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Selected
International
Collections On
Sustainable
Development:
Taken under
permission of
The
Natural Edge Project
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TNEP)
and Australian
Virtual Engineering
Library (AVEL-SKN)
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Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of
Making Electrical Resources the Right Size
Developed by Rocky Mountain Institute, the book describes 207 ways in
which the size of “electrical resources”—devices that make, save, or
store electricity—affects their economic value. It finds that properly
considering the economic benefits of “distributed” (decentralized)
electrical resources typically raises their value by a large factor,
often approximately tenfold, by improving system planning, utility
construction and operation (especially of the grid), and service
quality, and by avoiding societal costs.
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Sustainable Technology
Development
This book presents a review and evaluation of the
Dutch National Inter-Ministerial Programme for
Sustainable Technology Development (STD), which has
recently completed its five-year term and is now
part-way through a follow-up dissemination phase.
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UN Decade of Education in Sustainable
Development
Western economies have been supported by the link
between prosperity and per-capita consumption of
increasingly disposable goods and services. Through
global business, trade, advertising and
communications, concepts of quality of life in
developing countries are strongly affected by the
aspirations and goals of consumers and business in
developed countries. To address this and other blind
spots the general assembly of the UN has declared
that 2005-2015 will be the decade of education in
sustainable development.
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UN Sustainable Consumption and
Production Report 2002
Development, prosperity, wealth – the economic,
social, cultural and environmental factors that
underpin our sense of quality of life – are
dependent, ultimately, on the structure of our
systems of production and consumption. This report
examines progress and the status of the area at the
time of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
– August-September 2002. It examines whether the
issues of concern in 1992 at Rio are still relevant
today.
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World Development Report 2003:
Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World
“The next 50 years could see a fourfold
increase in the size of the global economy and significant reductions
in poverty but only if governments act now to avert a growing risk of
severe damage to the environment and profound social unrest. Without
better policies and institutions, social and environmental strains may
derail development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a
decline in the quality of life for everybody.”
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Benefits of Sustainable Development to Health Outcomes
Recognition of the relationship between human health and the
local environment is ancient but the understanding that future health
may be seriously at risk because of adverse global environmental
change (GEC) is as yet little appreciated by health workers and the
general public. If the future is to be sustainable this lack of
involvement and awareness must change.
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Benefits to National Security - Brittle Power (1982)
Centralized energy and water systems make them very
vulnerable to terrorist attack. This was first pointed out in a large
study as far back as 1982. In the 20 years since “Brittle Power” a
Pentagon study was published, little has changed, and little of that
change is for the better. Rocky Mountain Institute writes, “Federal
energy policy continues to promote the most centralized, unforgiving,
and vulnerable sources and infrastructures, while ignoring or
suppressing the more efficient, diverse, dispersed, localized, and
renewable options that could in time make major supply failures
impossible by design.”
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1. Fawcett, Anthea (1999), "The
Sustainability of Airports and Aviation", Extended
Abstract of paper published in Transport
Engineering in Australia, 2000 edition.
[Download Paper - PDF]
2. Hood, David (1998), "Sustainable
Innovation in Engineering Education and Practice",
Waves of Change Conference, 26 September - 2
October, Gladstone, Queensland.
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3. Oh, Chris and Jannsen, Matthew
(1999), "Mainstreaming Ecologically Sustainable
Development in the New South Wales Construction
Industry: A Report on Environmental Management
Training", Australasian Environmental Engineering
Conference, July, Auckland, New Zealand.
[Download Paper - PDF]
4. Rourke, William, J (2002),
"A Vessel for Engineering Education in the Developing
World", 2nd World Engineering Conference, 22 - 25
July,Sarawak, Malaysia.
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5. UNEP, WFEO
et al. (1997) "Engineering Education and Training for
Sustainable Development", Joint UNEP, WFEO, WBCSD,
ENPC Conference, 24-26 September, Paris, France.
[Download Paper - Word Document]
A Sample of some of the
significant organizations taking integrated efforts
globally to address sustainable development.
The Global Academy
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The Natural Step in Sweden
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Forum for the Future (UK)
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Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (Japan)
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Rocky Mountain Institute
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Wuppertal Institute (Germany)
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UNEP
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