EU member governments, local and regional authorities, researchers, major employers, transport operators and other user groups

European Urban Transport Research Projects Latest listing from CORDIS.

European Union Car-Free Day (Belgium) "In town without my car!" - centred on three types of measures, designed to: - encourage the use of alternative forms of transport and travel other than private cars, - raise awareness and inform city-dwellers of what is at stake so far as concerns long-term mobility in towns and the risks connected with pollution, - show the town in another light thanks in particular to reduced motorised traffic within restricted areas.

European Road Crash Statistics

EU Sustainable Development News

EU Transport News We do not cover all EU news, but select topics. Depth is differentiated according to upcoming EU policy decisions and to EU Actors interest. We follow topics over time, provide reliable databases and interfaces. The Guide is as complete as feasible. News are updated every weekday before 9 am.

EU Transport and Environment Program

FactorFourProject (Germany) - best practices at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Portal is a communication platform linking producers, experts and the interested public in an effort to enhance the quality of solutions. Factor Four Research Desk calls for dissemination of eco-efficient products and services.

Factory Farm Project (USA) The GRACE Factory Farm Project (GFFP) works to create a sustainable food production system that is healthful and humane, economically viable, and environmentally sound. When invited by regional or grassroots groups, the GFFP helps rural communities, family ranchers and farmers around the country oppose the spread of new factory farms, and close down existing operations that adversely affect the health and well-being of communities.

Finnish Technology Award Foundation (Finland) The mission of the foundation is to promote scientific research geared towards the improvement of the quality of life through technological innovation and to encourage co-operation in the field both in Finland and internationally.

Fistera (Spain) Thematic Network on Foresight on Information Society Technologies in the European Research Area

Forum for the future (UK) Founded in 1996 by three of the UK's leading advocates of sustainable development - Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paul Ekins - out of a conviction that many of the solutions needed to defuse the environmental crisis, and to build a more sustainable society, are already to hand.

Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainability (USA) - Harvard Univesity program, seeks to facilitate information exchange and discussion among the growing and diverse group of individuals, institutions, and networks engaged in the field of science and technology for sustainability. It seeks to provide access to emerging ideas, relevant activities, key documents and web sites.

Foundation for the Economics for Sustainability (Ireland) (FEASTA) - active and exciting programme to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required. Irish and international focus.

Friends of the Earth International (Netherlands) Friends of the Earth International is a federation of autonomous environmental organizations from all over the world. Our members, in 68 countries, campaign on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our day, while simultaneously catalyzing a shift toward sustainable societies.

Friends of the Earth Transport Campaign (UK) Hard thinking about the implications of our transportation choices. Broad coverage of sector from local to air.

Friends of Europe (Belgium) - a Brussels-based think tank without national or political bias that promotes discussion, research and new thinking of European policy issues.

Fundación Ciudad Humana/ Humane City Foundation (Colombia) - a nongovernmental organization looking forward to promoting urban sustainability. The projects it has developed include bikeway promotion campaigns, physical activity diagnostics and promotion and currently a school mobility project and an urban mobility observatory. It has been funded by the municipality of Bogotá and the World Bank, among others.

La fundación: Por el país que queremos (Colombia) - entidad sin ánimo de lucro, que trabaja a nivel nacional e internacional para promover la creación de modelos de desarrollo ajustados a las condiciones y necesidades de cada ciudad. Dentro de los propósitos de la Fundación se encuentra el promover ciudades más amables en lo ambiental, sostenibles en lo social y que mejoren significativamente la calidad de vida de los habitantes de las ciudades en desarrollo, ofreciéndoles oportunidades para el mejoramiento de su potencial humano en todos los aspectos.

(Spain) The Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes and modes of behavior that reflect respect for life, human beings and human dignity. It gives top priority to human rights, rejection of any form of violence, and adherence to the principles of freedom, justice, solidarity and tolerance, as well as understanding among nations, groups and people.

Future Forests (UK) On this site you can 'neutralise' the contribution you or your business makes to global warming. Future Forests is a UK-based company with a global vision: to protect the earth's climate.

GART (France) Association d'élus, le GART regroupe 246 autorités organisatrices de transport (agglomérations, départements et régions). Son objectif : l'amélioration des déplacements et le développement des transports publics en France.

Gender Center for Sustainable Development (Mongolia) The mission of GCSD is to conduct wide-scope research and gender-centered analysis; to found an information data-base; to support human development and gender studies in Mongolia and to recommend the most effective approaches for the development of the country.

Global Cities Dialogue (France) - a worldwide network of cities interested in creating an information society free of digital divide and based on sustainable development. As cities are subject to changes caused by the transformation to an information society, they are an ideal place for actions reinforcing democracy through the use of new technologies.

Global Commons Institute ( (UK) GCI was founded in 1990 after the Second World Climate Conference. Since that time GCI has contributed to the work of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Global Development Research Center (Japan) GDRC is a virtual organization that carries out initiatives in education, research and practice, in the spheres of environment, urban, community, economy and information, and at scales that are effective. Its Urban Environmental Management programme also covers issues related to Sustainable Transportation

Global Environment & Technology Foundation (USA), We are making a difference by promoting the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development. For more than fifteen years, GETF has brought industry, government and communities together to address environmental challenges with innovative solutions.

Global Environment Facility (USA), The GEF, established in 1991, helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.

Global Footprint Network (USA), - supports a sustainable economy by promoting the Ecological Footprint, a tool that makes sustainability measurable. We coordinate research and develop methodological standards so that decision makers have robust resource accounts to ensure that we live within the Earth's budget.

GLOBE - Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment) International (USA), GLOBE is the international organization of legislators from around the planet whose purpose is to enhance international cooperation between parliamentarians on global environmental issues. Founded in 1989, GLOBE has over 1,200 members, in more than 100 countries who participate through their national, regional network or regional affiliate GLOBEs.

Global Junior Challenge Our grants fund grassroots action in some of the world's most despoiled and impoverished places. Grassroots groups are key to solving intractable problems and halting cycles of poverty, powerlessness and environmental destruction. Our grants offer hope and tap the energy of communities where other sources of support are unavailable.

Global Junior Challenge The Global Junior Challenge is a global award promoted by the Digital Youth Consortium, a non-profit organization founded by the Municipality of Rome and six major ICT companies. The intention of the award, dedicated to young people and to schools, is to identify and reward best practices on the use of new technologies in education and training of youngsters.

Go for Green (Canada) the Active Living and Environment Program, is a national non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is to encourage outdoor physical activity that protects, enhances or restores the environment. Go for Green has community-driven solutions that make a positive contribution to Canadian society.

Green Consumer Guide - Transport (UK) Motor vehicles have significant negative environmental impact for a number of reasons, namely exhaust pollution, fuel consumption and noise levels. In order to reverse, or at least stem the effects of motoring on the environment, there are certain procedures which can be carried out.

GreenBiz.com works to harness the power of technology to bring environmental information, resources, and tools to the mainstream business community. Its principal mission is: "To provide clear, concise, accurate, and balanced information, resources, and learning opportunities to help companies of all sizes and sectors integrate environmental responsibility into their operations in a manner that combines ecological sustainability with profitable business practices."

Green Futures (UK) "is the UK's leading magazine for environmental solutions and sustainable futures. Provides a snapshot of the latest sustainability news and opinion, along with practical examples of solutions - everything from energy and transport to forests and wildlife, from ethical investment and sustainable business to green products and the future of cities."

Green Map System (USA) The mission is to strengthen the community's awareness of and connection to the urban ecology through locally-created visual representations of hometown environments. Mixing the ancient art of map-making with new, interactive media, citizens of all ages and backgrounds are invited to adapt and employ our global iconography and collaborative tools as they chart the green places, environmental resources and socially-significant sites in their own cities.

GreenNet GreenNet supports a progressive community working for Peace, the Environment, Gender Equality and Social Justice, through the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs).

Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral.

Greenpeace International Direct action international group concerned about a range of environmental problems.

Healthy Cities and urban governance project (WHO) The WHO Healthy Cities approach gives such comprehensive policy and planning solutions to urban health problems. Healthy Cities engages local governments in health development, through a process of political commitment, institutional changes and capacity building and partnership-based plans and concrete actions

Home Zones A home zone is a street or group of streets designed primarily to meet the interests of pedestrians and cyclists rather than motorists, opening up the street for social use. The key to creating a home zone is to develop street design that makes drivers feel it is normal to drive slowly and carefully. Features often include traffic calming, shared surfaces, trees and planters, benches and play areas. Developed by the Children's Play Council, UK.

I Walk to School International Walk to School Day gives children, parents, school teachers and community leaders an opportunity to be part of a global event as they celebrate the many benefits of walking. In 2003, approximately 3 million walkers from 29 countries walked to school together for various reasons - all hoping to create communities that are safe places to walk.

I-CE: Interface for Cycling expertise (Netherlands) I-ce is an expertise centre with the aim to support capacity building for planning and design of cycling facilities in an urban policy context. I-ce delivers expertise to governments, expert organisations and lobby groups. I-ce facilitates the exchange of experiences and expertise and makes these applicable in a wide different context.

IBF - International Bicycle Fund - IBF promotes bicycle and other aspects of non-motorized transportation worldwide, with a particular interest in Africa. Areas of activities include: urban planning, transportation planning, rural mobility, mobility for women, economic development, road safety education, human settlement and quality of life, personal health, environmental quality, energy conservation and responsible tourism.

ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (Canada) - an international association of local governments implementing sustainable development. Its mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions.

ICLEI in Europe (Germany) - On this website you will find information that concerns in particular the work undertaken by ICLEI in Europe and by its European members, as well as direct access to our online European information and projects.

ICS - Iniziativa Car Sharing (Italy): Car Sharing was identified by the Italian Ministry of Environment in 1998 as one of the measures contained in a package of strategic interventions to improve the environmental sustainability of mobility. ICS has the job of aiding the Municipalities and the Car Sharing service operators they have selected during the instruction, planning and setting up stages of the service.

ICT in education national strategies (Estonia): International directory of ICT programs in Eruope, Canada and New Zealand.

IDEA (Sweden) IDEA, an intergovernmental organization with member states across all continents, seeks to support sustainable democracy in both new and long-established democracies. IDEA draws on comparative experience, analyses democracy trends and assistance, and develops policy options, tools and guidelines

IIASA - The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) - a non-governmental research organization. It conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change.

IGC - Institute for Global Communications (USA) Beginning in 1987, played a formative role in bringing advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations worldwide working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, conflict resolution and worker rights. In partnership with six international organizations, IGC co-founded the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in 1990. APC is an international coalition of progressive computer networks and to date includes 25 wholly autonomous but affiliated members and 40 partners.

INFORM, Inc. (USA) - an independent research organization that examines the effects of business practices on the environment and on human health. Our goal is to identify ways of doing business that ensure environmentally sustainable economic growth. Our reports are used by government, industry, and environmental leaders around the world.

IEA Information Centre (France): - acts as a permanent secretariat to the Member countries, monitors the energy markets, organises the response to emergency situations and keeps energy and environmental policies and practices under constant review to encourage the use of best practices among Members and beyond. IEA promotes rational energy policies in a global context through co-operative relations and dialogue with non-Member countries, including major energy producers and consumers, and operates a permanent information system on the international energy market.

IFRTD - International Forum for Rural Transport and Development: global network of individuals and representatives from government, academia, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, consultancies, technical institutions, national and international NGOs, and community organisations.

Illich Archives - on Society and Technology One of the most radical and profound political and social thinkers in the second half of the twentieth century. His aim is to analyze the institutional structures of industrialized society and to provide both rigorous criticism and a set of alternative concepts.

Independent Media Center (Canada) Indymedia is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity.

Innovative Mobility Research (USA) IMR is based at the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) and is closely affiliated with California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH).

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.

INTRANSNET , a network of excellence of transport research laboratories in Europe funded within the 5th framework RTD programme of the EU. The project offers a high quality marketing option for all European transport research facilities via the web directory.

INSnet seeks to create awareness by offering access to news, opinions and information sources related to the broad field of sustainable development.

Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Italy) - (IES) is one of the institutes that constitute the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. In line with the JRC mission, the aim of IES is to provide scientific and technical support to European Union strategies for the protection of the environment contributing to a sustainable development. IES works in close collaboration with official laboratories, research centres and industries of the EU's Member States, creating a bridge between the EU's policies and the European citizen.

Institute for the Future (USA) Paul Saffo leads this smart and influential think-tank to do with business and technological trends of the future for the purposes of planning and strategy.

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan): (IGES) is an independent, not for profit think tank, based in Japan, that goes beyond research to provide practical ways to protect the earth's environment and to realize greater sustainability and equity in the global community. While the outlook of IGES is global, the principal geographical scope of its activities is Asia and the Pacific region, an area which is experiencing rapid economic development and which will affect the global environment through its population growth, urban environmental problems and other environmental issues. The IGES mission is to move human society to become more environmentally and socio-economically sustainable.

Institute for Sustainable Futures (Australia): a research institute associated with the University of Technology, Sydney with programs in the areas of building and design, consumption and waste management, energy and greenhouse reduction, sustainability and social issues, transport, and sustainable urban water.

IPPUC - Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento de Curitiba (Brazil) The Curitiba Urban Research and Planning Institute's mission is to coordinate the city's urban planning and monitoring process, conducting sustainable development through compatible actions between the city and its metropolitan area. This permanent alertness, combined with the awareness that the city is a living organism, constantly changing, ensures Curitiba's harmonious planning process even in adverse economic and political scenarios.

Inter-Environnement Wallonie (Belgium) Créée en 1974 sous forme d'une asbl par une dizaine d'associations d'environnement, la fédération en réunit aujourd'hui plus de 130, actives dans les domaines les plus divers: conservation de la nature, aménagement du territoire, pollutions industrielles, agriculture, transports, patrimoine, éducation,...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland) The IPCC has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

International Bicycle Fund (USA) A non-governmental, nonprofit, advocacy organization, promoting sustainable transport and international understanding. Major areas of activity are non-motorized urban planning, economic development, bike safety education, responsible travel and cross-cultural, educational programs.

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (USA) - set up in 1949 and has 234 affiliated organisations in 152 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 148 million.At present it is collecting signatures for a petition against the exploitation of child labor.

International Downtown Association (USA) - champion for vital and livable urban centers. Through its network of committed individuals, its rich body of knowledge, and its unique capacity to nurture community-building partnerships,

IFRTD The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development(UK) is a network of individuals and organisations to facilitate and promote the successful application of policies and practices that will satisfy the accessibility and mobility needs of women, men and children in rural areas.

IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development (Canada) advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable.

International Organization for Migration (Swizerland) As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: Assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management, Advance understanding of migration issues, Encourage social and economic development through migration, and Uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants.

International Pedestrian Lexicon - a work-in-progress compiled with input from members of the Pednet list

International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (UK)

International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade (UK) presents the members of the IU as being working for peace and prosperity based on the view that Nature and Society is vital to all human beings and therefore the value of Nature and Society is Common Property belonging to all citizens on an equal footing. The International Union holds conferences at 2-4 year interval at different places around the world.

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland) - established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. It is open to all Members of the UN and of WMO.

Is It Safe?. - produced by the Road Danger Reduction Forum, a grouping of road safety professionals committed to promoting a new agenda for road safety. This is aimed at reducing road danger at source and promoting equity and accessibility for non-motorised road users.

IST Prize. The European IST Prize is the most distinguished Prize for innovative products and services in the field of Information Society Technologies. The Prize is open to companies or organisations that present an innovative IT product with a promising market potential.

ITDP - Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
Set up in 1985, to promote environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. ITDP was organized by leading advocates for sustainable transport in the US who realized that the US was exporting its model of automobile dependence to developing countries and, most recently, Central and Eastern Europe. ITDP chose to focus on counteracting this development. (Very important source of information and international collaboration.)

James Robertson (UK)- mainly about the worldwide need for change in the system of money and finance. Sustainable Development. People-centred Globalisation, combining economic efficiency with economic justice. Progress that is socially just and environmentally benign. Money and Finance as servants not masters. Are these ideas and concepts just pipe-dreams or are they essential practical goals for a one-world community?

Japan For Sustainability (Japan) - We share information on developments and activities originating in Japan that lead toward sustainability, with the aim of building momentum toward a sustainable path for the world.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK) (- one of the largest independent social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.

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Labs Alive (Australia) Studies of Society and Environment. The Learning Process.

LEAD: Leadership for Environment and Development. (UK) LEAD is committed to making a contribution toward the creation of a global society based on mutual obligations and responsibilities in which development patterns will satisfy the shared needs and aspirations of all people and respect the Earth’s living systems and natural resources..

Learning Development Institute (France, USA) - a transdisciplinary networked learning community devoted to excellence in the development and study of learning. The collective responsibility for the ecology of that environment, and each individual's role in its participatory management, is among LDI's essential concerns.

Less Traffic Creative Communities International is an incubator for social innovations based in Brisbane Australia. Through our family of web sites we aim to help individuals, communities and decision-makers unlock their latent creative genius. This website is dedicated to helping you and your city tame taffic. It contains programs that have been tested and ideas that push the envelope.

Libraries for the Future (USA) - program of the Americans for Libraries Council. LFF provides programs at the national, state and local levels, typically in partnership with libraries, library systems, foundations and community-based organizations. Currently operates in more than 100 communities in 20 states.

London 21 Sustainability Network (UK) - promotes, supports and networks community-based action for sustainability in Greater London. Along with networking capacity-building events, London 21 runs a number of innovative projects, including London Sustainability Weeks 2003 and 2004, the new London Green Map - http://www.londongreenmap.org -, and an on-going research project on Local Strategic Partnership and Sustainable Development in London: http://www.londonsustainabilityweeks.org

Liftshare (UK) Lift-sharing is when two or more people share a car and travel together. It allows people to benefit from the convenience of the car, whilst alleviating the associated problems of congestion and pollution. The site has been rigorously redesigned to make it easier to use and find your way around, and we hope this will encourage even more people to register their journeys with us.

Living Streets (Pedestrians' Association, UK)

LOCOMOTIVES, Low-cost Mobility Initiatives Programme (Netherlands) International capacity building program composed by nine NGO’s from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Dutch NGO I-CE, Interface for Cycling Expertise. The aim is to provide exchange between and technical support to the initiatives and projects of its members to substantively improve the situation of cycling in their cities.

Media Foundation (Canada) We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century.

Mediterranean Renewable Energy Initiative (Italy) The target of MEDIT is to implement by year 2010 enough projects to serve with renewable energy at least 100 million people on and-off grid in the Mediterranean region. ITo define a portfolio of renewable energy projects allowing to achieve this target and to facilitate the implementation of these projects.

MIKSIKE (Estonia) - an open source movement in educational publishing and online learning

Millennium Technology Prize (Finland) The world's biggest technology award is awarded for outstanding technological achievements that directly promote people's quality of life, are based on humane values, and encourage sustainable economic development. The prize of one million euros is awarded every second year by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation.

Ministère de l'écologie et du développement durable (France) Site of the French Ministry (in French)

Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio (Italy) Website of the Italian Ministry of the Environment - substantial local, national and international sustainable development programs

MIT Media Laboratory (USA) Opening in 1980 in its first decade, much of the Laboratory's activity centered around abstracting electronic content from its traditional physical representations, helping to create now-familiar areas such as digital video and multimedia. The success of this agenda is now leading to a growing focus on how electronic information overlaps with the everyday physical world. The Laboratory pioneered collaboration between academia and industry, and provides a unique environment to explore basic research and applications, without regard to traditional divisions among disciplines

MOBILohneAUTO(Germany) German language car free lviing site. Active since 1993, encourage Dar Free Days in Germany

Mobility management in companies - TOOLBOXThe toolbox is a search facility to help companies develop their own mobility plan, and to help them promote effectively the use of public transport, collective company transport, car-pooling, walking and cycling for home-work journeys. It has been developed by a consortium of European specialists in mobility management.

MOSES (EU)) mobility services for urban sustainability - will develop mobility services to reduce dependence on the private car on a European scale - without restricting mobility.

MOSES Newsletter

MO.VE Forum - an international, non-governmental, permanent, observatory on Sustainable Mobility in urban areas. (EU program)

MOST - European project on mobility services for urban sustainability (mostly car sharing)

MOST - Moving on Sustainable Transportation (Transport Canada program)

Moving the Economy. (Canada) Mission: To grow the sustainable transportation/New Mobility sector by: (i) Stimulating investment in sustainable transportation/New Mobility: (ii) Creating meaningful jobs in sustainable transportation/New Mobility: (iii) Increasing the range of win-win transportation choices; (iv) Spurring growth and integration of a vital industry cluster that includes telecommunications; goods movement, logistics, and fleet management; businesses and systems for enhancing transit, walking and cycling; new approaches to automobile transport; green land and real estate development; aviation and marine transport; and urban green tourism.

Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands - a national organisation with a hundred local groups. Founded in 1971, it has approximately 70,000 members and contributers. A separate, affiliated youth organisation (JMA) has several thousand partners. Our national campaigns concentrate on issues related to the nature of our country. For example, we campaign for the legal protection of green and open spaces, as silence, space, and fresh air become increasingly scarce. We also campaign for rules to curb the use of cars and help implement car-free city centres and better public transport

Murdoch ISTP (Australia)< The ISTP was established in 1988 to help create a better understanding of the roles and effects of science and technology for the benefit of all sectors of society. The ISTP has grown to become Australia's leading research institute integrating policy for simultaneously creating a better economy, an improved environment and a more just, participative society.

National Councils for Sustainable Development To bring together a cohesive group of actors to further sustainable development by: Promoting and supporting multi-stakeholder participation, and integration of sustainable development dimensions at national and regional levels through NCSDs.

Natur og Ungdom/Nature and Youth (Norway) Nature and Youth is the only environmentalist youth organisation in Norway. Nature and Youth seeks to be at the leading edge of the issues, speaking out on what needs to be done. The organization puts environmental problems on the agenda, put pressure on politicians and

The Natural Step (USA) The Natural Step provides a visionary blueprint for a sustainable world. Our upstream approach means we address problems at the source and turn them into opportunities for innovation. As an international advisory and research organization, we work with some of the largest resource users on the planet to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.

Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (Australia) - functions as the peak umbrella organisation for 130 conservation and environment groups in New South Wales, Australia; operates the Smogbusters Project relating to transport issues in Sydney and the metropolitan area

Nature Conservancy (USA) The Conservancy's mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. We have developed a strategic, science-based planning process, called Conservation by Design, which helps us identify the highest-priority places-landscapes and seascapes that, if conserved, promise to ensure biodiversity over the long term.

Neighborhood Explorations Calculator (USA) This View of Density - See how neighborhood density impacts the environment (land, materials, energy and driving). Wander around San Francisco and explore many of these neighborhoods in person. Plug in your assumptions and move your mouse over the pictures to see the impact.

NESTLAC - Network for Environmentally Sustainable (UNEP) Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean The aim is to disseminate, promote and facilitate the implementation of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) options in Latin America and the Caribbean. Promote the switch from private cars to public and non-motorised transport, leading thereby to reductions of both local and global emissions from the sector. .

The New Colonist (USA) - a web publication for people who love and live in cities. Showcases some of what's good about life in our cities.

New Economics Foundation (UK) - independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first.

New Mobility.com (USA) Web site for New Mobility Magazine and the leading online resource for Disability Culture and Lifestyle. Newmobility.com is a tremendous research and communication tool for anyone with an interest in disability issues."

New Mobility Angenda (France) Unconstrained by bureaucracy, economic interests or schedules, New Mobility was launched in 1988 as an open international platform for critical discussion, exchanges of materials and views, and diverse forms of cross-border collaboration on the challenging, necessarily conflicted topic of "sustainable transportation and social justice".

New Philanthropy Capital (UK) - founded in 2001 by a team of City financiers with a desire to bring greater resources to the charitable sector by offering donors a rigorous process for delivering on their philanthropic objectives.

New Scientist (UK) Leading international source of science and technology developments and prospects.

New Urbanism (USA) - about creating a better future for us all. It is an international movement to reform the design of the built environment, and is about raising our quality of life and standard of living by creating better places to live.

New Zealand Climate Change Office (New Zealand) The New Zealand Climate Change Office is a business unit within the Ministry for the Environment. It is responsible for leading the development, coordination and implementation of whole-of-government climate change policy. The international nature of the programme means New Zealand councils can tap into a broad range of best practice and experience in this field.

New Zealand Transport Strategy (New Zealand) As the government's principal transport policy adviser, the Ministry both leads and generates policy. The government's New Zealand Transport Strategy (NZTS) provides the framework within which transport policy is developed. The aim of the review is to promote the creation of an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable transport system by 2010

Northwest Environment Watch (USA) Seattle.

OECD EST Program - Environmentally Sustainable Transport (France) : The OECD initiated in 1994 this international project to define and chart a path towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport. The EST project attempts to demonstrate what strategies to achieve EST might look like, as well as their economic and social impacts, considering long-term environmental issues.

OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development (France) - established in 1998, an independent body hosted by the OECD. In May 2001, OECD Ministers formally endorsed the role of the Round Table “as a forum for international dialogue among stakeholders.” The following year, the Round Table and asked it to continue to “generate policy ideas and build consensus for actions” to assist them in achieving their "sustainable development objectives.”

Oneworld Net Information communication technologies (ICT) are core aspects of development, facilitating participation by people in even the most marginalized communities.

Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City that serves as the hub of the Soros foundations network, a group of autonomous foundations and organizations in more than 50 countries. OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.

Partners for Livable Communities (USA) nonprofit organization working to restore and renew our communities. Partners has over twenty-five years of experience in solving community problems by providing information, leadership and guidance that help communities help themselves.

Pedals for Progress (USA) - collects used bicycles and bicycle parts in North America, and donates them to qualified non-profit agencies in Latin America, the Caribbean, coastal Africa, and the South Pacific. Partner agencies recondition PfP-donated bicycles and make them available to disadvantaged populations for productive use.

Pelangi (Indonesia)
- undertakes activities to encourage establishment of sustainable transportation and better air quality management to minimise global air pollution

Perils for Pedestrians - a monthly cable TV program dedicated to improving the quality of the pedestrian environment in the US and Canada.

Pedestrians Association (UK)

Planning Bibliographies The comprehensive bibliographies are designed primarily for use by students in the Institute of Urban Planning, School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, U.K. The lists cover a very wide range of current planning topics. Most of the bibliographies are regularly updated.

Policy Studies Institute (UK) PSI provides data and analysis in support of policy-making, promotes the discussion and exchange of relevant information and research findings through its publications programme, and organises workshops and other events at its central London conference facilities.

Pollution Probe (Canada) is a Canadian environmental organization that: (a) Defines environmental problems through research; (b)Promotes understanding through education; and (c) Presses for practical solutions through advocacy

Project for Public Spaces Inc. (USA) PPS has an international reputation for its work on the design and management of public spaces. Founded in 1975 PPS has helped over 1,000 communities in 44 states and 12 countries improve their parks, markets, streets, transit stations, libraries and countless other public spaces.

Prosper Australia (Australia) The Mission of Prosper Australia is to create prosperity and full employment by collecting the rental from land and natural resources instead of taxation.

Puget Sound Regional Council (USA) - an association of cities, towns, counties, ports, and state agencies that serves as a forum for developing policies and making decisions about regional growth and transportation issues in the four-county central Puget Sound region.

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Rachel's Environmental & Health Weekly

Realdania Foundation (Denmark) a major Danish foundation whose mission is to improve the quality of life in the built environment by creating new qualities, and preserving existing ones, in the built environment in Denmark.

Reclaim The Streets London (UK) The infamous direct action group that developed the "street party" concept Direct action network for global and local social-ecological revolution(s) to transcend hierarchical and authoritarian society, (capitalism included), and still be home in time for tea... Welcome to the cyber-streets of RTSLondon. .

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (Austria) The (REEEP) is a coalition of progressive governments, businesses and organisations committed to accelerating the development of renewable and energy efficiency systems (REES).

Resource Saver The Resource Saver is a web-based application that allows environmental organizations to manage dynamic websites, build online communities and web portals, and expand online outreach.

Right Livelihood Award Foundation (Sweden) - founded in 1980 to ''honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today''. Recipients of the Right Livelihood Award are chosen annually by an international jury in such areas as environmental protection and biodiversity, human rights and development, helth, education, housing and technology.

Right of Way Right Of Way is a group of activists dedicated to asserting the rights of car-free street users -- including pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters -- and fighting back against car violence. Our home base is New York City, but we hope to report on, and help stimulate, action and awareness in other locales as well.

Rising Tide (UK) - UK campaign network promoting action to combat climate change.

Road Rage (UK) Information for road protesters. Our purpose is to be a point of reference for "green" road transport campaigns. The immediate aim is to put up loads of links to help people quickly navigate to information on these issues and find out about campaigns.

Road Peace (UK) Supporting those bereaved or injured in a road crash. Working for Real Road Safety.

Rocky Mountain Institute (USA) Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining. We do this by inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth.

Rolex Awards for Enterprise (Switzerland) - recognise groundbreaking projects in the areas of technology, science, the environment, exploration and cultural heritage.

The Ruckus Society (USA) Working with a broad range of communities, organizations, and movements - from high school students to professional organizations - Ruckus facilitates the sharing of information and expertise that strengthens the capacity to change our relationship with the environment and each other.

Safekids (New Zealand) Child safety service, and was established by the hospital's Trauma Services in the early 1990s. The aim of the service is to reduce the numbers of children who are admitted to hospitals, or killed by preventable injuries.

Safe Routes to Schools (Canada/USA) Safe Routes to Schools is a popular program spreading across Canada and the U.S. designed to decrease traffic and pollution and increase the health of children and the community. The program promotes walking and biking to school through education and incentives that show how much fun it can be. The program also addresses the safety concerns of parents by encouraging greater enforcement of traffic laws, educating the public, and exploring ways to create safer streets.

Safe Routes to Schools (UK) Practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport for health, safety and environmental reasons. Our aim is to create Safe Route to School for every child in the UK.

Santa Fe Institute (USA) - devoted to creating a new kind of scientific research community, one emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration in pursuit of understanding the common themes that arise in natural, artificial, and social systems. This unique scientific enterprise attempts to uncover the mechanisms that underlie the deep simplicity present in our complex world.

SAM - Sustainable Asset Management (Zurich) Headquartered in Zurich, SAM Group was founded in 1995 as an independent asset management company specialising in sustainability investments. Today SAM is one of the world's leading institutions in this sector. Its clientele includes banks, insurance companies, pension funds, foundations and private clients.

Santa Catarina State Sustainable Mobility Platform (Brazil) program developed by the Government of the State of Santa Catarina, with the -cooperation of municipalities, universities and the organized civil society, to foster and support municipalities to adopt and implement sustainable transport policies in urban and rural areas. The objective -to provide a better quality of life in the municipalities through urban planning and transport policies aiming to reduce air pollution (or: emissions), noise and accidents; stimulate public transport use and non motorised trips and provide better accessibility for people with special mobility needs

Schoolway.net European network for cool kids and smart schools to make journeys to school safe and enjoyable. (EU)

E. F. Schumacher Society (USA) - educational non-profit organization - programs demonstrate that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues. Building on a rich tradition often known as decentralism, initiates practical measures that lead to community revitalization and further the transition toward an economically and ecologically sustainable society. >

Scientists for Global Responsibility (UK) SGR promotes ethical science and technology - based on the principles of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Our work involves research, education, lobbying and providing a support network for ethically-concerned scientists.

Sierra Club (USA) The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities that increase transportation choices, reduce air and water pollution, and protect our natural places.

Shell Foundation (UK) - mission is to catalyse partnerships that deliver sustainable solutions to those social and environmental challenges in which the energy industry and multinational corporations have a particular role.

Slower Speeds Initiative (UK) Campaign for slower traffic speeds and improved road safety, supported by Transport 2000.

Smart mobs (USA) - emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The technologies that are beginning to make smart mobs possible are mobile communication devices and pervasive computing - inexpensive microprocessors embedded in everyday objects and environments. The pieces of the puzzle are all around us now, but haven't joined together yet.

Smogbusters (Australia) Mission: to (a) work with the community to improve urban air quality and reduce greenhouse gases ; (b) encourage the use of more sustainable and environmentally friendly forms of transport such as walking, cycling, bus, train and tram use. Smogbusters projects are run through state Conservation Councils.

Social Exclusion & Transport (UK) A Toolkit for Social Exclusion & Transport

Social Venture Network (USA) SVN promotes new models and leadership for socially and environmentally sustainable business in the 21st century. We champion this effort through initiatives, information services and forums that strengthen our community and empower our members to work together on behalf of their shared vision.

South Africa New Economics Network (South Africa) - (SANE) challenges the way economics tends to reduce people to economic agents, the environment to property, social institutions to markets, and progress to growth in production. Encourages research and dialogue on alternative economic theories and practices designed to promote social equity and justice, community self-reliance and ecological sustainability - especially South Africa and similar countries. Basic income and local currencies in rural areas are among their proposals.

Stakeholderforum.org (UK) Supporting a strategic, global, multi-stakeholder movement to influence and implement sustainable development agreements and the Millennium Development Goals.

State of the World Forum (USA) - founded in 1995 with the purpose of working with partners worldwide to gather together the creative genius on the planet in a search for solutions to critical global challenges. What has emerged is a community of committed individuals and institutions from around the world and a wide spectrum of disciplines united by a shared sense of responsibility for the human future.

Stockholm Challenge: Global Arena for Pioneering IT Projects (Sweden) - a unique awards programme for pioneering IT projects world wide. It is a way of building networks between entrepreneurs who will benefit from contacts across borders, cultures and economies. Opportunities?

Stockholm Environment Institute (Sweden) SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. The SEI research programmes aim to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability

Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities (Sweden) The vision is to gather comprehensive knowledge and information on the most innovative and inspiring sustainability projects from all over the world in a grand exposure of urban solutions and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and technology from these initiatives.

Streets for People (UK) Streets for People is a network of community groups, residents associations and individuals who want to improve their local environment. Many local groups have discovered that it is possible to change things. Local councils can act now to reduce traffic, cut pollution, reduce speed limits or ban heavy lorries… but they will only do it if there is enough pressure. Through Streets for People you can change things too.

Surface Transportation Policy Project (USA) STPP is a diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment.

SustainAbility (UK): "The world's leading business consultancy on corporate responsibility and sustainable development."

Sustainability Education Center (USA) - was created in 1995 in response to the growing need for educational materials and professional development focused on sustainability. The goal of sustainability education is to ensure that present and future generations: • attain a high degree of economic security and social equity • create and ensure democratic participation in their communities and globally • maintain the health of the ecological systems upon which all life and all production depend.

Sustainability Institute (USA): A think-do tank dedicated to (a) sustainable resource use, (b) sustainable economics, and (c) sustainable community.

Sustainability Now! (Canada): the Committee on Sustainability of the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC). Our purpose is to keep our members informed about evolving concepts and issues of sustainability with respect to the practice of professional engineering and geoscience and to make recommendations regarding professional development.

Sustainability Report (Canada): Affiliated with the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability

Sustainability Reporter (Australia): an online resource of corporate sustainability and social responsibility information, highlighting the ASX 300 listed companies.

Sustainability Reports (Netherlands): the portal for sustainability reports of multinational companies all over the world

Sustainability Web Ring (Canada): focuses on the efforts of organizations to achieve sustainable development. You will find information from around the world about how to deal with such crucial issues as: climate change, cleaner production, waste, poverty, consumerism, natural resource management, and governance. This information is particularly suited to decision-makers within civil society, government, business, research and funding institutions, and communities

Sustainable Action Group Exchange (UK) aims to encourage action, on a local level, to help towards a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for future generations and embraces three broad objectives: effective protection of the environment, prudent use of natural resources and social progress that recognises the needs of everyone.

Sustainable Development (USA) - provides information on a number of diverse topics that relate to how individuals, communities, organizations, and governments can advance their efforts for achieving sustainable development.

Sustainable Development Department: FAO (UN) - serves as a global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable development. It was established by FAO in January 1995, in response to the need to take a more holistic and strategic approach to development support and poverty alleviation.

Sustainable Table (UK) - a consumer campaign developed by the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE). GRACE works with research, policy and grassroots communities to raise public awareness and promote solutions to preserve the planet for future generations.

Sustainable Measures - develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment. Sustainable Measures works with communities, companies, regional organizations and government agencies at all levels.

Sustainable Development Communications Network (Canada): (SDCN) is a group of leading civil society organizations seeking to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development through broader, integrated information and communications about what we know. The network focuses its efforts on (a) internal communications necessary for international virtual project teams within civil society organizations (CSOs) to work together on sustainable development research; and (b) external communications necessary for CSOs to communicate their perspectives with government and business decision-makers so as to engage these other sectors in sustainable development solutions.

Sustainable Development Communications Network (Canada): "a group of leading civil society organizations seeking to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development through broader, integrated information and communications about what we know."

Sustainable Development International (UK): Working in co-operation with international bodies - including United Nations Agencies (CSD, UNIDO, UNEP); World Energy Council (WEC); Investment and Banking Authorities and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - we have built a subsription database of decision-makers at local, regional and national level as well as representatives of development agencies, NGO communities and international policy makers.

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Sustainable Development Partnerships(USA): Provides information on U.S. efforts to work with other governments, the private sector, civil society and other organizations to plan and implement voluntary partnerships that promote economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship.

Sustainable Resources (USA): International Forum Connecting People with Hands-on Solutions to World Poverty

Sustainable Transport Coalition (Australia)The Coalition seeks more sustainable and liveable communities where people are less dependent upon the car and have better access to travel alternatives. We seek a transport system and land use pattern that facilitates access, protects the environment and promotes community.

Sustainable Seattle (USA): non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the long term quality of life in the Seattle / King County area. achieves it's mission through: AWARENESS: Create opportunities to learn about sustainable living principles and practices. ASSESSMENT: Develop tools to monitor our community's progress toward long-term sustainability. ACTION: Foster dialogue among diverse constituencies and their development of local models.

Sustrans (South East Asia and the Pacific) Email discussion list devoted to people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South').

Sustrans (UK) Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity - works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport in order to reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects.

Sustrans (Sweden) Gröna Bilister (The Swedish Association of Green Motorists) was founded in 1994. It is a small non-governmental organisation (1 000 members) and based very much on voluntary work. The aim is to make road transport more friendly to the environment and to promote public transport and bicycling as alternatives, particularly in urban areas.

Taiwan Watch Instutute (Taiwan, China) To appreciate the work of this environmental group, it will help if you read Chinese.

Target 2 - New Travel Solutions The Target project is concerned with providing a range of transport choices and developing alternative measures to influence and encourage a change in travel behaviour. The sustainable travel initiatives offer real alternatives to car-dependent lifestyles.

TDM Encyclopedia (Canada) Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is a general term for strategies that result in more efficient use of transportation resources. This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about innovative management solutions to transportation problems. It provides detailed information on dozens of demand management strategies, plus general information on TDM planning and evaluation techniques. It is produced by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute to increase understanding and implementation of TDM.

TeleCities (Europe) - the major European network of cities committed to leadership in the Information and Knowledge Society. Established in 1993 in the framework of Eurocities, TeleCities is open to democratically elected city governments as well as to business and scientific partners: over 100 local authorities from 20 different European countries.

Tiger Leap Foundation (Estonia) Tiger Leap is a national target program with the overall objective to promote the educational system in Estonia in the rapidly changing world with introduction of modern information and communication technology. The program is first and foremost aimed at general education but it involves also basic and vocational education

Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Canada) Working with the community and public and private sector partners, the Corporation will create waterfront parks, public spaces, cultural institutions and diverse and sustainable commercial and residential communities.

Towards sustainability (UK) Services for promoting sustainability & sustainable business

Tom Paine Institute (USA) : Personal site committed to envisioning and promoting economic and political structures which assure Justice for All

Tragedy of the Commons (USA) : Much of man's world is treated as a "commons" wherein individuals have the right to freely consume its resources and return their wastes. The "logic of the commons" ultimately produces its ruin as well as the demise of those who depend upon it for survival. The commons relationship between people and their environment was noted by Garrett Hardin in a 1968 paper published in the journal SCIENCE (162:1243-1248). This Web Page is dedicated to examining in more detail, the consequences of treating our ecosystem as a commons.

Transed (Japan) International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled is

TRANSform Scotland (UK) : campaigns for a more sensible transport system, one less dependent on unsustainable modes such as the car and the heavy lorry, and more reliant on sustainable modes such as walking, cycling and public transport.

Transport 2000 (UK) Transport 2000 is the independent national body concerned with sustainable transport. It looks for answers to transport problems and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling.

The Transport Web: We are here to help you identify information and services available to the Transport World. We have a number of transport databases which are fully searchable.

Transportation Alternatives (USA) a 5000-member NYC-area non-profit citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars. We work for safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks

TRB - Transportation Research Board (USA)

Transport Roundtable Australasia (Australia) - aims to promote research and exchange of knowledge in the transport sector. Provides education, training and consulting services in the specialist areas of transport strategy, policy, management and operations including intelligent transport systems (ITS).

TransMilenio (Colombia) World level network of busways in Bogotá. Improve life quality of the citizens of the capital district and competitiveness of the city at a national and international picture, by implementing the first massive passenger public transportation system, under the mode of automotive land transport of the capital district and its area of influence.

TRIPP - Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (India) - an interdisciplinary programme focusing on the reduction of adverse health effects of road transport. TRIPP attempts to integrate all issues concerned with transportation in order to promote safety, cleaner air, and energy conservation. Activities include applied research projects, special courses and workshops, and supervision of student projects at post graduate and undergraduate levels.

TravelSmart (Australia) is a successful Western Australian community-based program that encourages people to use alternatives to travelling in their private car.

Tri-State Transportation Campaign (USA) The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is an alliance of public interest, transit advocacy, planning and environmental organizations working to reverse deepening automobile dependence and sprawl development in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region.

TUGI - The Urban Governance Initiative (Malaysia) aims to meet the situational demands of towns and cities in the Asia and Pacific region for innovative approaches, institutional reforms and capacity building efforts that support participatory, transparent, accountable and equitable urban governance. - h

UITP Sustainable Development Working Group

Union of Concerned Scientists (USA) - nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions.

Urbanicity (USA) - provides city officials with a platform to explore aspects of urban management. Information targets city managers, local level policymakers, urban planners and directors of urban service and infrastructure provision. The objectives are to advance their knowledge and understanding of urban issues and to present the tools they need to plan, manage and govern their cities

UK Environment Agency

United Nations Car Free Days ProgramThe future of this cooperative program between the UN Division for Sustainable Development and The Commons is presently under discussion. Consult WorldCarFreeDay.com for latest details.

United Nations Sustainable Development Program The Division for Sustainable Development serves as the substantive secretariat responsible for servicing the Commission on Sustainable Development; for follow-up of the implementation of Agenda 21 as well as the Plan of Implementation (POI) of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

United Nations Environment Program To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Urbanicity - provides city officials with a platform to explore aspects of urban management. Urbanicity information targets city managers, local level policymakers, urban planners and directors of urban service and infrastructure provision. The objectives are to advance their knowledge and understanding of urban issues and to present the tools they need to plan, manage and govern their cities

UTSG Archives (UK) Universities' Transport Study Group. Well organised expert discussions of sustainable mobility issues and approaches, with notices on events and academic openings, mainly in Britain. Run by the Institute for Transport Studies of Leeds University.

Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada :An independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. Provide a variety of resources available free at this website to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis. Research is among the most current available and has been widely applied.

Walk21 (Denmark) is a global partnership of experts that focuses on providing conferences, training and consultancy services, with the aim of raising international awareness of walking issues and supporting professionals in the development and delivery of best practice. Director: Rodney Tolley.

Walkable communities, Inc. (USA) - organized for the express purposes of helping whole communities, whether they are large cities or small towns, or parts of communities, i.e. neighborhoods, business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more walkable and pedestrian friendly.

Walkability Checklist - for children and parents (USA) Everyone benefits from walking. But walking needs to be safe and easy. Take a walk with your child and use this checklist to decide if your neighborhood is a friendly place to walk. If you find problems, there are ways you can make things better.

WHO related links Accidents, transport and health. Promoting healthy and sustainable transport alternatives prevents the negative effects of transport patterns on human health. To do this, intersectoral cooperation and high-level political commitment must ensure that health issues are considered when transport policies are formulated.

WHO World Health Day: Road Safety On 7 April 2004 around the globe, hundreds of organizations hosted events to help raise awareness about road traffic injuries, their grave consequences and enormous costs to society. They also contributed to spreading the word that such injuries can be prevented.

Winrock International (USA) is a private, nonprofit organization. We use innovative approaches in agriculture, environmental protection, renewable energy, leadership development, and policy to increase long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management. Our mission is to help the poor and disadvantaged. Our workplace is the world.

WISIONS (Germany, Switzerland) WISIONS is an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, organised with the support of the Swiss-based foundation ProEvolution, to foster practical sustainable energy projects.

Women for Sustainable Development(India) The aim is to assist women to attain a minimum standard of human existence in their villages and towns; and to help set up a forum for women to meet, debate and decide on matters concerning the development of their lives. In pursuance of this aim, WSD runs a prototype carbon marketing facility to sell the CERs from the global environmental services which poor rural women and others who assist them, provide . . .

Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) (USA) - is an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) that empowers women and girls in the Global South to re-imagine and re-structure their roles in their families, communities, and societies. WLP achieves this goal through providing leadership training, supporting capacity building, and helping women generate and receive information and knowledge.

World Bank (USA) The World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities.

World CarFree Days Collaborative (France) Welcome to the wide-open, unattached and unencumbered CFD site for people who really care about sustainable transport and aren't afraid to work at it. A good car free day gives you a concrete place to start. Cities around the world are beginning to look at and experiment with this ice-breaking sustainability approach. It's not research or theory; it is policy and practice.

World Carfree Network (Czech Republic) - Goal is to build a more decentralised, structured network in which local, regional, national and international organisations take an active part. The network is to provide a voice for these member organisations at the international level, and to create a framework for the organisations' international projects

World CarShare Consortium (France) Why are we supporting a concept that may to some appear to be so off-beat and marginal as carsharing? Simple! We think it's a great, sustainable, practical mobility concept whose time has come. Carsharing: the missing link in the world's new sustainable transport system. Consider it for your city! Start here. Start today!

World Climate Research Programme (Switzerland) The objectives of the programme are to develop the fundamental scientific understanding of the physical climate system and climate processes needed to determine to what extent climate can be predicted and the extent of human influence on climate.

World Summit on Sustainable Development (UN, 2002) brought together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.

Worldcarfree.net will be a clearinghouse of information from around the world on how to revitalise our towns and cities and create a sustainable future.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Switzerland) Coverage: Climate & Energy, CSR, Scenarios, Global Compact, Trade & Env. includes links to relevant WBCSD reports

The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (Switzerland) - established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in February 2002. Initiated to respond to the needs of people as they cope with the unprecedented changes that globalization has brought to their lives, their families, and the societies in which they live. The Commission has looked at the various facets of globalization, the diversity of public perceptions of the process, and its implications for economic and social progress. It has searched for innovative ways of combining economic, social and environmental objectives, based on worldwide expertise.

World of NGOs (Austria) Information for associations, non-profit and profit-oriented organizations - NGOs, NPOs and foundations.

Worldchanging.com (USA) WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.

World Resources Institute (USA) An environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives

World Transport Policy and Practice - Journal (UK) - a quarterly journal which provides a high quality medium for original and creative work in world transport. WTPP has a commitment to sustainable transport which embraces the urgent need to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide, to reduce the amount of new infrastructure of all kinds and to highlight the importance of future generations, the poor, those who live in degraded environments and those deprived of human rights by planning systems that put a higher importance on economic objectives than on the environment and social justice.

World Technology Network (UK/USA) - a cross between a global meeting ground, a virtual think tank, and an elite club whose members are all focused on the business or science of bringing important emerging technologies of all types (from biotech to new materials, from IT to new energy sources) into reality. WTN's membership is comprised of over 700 individuals and organisations from over 50 countries judged by their peers to be the most innovative in the technology world.

Worldwatch Institute (USA) offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just society-and how to achieve it.

WWF

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (Germany) - develops guiding principles and concrete concepts in the areas of energy, transport, material flows and structural change, climate policy and eco-efficient enterprises, as well as creating new and innovative models of wealth. In these areas, the Institute assumes the role of mediator, providing links between politics, economics, science and society.

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Young TransNet (UK) (National Children's Bureau) Young TransNet uses IT and the Internet to assist children and young people in transport research and action. The long term aim of Young TransNet is to increase walking, cycling and the use of public transport, and to reduce motor traffic.

Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (Switzerland) offers a practical approach to satisfying humanity's needs for water, food, energy, jobs, shelter and more, in an environmentally sustainable manner, by applying science and technology and involving government, business and academia.

ZürichCARD - Zurich Public Transport (Switzerland) VBZ - Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich, Nothing less than one of the world's best thought-out and operated sustainable city transportation systems. This is the place to obtain all the information you need about public transport in the city and region of Zurich.

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