Sustainable Development: Online Resources

General Websites

Background Reading

Missouri Resources

Associations

Specific Topics

Sustainable Buildings

Energy & the Environment

Materials & Toxic Chemicals

Water and Ecosystems

All Online Resources

Environmental Science and Engineering

Chemical Engineering

General Engineering

General Environmental Science

All Engineering subject guides

General 

• Engineering Subject Centre (UK Higher Education Academy)
  • This website includes a wide variety of tools designed to include sustainability in UK curriculum.

• Sustainable Development (WWW Virtual Library)
  • A comprehensive list of Internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases.

• Forum on Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development
  • This site includes key sustainability documents as well as maintains a directory of individuals and institutions along with their current sustainability projects.
    

• Natural Edge Project (TNEP)
  • Independent Sustainability Think-Tank based in Australia. TNEP operates as a partnership for education, research and policy development on innovation for sustainable development.

• Learn the Issues from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Climate Change
• Green Living
• Land and Cleanup
• Pesticides, Chemicals, and Toxins
• Waste
• Water

• List of links from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources

• Engineering for Sustainable Development:Guiding Principles (pdf)
• Sustainability (U.S. EPA)
• Sustainability (Wikipedia)
• Sustainability: Human, Social, Economic and Environmental. Robert Goodland. Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. Vol. 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley, 2002. p489-491.
• Sustainability: Buildings, Energy, Materials, and Water Resources

State

• Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  
• Energy Center
• Environmantal Workgroups and Forums
• Innovation and Sustainability in the States
• Directory of Engineering Firms and Consulting Engineers in Missouri

MU Resources

• Engineers Without Borders - University of Missouri Columbia
• Green Architecture and Sustainable Living
• Baolin Deng, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineer
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Local

• MU Environmental Network News
• Green business can mean less pollution, more profit. Columbia Daily Tribune. By Mary Paulsell. Published Saturday, April 26, 2008
• Black & Veatch Works with Missouri Municipality to Meet Increasing Wastewater Treatment Facility Need. ThomasNet. Industrial NewsRoom.
• Green living and environmental links from the Chert Glades Naturalists (part of the Missouri Master Naturalist program)

• American Society of Civil Engineers
  
  • An international non-profit association with over 123,000 members, ASCE raises the visibility of civil engineers among policy leaders and strives for excellence in member services.
  
  
• ASHRAE Engineering for Sustainability
  
  • Measures to provide safe, healthy and comfortable indoor environments while limiting their impact on natural resources are outlined in a position statement from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
  
  
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
  
  • "AEEP is made up of and serves professors in North American academic programs providing education in environmental engineering and related fields." This list provides links to information regarding papers, posters, conferences, committees, membership. publications, and job announcements.
  
  
• IES - Institute for Environment and Sustainability
  
  • The mission of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability is to provide scientific-technical support to the European Union's policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment.

• International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES)
  
  • An independent non-profit-organisation interested in the impact of science and technology on society, INES´ efforts focus on disarmament and international peace, ethics in science, responsibilities of scientists and the responsible use of science and technology, justice and sustainable development. INES has become a network of about 100 organisations and individual members.

• Soil Science Society of America
  
  • "The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a progressive international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils."
  
  
• Sustainable Communities Network
  
  • Provides links to resources on smart growth, economic sustainability, protecting natural resources, and governing community. Publications and papers are also available on the site.

• List of Associations from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Sustainable Buildings

• Sustainable Environmental Stewardship: High-performance and sustainable buildings
• Green Buildings (Wikipedia)
• A Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Buildings
• Whole Building Design Guide
• UCLA’s Center for Sustainable Urban Systems
  
• Built Green Checklists from Build Green Colorado
  

Energy & the Environment

• Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Mielenz, Jonathan R.; Klasson, K. Thomas; Adney, William S.; and McMillan, James D. Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals - The Twenty-Eighth Symposium. Springer - Verlag.
• Renewable Energy. Environmental Encyclopedia. Ed. Marci Bortman, Peter Brimblecombe, and Mary Ann Cunningham. Vol. 2. 3^rd ed.  Detroit: Gale, 2003. p1193-1195.
• Energy for Sustainable Development (camco)
  
• Sustainable Development and Energy. John Zumerchik. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. Ed. John Zumerchik. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. p1113-1114.
• Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources. Hester, R.E.; Harrison, R.M. Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources. Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Sustainable Energy Use. Charles E. Ophardt. Chemistry: Foundations and Applications. Ed. J. J. Lagowski. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. p190-193.

Materials & Toxic Chemicals

• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
  • Green Chemistry
  • Process Design
  • Sustainable Development and Chemistry 
• Knovel Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Principles and Practices in Sustainable Development for the Engineering and Built Environment Professions
• Lean the Issues:Pesticides, Chemicals, and Toxins from the EPA
  
• Air Pollution Impacts on Infants and Children from the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability
• List of resources on Car and Motor Vehicle Emissions
• Gas and Electric: Understanding Hybrid Cars (also note the "Hybrid Electric Vehicles" link at the bottom for a UN report on developing countries)
• Air Pollution list of resources
  

Water and Ecosystems

• Sustainable Development. Water: Science and Issues. Ed. E. Julius Dasch. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 156-159.  Gale Virtual Reference Library.
• Learn the Issues: Water from the EPA
• Aquatic Toxology Links from the N.C. Division of Water Quality
• Water Conservation guide with links
  
• The Story of Bottled Water video from World Water Day
• Water conservation and household appliances resources