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Sustainable
Development
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 Going
Local : Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age by
Michael H. Shuman.
Communities throughout the world are losing
control of their economies. Convinced by mainstream economists
that globalization is inevitable, local leaders - whether
liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican - are trying to
attract outside investment by paying massive subsidies, slashing
wages, and weakening environmental standards. Going Local
details how dozens of communities are regaining control over
their economies by employing three new kinds of strategies:
investing not in outsiders, but in locally owned businesses like
credit unions, cooperatives, community land trusts, municipally
owned utilities, small worker-owned firms, community development
corporations, and local shareholder-owned firms such as the
Green Bay, Packers; focusing on import-replacing rather than
export-led development, by reducing dependence on distant
sources of energy, water, food, and basic materials; and asking
the federal government for more power, not more pork, by
eliminating many subsidies and changing tax and trade laws that
disempower communities. Going Local challenges conservatives and
liberals alike to rethink their views about markets,
corporations, and devolution. It suggests novel ways in which
businesses can blend private ownership and community
responsibility, and innovative policies that can balance the
virtues of a free market with the critical need - and special
ability - of local government to address its shortcomings.
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For over 5,000 years, dating back to the earliest traces of
the Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin, the forest has been central to the lives and well-being of the Tribe. The Menominee have created a
powerful example of a sustainable society that is a part of the modern world. The Menominee Sustainable Development Institute
(part of the College of the Menominee Nation) is
dedicated to examining sustainablity issues and applying them to the Menominee model of sustainable
development. This home page is devoted to explorations of questions like, what is sustainable development?
Answers are offered through multimedia presentations, essays, and conversations on the
Menominee, their Forest, and their spirit. Please enter our virtual environment and help
us look at ways to sustain the earth and our future...
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Sustainable
Earth Electronic Library (SEEL), a unique collection devoted exclusively to materials
that educate people on ways to preserve and restore our natural environment. By providing
access to this valuable information participating organizations and individuals share with
one another the ways in which they are making the world ecologically secure. The majority
of this collection includes full-text materials published by nonprofit environmental
organizations and educational institutions and organizations. Our hope is to give these
organizations a voice not often heard through traditional information dissemination.
Libraries Include:
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From Iowa State University.
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Science and technology have enabled agriculture to become
increasingly productive, to produce abundant harvests by manipulating Nature, and to
increase the quality of life in most areas of the world. However, a heavy price is paid
for this abundance. Many modern agricultural practices harm the environment, impair human
health, and destroy the social and economic well-being of rural communities. Sustainable
food and farming systems that enable producers to work in partnership with Nature have
been developed to correct these deficiencies. These economically- viable and
environmentally sound systems have been successfully demonstrated throughout the world.
However, their adoption has been slowed by lack of government support and difficulty in
gaining access to new information.
In 1991, a group of concerned and like-minded individuals and organizations, rising
above their respective nationalities and religions, committed themselves to the task of
trying to reverse these trends. They established the World Sustainable Agriculture
Association (WSAA) and agreed to work together to restore harmony between people and
nature.
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SAREP provides leadership and support for scientific research
and education to encourage farmers, farm workers, and consumers in California to produce,
distribute, process and consume food and fiber in a manner that is economically viable,
sustains natural resources and biodiversity, and enhances the quality of life in the
state's diverse communities for present and future generations.
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The mission of the Institute is to make a worthwhile and
significant contribution to the cause of sustainable development.
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This database contains information on local, national and
international organizations and government agencies currently active in the development of
sustainable technologies and methods.
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 125 international companies united by a shared commitment to the
environment and to the principles of economic growth and sustainable development. Its members are drawn from 30 countries and more than 20 major industrial
sectors.
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