Check out the following sites for additional local, regional, national and international information on sustainable development and smart growth. We welcome your suggestions for additional sites.
American Planning Association
The American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning -- physical, economic, and social -- at the local, regional, state, and national levels. The objective of the Association is to encourage planning that will contribute to public well-being by developing communities and environments that meet the needs of people and of society more effectively.
ANJEC
The Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, a nonprofit organization,has helped New Jersey's local environmental commissions and concerned citizens preserve and protect the state's natural resources since 1969.
Community and Environmental Defense Services
CEDS' mission is to help people defend their community and environment from the impact of poorly planned land development activities.
Countryside Commission
Our main aim over the next 10 years will be to make sure the English countryside is protected, and can be used now and in the future.
EcolQ Land Planning and Conservation
The EcoIQ.com Land Use website is for everyone interested in making smart choices about land use in our communities -- choices that are both economically and ecologically intelligent.
Environmental Valuation & Cost Benefit Web Site
The site features samples of their newsletter, Environmental Damage Valuation & Cost Benefit News, many links, a glossary and valuation surveys.
Friends of the Weehawken (NJ) Waterfront
A grassroots campaign to save our views of the Hudson River and our quality of life.
Graduate Program in Environmental Policy Studies
The Master of Science in Environmental Policy Studies focuses on the role of the earth and social sciences in the development, implementation and evaluation of environmental policy.
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
The Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the citizens of the Great Plains across many borders as they wrestle with issues affecting the long-term viability of their communities, the productivity of their economic enterprises, the quality of their environment and the prudent management of their resources.
Green Mountain Institute for Environmental Democracy
GMI staff have more than 50 years of collective experience working within and outside of government with collaborative, information-based processes, at the international, national, regional, state, watershed, and local levels to improve environmental management and decision making. Site contains Summary of (Vermont) State Environmental Indicator Reports and The Resource Guide to Indicators.
GreenSpace Alliance
We have formed the GreenSpace Alliance to encourage greater and more coordinated efforts by state and local governments, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and individuals to increase the amount and continuity of land permanently protected as open space and to maintain protected lands more adequately.
Greenbelt Alliance
Greenbelt Alliance is the leading land conservation organization in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1958, our mission is to protect the 3.8 million acre Greenbelt of farmlands, watersheds, parks and other productive open space through citizen action, research and education, and advocacy.
Growing Smart Project
In October 1994, the American Planning Association launched Growing Smart(SM), a major intiative aimed at helping states modernize statutes affecting planning and the management of change. The project will establish a long-term capacity within APA to assist states with statutory reform.
INFORM
A national organization that identifies practical ways of living and doing business that are environmentally sustainable.
Institute for Community Studies at Montclair State University
The ICS is a university based, privately funded organization that aims to promote an understanding of the forces that draw people together into groups with a shared sense of interests and responsibilities, and of the forces that create divisions among people. The ICS seeks to promote working relationships between the university and citizen groups in the Northern New Jersey area (and in some cases beyond) that are beneficial to the communities in which these groups are active and to the university and its students.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
To promote sustainable development in decision-making internationally and within Canada. We contribute new knowledge and concepts, analyze policies, identify and disseminate information about best practices, demonstrate how to measure progress, and build partnerships to amplify these messages.
Island Press
Island Press is a nonprofit organization whose principal purpose is the publication of books on environmental issues. Island Press provides solutions-oriented information to professionals, public officials, business and community leaders, and concerned citizens who are shaping responses to environmental problems. Available at IP's website is a section on Sprawl (http://www.islandpress.org/sprawl) that contains current information on key sprawl issues as well as links to major sprawl websites.
League of Women Voters NJ
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose purpose is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government.
Loka Institute
The Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and technology.
The Michigan Land Use Institute
The Michigan Land Use Institute is a nonprofit research, educational, and service organization dedicated to fostering a new approach to economic development that respects the land, the community that inhabits the land, and the inherent process of change.
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
NCAT provides information on sustainable technologies and community-based approaches that can help improve the lives of economically disadvantaged people.
National Housing Institute
National Housing Institute is an independent nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing in America.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Formed in 1949, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable. It fights to save historic buildings and the neighborhoods and landscapes they anchor.
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association
The mission of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association is to promote sound planning as a process essential to improving the quality of life of the citizens of New Jersey.
New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is a national, member-supported environmental organization, which seeks to influence public policy in both Washington and the state capitals through public education and grass-roots political action.
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
A non-profit, member-supported land trust working to promote conservation of land and natural resoures throughout NJ for the benefit of all.
New Jersey Clean Energy Council
The New Jersey Clean Energy Countil is recogned as a national model that promotes increased energy efficiency; supports installation of clean, renewable sources of energy and provides information to help reduce energy use.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Governing with the Future in Mind is the companion report to Living with the Future in Mind: 2000. Governing with the Future in Mind introduces the strategic initiatives that State government is pursuing to achieve the Goals of a Sustainable State.
New Jersey DEP Division of Watershed Management
A planning agency involved in watershed management and Water Quality Management Plannng in New Jersey.
New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
The mission of NJHEPS is to be an agent of transformation so that New Jersey campuses might become models and messengers of sustainability in our society and the world.
New Jersey Office of Smart Growth
Staff of the NJ State Planning Commission and the NJ Brownfields Task Force. Through the State Plan, the Office works to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of land development and infrastructure.
New Jersey State Long Range Transportation Plan
Offers a current status report on the statewide long-range transportation plan being developed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and NJ TRANSIT.
New Jersey Sustainable State Institute
The New Jersey Sustainable State Institute is dedicated to helping New Jerseyans "Live With the Future In Mind." Our mission is to create a healthy, just, and efficient New Jersey for us, and for future generations.
Next Step
NextStep is an interactive sustainability web site that provides access to a wide range of resources and information, with a particular focus on Minnesota, but of potential interest in individuals anywhere.
One Thousand Friends of Oregon
As a non-profit public service organization, we conduct research and public education on land use and growth management issues and provide limited legal advice and technical assistance, as well as advocacy for sensible planning policies at the state and local levels.
The Oregon Land Use Information Center
Dedicated to providing information about Oregon's land use.
PlanSmart NJ
PlanSmart NJ is an independent civic action group committed to improving the quality of community life through sound land use planning and regional cooperation.
Planners Web
The Planning Commissioners Journal is a quarterly publication designed for citizen planners, including members of local planning commissions and zoning boards.
Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
PPS is a non-profit planning and design organization dedicated to preserving public spaces as the nexus of community life. Founded in 1975, PPS has worked with over 750 communities throughout the United States and internationally to help make their public spaces more attractive, safe, comfortable, and enjoyable for all those who use them
Redefining Progress
A public policy organization addressing America's future and how to acheive our desires. Redefining Progress seeks to shift the prevailing definition of progress, from one based exclusively on a growing economy, to one that resonates with people's sense of the quality of their lives.
Resource Renewal Institute
A nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to support innovative environmental management in the United States and worldwide. RRI's main role is to promote the implementation of green plans--long-term, comprehensive strategies designed to achieve sustainability.
Rocky Mountain Institute
A nonprofit research and education foundation fostering the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security.
Shaping New Jersey
The State Partnership for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention.
Sierra Club
Promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions.
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America is a nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland and open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, and makes communities more livable.
Smart Growth Gateway
The New Jersey Smart Growth Gateway is an online resource that provides information for New Jersey citizens on how to implement some of the most successful smart growth strategies in their towns, as well as information on where these techniques have worked, why these techniques are necessary, and how to get assistance to implement these techniques.
Smart Growth Network
To encourage development that better serves the economic, environmental and social needs of communities. The Network provides a forum for information-sharing, education, tool development and application, and collaboration on smart growth issues.
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
The Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse is a resource center which provides information, advice and referrals on issues related to sprawl, smart growth and livable communities.
Sustainable Communities Network
Linking citizens to resources and to one another as they work to create healthy, vital, sustainable communities.
Turn the Tide
Turn the Tide is a program of nine simple actions you and I each can take to have a measurable, positive impact on the environment - and it shows us this impact right away.
Urban Land Institute
Encourages and fosters high standards of land use planning and real estate development.
US Dept. of Energy's Smart Communities Network
Helps communities design and implement innovative strategies that enhance the local economy as well as the local environment and quality of life.
US Green Building Council - New Jersey Chapter
New Jersey's foremost coalition in the public and private sectors promoting the planning, design, construction, and operation/maintenance of buildings that are environmentally responsible, cost effective, productive, and healthy places to live, learn, and work.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
A coalition of 122 international companies united by a shared commitment to the environment and to the principles of economic growth and sustainable development.
World Resources Institute
Independent center for policy research and technical assistance to government and private organizations on global environmental and development issues.
Worldwatch Institute
Worldwatch is a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems. >
