Sustainable Economic Development

• Sustainable Economic Development Sectors Report – This is an interesting overview report of a range of “clean and green” sectors that have become associated with sectors growing in response to the sustainability imperative.  http://www.globalurban.org/Sustainable%20Economic%20Development.pdf 

• Sustainable Economic Development Network – The SEDNetwork is an NGO dedicated to promoting information and best practices in sustainable economic activity – offering a range of information on networks and best practices.  http://www.sednetwork.net/sed-network   

• Sustainable Education and Economic Development Center – SEED is an initiative of the American Assoc of Community Colleges and this site offers a broad range of current information on many green economic sectors. http://www.theseedcenter.org/About 

• UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform – This UN site offers a good range of information and resources on the green economy.  http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1224 

• Institute for Sustainable Communities – This report is a good resource guide for local leaders on sustainable economic development practices.  http://www.iscvt.org/who_we_are/publications/Resource-Guide-Sustainable-Economic-Development.pdf 

• European Commission – This is an EC site with information and resources on their perspectives on a sustainable economy.  http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/regional-cooperation/enpi-south/sustainable/index_en.htm 

• The New Sustainability Champions – A report from the Boston Consulting Group that highlights 16 exemplary companies pursuing sustainability.  http://www.weforum.org/reports/redefining-future-growth-new-sustainability-champions 

• The New Economics of Sustainable Development – An interesting late 1990s report by James Robertson for the European Commission that offers a good overview a wide range of perspectives on the issues especially on the interaction of the economy and government policy.  http://www.jamesrobertson.com/book/neweconomicsofsustainabledevelopment.pdf 

• Genuine Progress Indicators – This organization promotes alternatives to GDP for measuring true development and progress – and is now a global movement.  http://genuineprogress.net/ 

• Redefining Progress – This NGO offers a broad range of information on the GPI initiative and related issues. http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm 

• Ecological Economics – the following agencies promote the theories of ecological economics that recommend a new way of thinking about and managing the economy predicated on the planet’s limits:
  • The Center for Ecological Economics – http://www.ecological-economics.org/index.html
  • Intl Society for Ecological Economics – http://www.isecoeco.org/
  • European Society for Ecological Economics –http://www.euroecolecon.org/aims-of-esee/
  • United States Society of Ecological Economics – http://www.ussee.org/
  • Canadian Society of Ecological Economics – http://www.cansee.org/
  • Beiger Institute of Ecological Economics – http://www.beijer.kva.se/reprint.php