TOPIC: SUSTAINABILITY (43)
The Energy Collective
http://theenergycollective.comThe Energy Collective is an independent, moderated community of professionals focused on the complex challenges of meeting the world's energy needs sustainably. Our members are our content contributors, and include leading scientists, activists, policy makers, executives and entrepreneurs.
Carbon 3R Sustainable Lifestyle App
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.prudentid.carbon&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wcnVkZW50aWQuY2FyYm9uIl0.Sustainable lifestyle tips and how we can be a blessing to the Planet. ‘Carbon 3R’ is all about simple practices and principles to further sustainability awareness and initiatives at home, work and community. Adapting to a greener lifestyle is worth it for all kinds of reasons and it’s the day-to-day actions, and the habits we cultivate, that matter most.
Global Inheritance
http://www.globalinheritance.orgBorn in 2002, Global Inheritance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that develops creative, cause-based campaigns to educate individuals about issues that affect us globally. Our unique programs focus on the power of interactivity to communicate ideas that push for progressive social change by empowering millions of individuals at festivals, events, workplaces and schools throughout the world.
By employing technology, the arts, and experiential learning, Global Inheritance reinvents activism by inspiring people from every walk of life to act responsibly and become forward-thinking leaders within their community.
GBO Hawai’i
http://gbohawaii.comGBO Hawai’i is the first sustainability themed board game for a mass market audience. Through private sector investment in sustainable businesses, (a field known as impact investing), players are able to help the state of Hawai’i meet its sustainability goals, reducing fossil fuel consumption, advancing the local and organic food movement, and reducing waste generation.
Blue Sky Wildlife
http://www.blueskywildlife.comBlue Sky Wildlife is a new collection of established and award winning tour operators and companies offering unique ecotourism and wildlife experiences from around the world. Blue Sky Wildlife is committed to sustainable ecotourism and to conservation. Blue Sky Wildlife is also recognised as a Birdlife Species Champion supporting the Birdlife International Preventing Extinctions programme.
The Greenhouse of the Future
http://greenhouseofthefuture.comThe Greenhouse of the Future is an innovative and strategic design, built of recycled and natural materials, that interacts with the natural phenomena of the planet in order to create the ideal environment for growth and abundance. The technologies and concepts that have inspired the design of this greenhouse have been proven by over 40 years of research and development by Michael Reynolds’ Earthship homes as well as the many studies on passive solar greenhouses.
MASS Design Group
http://www.massdesigngroup.org/index.htmlMASS Design Group operates under the belief that buildings can heal. By using innovative design and an immersive research process, we look at the contextual problems facing the specific communities we work in and produce design interventions that will improve health and economic outcomes. We work to reduce the spread of disease within health care environments, and we aim to create new job opportunities and markets by carefully selecting materials and construction methods that utilize the resources of the surrounding community. MASS delivers maximum impact design through a process that can be universally applied.
Engineers Without Borders Israel
http://www.ewb.org.ilEngineers Without Borders Israel Association is working to improve the quality of life of the population in Israel and the populations of developing countries around the world through environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects. The organization strives to improve the quality of life in the communities through implementation of sustainable technologies and providing training and education programs to the community, while empowering local leadership. EWB Israel is part of Engineers Without Borders International association, and collaborating with other organizations in Israel and abroad.
Center for Ecoliteracy
http://www.ecoliteracy.orgThe Center for Ecoliteracy is a leader in the green schooling movement. Smart by Nature™, the Center’s framework and services for schooling for sustainability, is based on two decades of work with schools and organizations in more than 400 communities across the United States and numerous other countries.
Africa Sustainable Tourism Care Foundation
http://www.africasustainabletourism.orgAfrica Sustainable Tourism Care Foundation (ASTCF) is a civil society organization that has been established in 2014. Founded with enormous support from the tourism industry in Uganda, it plays a key role in ensuring that Uganda’s tourism is sustainable, both in terms of concern for the environment and for the welfare of local communities.
International Living Future Institute
http://living-future.orgThe International Living Future Institute is a hub for visionary programs. We administer the Living Building Challenge™, the built environment's most rigorous and ambitious performance standard. We are the parent organization for Cascadia Green Building Council, a chapter of both the United States and Canada Green Building Councils that serves Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. We are also home to Ecotone Publishing, a unique publishing house dedicated to telling the story of the green building movement's pioneering thinkers and practitioners.
Earth Policy Institute
http://www.earth-policy.orgEPI’s goals are (1) to provide a global plan (Plan B) for moving the world onto an environmentally and economically sustainable path, (2) to provide examples demonstrating how the plan would work, and (3) to keep the media, policymakers, academics, environmentalists, and other decision-makers focused on the process of building a Plan B economy.
ECOS
http://www.ecosmagazine.comSince 1974, ECOS has reported on sustainability issues from a scientific perspective for Australia’s national scientific research agency, CSIRO. ECOS is published by CSIRO PUBLISHING.
Through well-researched features and news updates on current issues and relevant research, ECOS serves as a forum for invigorating discussion on the environment and sustainability,raising awareness of ecological principles, and explaining the benefits of sustainability developments.
