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Sustainable Development UPDATE



Dear Reader,

This is a short update on the 'Sustainable Development - ONLINE' 
website of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living 
and Working Conditions (a public funded agency of the European 
Union).

SD-ONLINE is now a significant information resource on sustainable
development on the internet. In the last few weeks more than 100 
web sites have been added to the searchable SD-ONLINE 
databases. All sites are individually checked prior to inclusion and 
given a text description. The total number of sites now available is 
374.

The linked sites cover a huge range of sustainable development 
items and supportive initiatives - from eco efficiency to sustainable 
communities. Please find below a selection of the new web sites 
recently added. For more information on these websites and other 
additions please visit

http://susdev.eurofound.ie


CONFERENCES

1. International conference Sustainable Building 2000 
22/10/2000 - 25/10/2000, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2. Engaging the World. 
16/10/2000 - 20/10/2000, Montreal, Canada

3. The Seventh European Roundtable on Cleaner Production. 
2/5/2001 - 4/5/2001, Lund, Sweden

4. Third Conference of the European Society for Ecological 
Economics (ESEE). 
3/5/2000 - 6/5/2000, Vienna, Austria

5. Sustainability 21
5/11/1999 - 6/11/1999, Helsinki, Finland


NETWORKS

1. Oneworld
2. European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau
3. International Human Dimensions Programme on Global 
Environmental Change
4. EVA network 
5. European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

1. Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research. 
Summer School

2. Ecological Design PgCert/PgDip/MSc. Various study options 
from 15-30 weeks.

3. Masters in Urban Management. Short courses and 6 or 12 
month programmes

4. Ecoprofit Academy Graz. Yearly set of workshops.

5. International discerning Ph.D. Program in Cleaner Production, 
Cleaner Products, Industrial Ecology & Sustainability. Four year 
programme - enroll every November.


TOOLS

1. Best Practices Database
2. QUEST: a tool to facilitate discussion about regional 
sustainability 
3. Resource Exchange Information System 
4. EcoFoot - Ecological Footprints on the Internet 
5. The Significance Wizard


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IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW

SD-ONLINE FREE SERVICES
Two free services that may be of interest to you:

* an email service on latest developments
* support for your web site

BE INFORMED
Each month we send an email containing latest developments on 
the site to anyone who submitted his/her address using the SD- 
ONLINE 'Sign Up' form (http://susdev.eurofound.ie). If you have a 
colleague or friend who you think would benefit from SD-ONLINE 
please invite them to 'SIGN UP'. Email addresses will only be used 
by SD-ONLINE and will not be given to any other party.

SUPPORTING YOUR WEB SITE
We can help you to get your web site noticed by including it in our
databases as many thousands of visitors are now using the SD-
ONLINE resources. If you have information on Conferences, 
Networks, Tools or Professional Training Courses related to 
Sustainable Development, we would very much appreciate it if you 
would submit your website for review.

Go to http://susdev.eurofound.ie

PLEASE LINK
If you find the website interesting and supportive of your own work 
please 'link' to http://susdev.eurofound.ie and let us know. Your 
'linking' will be extremely supportive in helping us to build this web 
resource and promote sustainable production and consumption.

CONTACT INFORMATION
If you need to contact us please email: susdev@eurofound.ie

SD-ONLINE PROVIDER
The website is a European Union public funded resource provided 
by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and 
Working Conditions. It is free to all users.

WEB SITE DESIGN
This service from the Foundation has been designed and developed 
by:
'Environmental Design for Ecological Need B.V. (EDEN).

For more information on EDEN's database driven websites please 
email: eden@antenna.nl 


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