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Sterling Insights supports all of its clients to improve the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the communities in which they operate. New information and links from around the world will be posted here to support our clients and local sustainability efforts. For our Southern California clients, these are highlighted city plans, research reports, and other pertinent materials. If you find a new articles or link you think would go well here please send it to Joe Sterling. Thanks.
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Organization Effectiveness Sterling Insights Current Municipal Projects San Diego/Tijuana Region Sustainability: Notable Cities & Towns Case Studies & Awards Indicators Green Building Cases Specific Authors Models of Intentional Communities Search Portals Sustainability Models “Smartgrowth” Planning Consultants & Designers Other Sustainability Related Artcles Climate Change/Global Warming Issues Water & Energy Issues Population Issues Agriculture Issues Land Use Sustainable Economic Development Housing Built Environment Infrastructure Governance Social Processes
Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool Organizational Assessment (OA) Models and Frameworks Top Ten Challenges of Nonprofits Organizational Learning Strategies
Sterling Insights Current Municipal Projects
Alpine, CA, Revitalization Effort
Carlsbad, CA - Connecting Community Place & Spirit
General
> Sustainable Community Program, City of San Diego > Cross-Border Development Research, San Diego Dialogue > Urban & Regional Planning in the San Diego-Tijuana Region, ICF > Stakeholders List, San Diego Dialogue > State of the Region 2005, SCAG, January 2006 > Indicators of Economic Competitiveness - a quality of life index. Visions and Strategies for the Region
> Sustainable Urban System Design for the Greater San Diego-Tijuana Binational Metropolitan Region > A Vision and Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the San Diego/Imperial Valley/Tijuana/Mexicali “Macro-Region”, San Diego Dialogue > San Diego Regional Economic Prosperity Strategy, SANDAG > San Diego Regional Employment Clusters, SANDAG > Solving San Diego’s Housing Crisis, SANDAG Specific Regional Issues & Cases
> Watershed Restoration: The San Luis Rey River > Smart Growth, San Diego Dialogue > Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) > Regional Economic Forecast, SCAG, January 2006, 9th Annual > Market Creek Plaza, San Diego > San Diego Regional Energy Office Regional Planning > Creating Reliable Water Supply for San Diego & Tijuana, San Diego Dialogue San Diego Area Governments
> Land Use Plan > Transportation > Housing > Economics & Finance > Borders > Public Safety
Sustainability: Notable City Links
Burlington, VT
City of Burlington, Vermont, USA
Sustainable Communities 2004 - Speakers
Plan & Project Clearinghouse
Smart Communities Network Success Story
Burlington Eco Info Project
Seattle, WA
Sustainable Seattle - Sustainability Indicators
Sustainable Seattle - Resources and Links
Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment
Seattle City Hall: Sustainability With a View
Vancouver, British Columbia
Envisioning a Sustainable Vancouver
The Sheltair Group Inc.
Thousand Oaks, CA ULI-Westlake Case Studies
Rancho Margarita, CA Case Studies
Sonoma, CA: Sustainability Resources
Sonoma County - The Economic Metacrisis
CNU: Project: Plan for UC Santa Barbara Campus
CNU New Urbanism: Award Winning Projects ‘04
CNU: Project: N. Allston, MA - Harvard Univ.
CNU: Project: N. Allston, MA - Image
AIArchitect: Healthy Design Solutions Awards ‘03
Businesses of the Northern Forest, Maine
Nantucket,MA
Green Biz - Sustainability Indicators
About Cambridge Co-housing
Orange
County, FL Indicators
South East, LA Indicators
Asheville, NC - Sustainable Economic Development
Stapleton, CO - Development Wins International Award
Calgary Canada Greenmap
World Business Council Case Studies (WBCSD)
Int’l Inst. for Sustainable Dev._Top 50 Awards
SCN Case Study Map & Index
Sustainable Communities and Industrial Ecology
Smart Growth Economics Case Studies
Chicago, IL - “Green design” of middle school
U.S. Green Building Council - LEED project list
Seattle, WA- LEED Certified - Fisher Pavillioin
Features Item : Sustainability With a View
BuildingGreen.com - Home
buildingenvelopes.org
EDC: Environmental Design + Construction
USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council
LEED - Project List
Green Development Links
ACEEE - American Council for an Energy Efficiency
Christopher Alexander
A Pattern Language
Amory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountina Institute LIBRARY-Communities
John Kretzmann
Asset-Based Community Development
IPR People: John Kretzmann
Peter Koestenbaum
Speaking in Carlsbad, CA 2003
William McDonough
William
A. McDonough, FAIA
William McDonough + Partners
Fast Company article on McDonough
John McKnight
Speaking at Carlsbad, CA 2003
Common Focus - Interview: John McKnight
John McKnight’s - The Uncaring Society
Institute for Policy Research
IPR - Events_McKnight_bio
Arthur Warmoth
Sustainable Community Economics
Sustainable Economic Development
NRDC: Creating the California Cleantech Cluster
What is Economic Renewal?
E2: Home
LIBRARY-Communities
Redefining Progress: Programs: Sustainable Ec…
Models Intentional Communities
IC Web Site: Intentional Communities List
Cambridge Cohousing Home Page
ULI - California SG Links
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/gdsouzawww/guide.html
Deep Democracy
Sustainable Development - Links to other Sust…
Sustainable Development
the knowledge.comª directory - Science - Soci…
Green Development Links
CSR Online Resources
The Digital Library of the Commons
CSR Online Resources
About.com: http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/quilljar/fonts.html
Home - CWP
AgriSurf! - The Farmers Search Engine
Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
UK Defra | Indicators for Sustainable Develop…
SSRN-Natural Resources, Development Models an…
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa, Spain
Dashboard of Sustainability - Consultative Gr…
IISDnet - Communities and Livelihoods
Sustainable Livelihoods - Overview (WBCSD)
Canada_Indic_Introduction to the NRTEE Web Site
LIBRARY-Communities
Smart Growth Network
American Planning Association
American Farmland Trust
California Chapter of the American Planning Association
Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association
Congress for New Urbanism
Greenbelt Alliance
Landwatch
Local Government Commission
Natural Resources Defense Council – Smart Growth & Sprawl
Planning and Conservation League
Sierra Club—Stopping Sprawl
Smart Growth America
C A L T H O R P & A S S O C I A T E S
CNN Specials - Democracy in America
Peter Calthorpe’s Urban Network Concept
Delirious LA | Can’t We All Just Get Along?: …
Bressi Ranch designed to give sense of commun…
Welcome to AtKisson.com
The Sheltair Group Inc.
Other Sustainability Related Articles
Tundra Test Stuns Scientists
News Item : Haworth Looks To Archeworks To Cu…
USGBC - LEED Case Study - Overview - The Fish…
[E] - Greening Venture Capital : Are Clean T…
Rating Corporate Sustainability: Behind the S…
Orion > Orion Magazine > Current Issue > Loca…
Cover Story : Space Exploration
Features Item : Sustainability With a View
Orion > Thoughts on America
Climate Change & Global Warming Issues
WBUR: Boston Global Warming Study (2005-02-15)
Conservation Law Foundation
LOCAL POWER
Moving America Away from Oil - Dept. of Defense
Sea Ice Decline Intensifies - This is a joint press release between the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder; NASA; and the University of Washington.
Home - CWP
California Watershed Council - CWP
The California Watershed Portal - Watershed S…
Tidal Wetland Restoration
Ostrum_Ground water management
Sustainable Conservation | The San Luis Rey W…
Santa Barbara Urban-Creeks Council
SANDAG :: NEWS :: San Diego’s Regional Planni…
SANDAG :: :: San Diego’s Regional Planning A…
CarlsbadPop_SANDAG
Unincorporated
SANDAG :: :: Interactive Maps :: San Diego’s…
REDI v2.1
About the California Sustainable Agriculture …
Sustainable Agriculture Abstracts
John T. Lyle Center For Regenerative Studies
California Space Institute at UC Davis
AgriSurf! - The Farmers Search Engine
SANDAG :: NEWS :: San Diego’s Regional Planni…
SANDAG :: :: Interactive Maps :: San Diego’s…
InterMap REDI v2.1
California: The Trust for Public Land
Sustainable Economic Development
IISDnet - Communities and Livelihoods
What is Economic Renewal?
Redefining Progress: Programs: Sustainable Ec…
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ECONOMICS
SSRN-Natural Resources, Development Models an…
InterMAp REDI v2.1
CPI_ResponsibDevel
SANDAG :: MEETINGS :: San Diego’s Regional Pl…
SANDAG :: COMMITTEES :: San Diego’s Regional …
SANDAG :: ABOUT :: San Diego’s Regional Plann…
Greener Buildings
Gensler: Sustainable Design
AIArchitect, December 15, 2003 - Healthy Desi…
LEED - Project List
Features Item : Sustainability With a View
Cover Story : Space Exploration
BuildingGreen.com - Home
buildingenvelopes.org
EDC: Environmental Design + Construction
USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council
LEED - Project List
Green Development Links
ACEEE - American Council for an Energy Effici…
California Infrastructure Coalition | Home Page
Governance in the European Union: A White Pap…
Ostrum_Basin Management
The Digital Library of the Commons
Urban Commons-Related Full-text Resources: Nontradi…
LOCAL POWER
SANDAG :: COMMITTEES :: San Diego’s Regional …
REDI v2.1
California: The Trust for Public Land
ULI - California Smart Growth Initiative1
Welcome to California Futures Network
Center for Livable Communities
NextStep Homepage - Minnesota Sustainable Com..
Southern California Association of Government…
Resiliency in Action
What is a Charrette?
Global Strategies Project: 9. Collective stra…
Southern India | Projects | Appreciative Inqu…
Goldsmiths College > Centre for the Study of …
Appreciative Inquiry and Community Developmen…
The Sheltair Group Inc.
ICA-USA> Initiatives Article
Fast Company | Do You Have the Will to Lead?
Appreciative Inquiry and Community Developmen…
Southern India | Projects | Appreciative Inqu…
MIT biblio_system dynamics
System Dynamics Bibliography
