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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.

Link Categories Listed Below

  • 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
  • Organizational Effectiveness 

  • 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

    San Diego/Tijuana Region

    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
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    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.

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    Other Town Cases & Awards

    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

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    Indicators

    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

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    Green Building Cases

    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

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    Specific Authors

    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

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    Sustainable Economic Development

    NRDC: Creating the California Cleantech Cluster
    What is Economic Renewal?
    E2: Home
    LIBRARY-Communities
    Redefining Progress: Programs: Sustainable Ec…

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    Models Intentional Communities

    IC Web Site: Intentional Communities List
    Cambridge Cohousing Home Page

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    Search Portals


    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

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    Sustainability Models

    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

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    Smartgrowth Planning

    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

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    Consultants & Designers

    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    Water & Energy Issues

    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

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    Population Issues< /p>

    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

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    Agriculture Issues

    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

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    Land Use Issues

    SANDAG :: NEWS :: San Diego’s Regional Planni…
    SANDAG :: :: Interactive Maps :: San Diego’s…
    InterMap REDI v2.1
    California: The Trust for Public Land

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    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

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    Housing Issues

    SANDAG :: MEETINGS :: San Diego’s Regional Pl…
    SANDAG :: COMMITTEES :: San Diego’s Regional …
    SANDAG :: ABOUT :: San Diego’s Regional Plann…

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    Built Environment

    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

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    Infrastructure Issues

    California Infrastructure Coalition | Home Page

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    Governance Issues

    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…

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    Social Processes

    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