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Sustainability Science Web Resources

Click the drop-down menu from the "Find Web Sites" tab above to access Web sites for Composting, Government Resources, Green Architecture, Lifestyles for the Green Generation, Maps, and Organizations.

1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, Union of Concerned Scientists
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
"The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being."
Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
"The Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), agreed and released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on May 9th in Abu Dhabi, assesses existing literature on the future potential of renewable energy for the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy technologies, as well as their integration into present and future energy systems. It also takes into consideration the environmental and social consequences associated with these technologies, the cost and strategies to overcome technical as well as non-technical obstacles to their application and diffusion."

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Environmental Knowledge for Change
GRID-Arendal is a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Environmental Planning For Communities: A Guide to the Environmental Visioning Process Utilizing a Geographic Information System (GIS)
"This document emphasizes the local stakeholder's role in addressing community-wide environmental issues, especially with respect to the preferred "green" community development."
GIS Analysis of Seagrass Resources and Condition Within Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
USGS Open-File Report 2007–1261.
Inventory of GIS-Based Decision-Support Tools for MPAs
Prepared by the National Marine Protected Areas Center in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. Danielle Pattison, David dosReis, and Hamilton Smillie, November 2004.
Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD)
"Mapping Sustainability, LLC was founded in 2003 to provide innovative GIS solutions for sustainability issues in the realm of Public Health, Ecology and Smart Growth."
The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coasts
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1119
Using a Remote Sensing/GIS Model to Predict Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Breeding Habitat along the Rio Grande, New Mexico
U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 2007-1207
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