Since 1993, Second Nature has been dedicated to accelerating a process of transformation in higher education. We chose to assist colleges and universities in their quest to integrate sustainability as a core component of all education and practice, and to help expand their efforts to make human activity sustainable.

The Education for Sustainability Western Network (EFS West) is a professional association of individuals and institutions working to make sustainability integral to higher education in the western U.S. and Canada. The Network was founded in 2001 as a partnership with Second Nature. The term Education for Sustainability as used by EFS West refers to educating all who work, learn, or conduct business on college campuses about the principles and practices of sustainability and how they can transform thinking so that sustainability becomes second natureý in higher education.

The mission of the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) is to make sustainability a major focus of teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities worldwide. ULSF pursues this mission through advocacy, education, research, assessment, membership support, and international partnerships to advance education for sustainability. ULSF also serves as the Secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration, a ten-point action plan committing institutions to sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching and practice. Over 300 university presidents and chancellors in more than 40 countries have signed the Declaration. ULSF promotes the signing and implementation of the Declaration and maintains a membership base that includes both signatories and non-signatories.

The PSU vision and mission statement emphasize the importance of pursuing sustainability on campus and in the Portland region.

The Natural Step provides a visionary blueprint for a sustainable world. Our upstream approach means we address problems at the source and turn them into opportunities for innovation. As an international advisory and research organization, we work with some of the largest resource users on the planet to create solutions, models and tools designed to accelerate global sustainability.

ESD's objective is the promotion of values and ethics through education at different levels in order to make an impact on people's lifestyles and behaviour and help to build a sustainable future.

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a multimedia teacher education programme published by UNESCO. It contains 100 hours (divided into 25 modules) of professional development for use in pre-service teacher courses as well as the in-service education of teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials. UNESCO, and the international community in general, believes that we need to foster - through education - the values, behaviour, and lifestyles required for a sustainable future. Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is rooted in a new vision of education that helps students better understand the world in which they live, addressing the complexity and interconnectedness of problems such as poverty, wasteful consumption, environmental degradation, population, health, conflict and human rights that threaten our future. Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future will enable teachers to plan learning experiences that empower their students to develop and evaluate alternative visions of a sustainable future and to work creatively with others to help bring their visions of a better world into effect. It will also enhance the computer literacy of teachers and build their skills in using multimedia-based resources and strategies in their teaching. Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is available in two multimedia formats a CDROM and an Internet program .

The North American Alliance for Green Education is a non-profit consortium founded by students. NAAGE is comprised of educational institutions and organizations with a commitment to environmental studies programs, located in diverse bioregions.

The Center for Respect of Life and Environment was founded in 1986 to foster an ethic of compassion toward all sentient beings and respect for the integrity of nature. This ethic urges each of us to expand our moral concern to future generations; to poor, oppressed and disenfranchised human beings; to animals, plants and the earth as a whole. With a particular focus on higher education and religious institutions, the Center promotes a humane and sustainable future for all members of the earth community.

To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

For more than a decade, NWF's Campus Ecology program has been helping transform the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society, and training a new generation of environmental leaders. Campus Ecology supports and promotes positive and practical conservation projects on campus and beyond.

In December 2002, resolution 57/254 on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development beginning 1 January 2005 was adopted by consensus. The resolution had been introduced by Japan and co-sponsored by 46 countries. Link to the site from the UNESCO home page.

World Resources Institute is an independent nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working to protect the Earth and improve people's lives.

At the University of British Columbia, we're facing those challenges and finding those opportunities as we lead the way to Canadian campus sustainability.

This link connects to the published report containing the recommendations from: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (NCSE) held its third National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future, on January 30-31, 2003 in Washington, DC. The conference provided a meeting ground for more than 800 scientists, educators, managers and policymakers from the United States and other nations to collectively consider the role of education in providing a sustainable and secure future.

The Canadian Environmental Literacy Project (CELP)was mandated to develop open-access curriculum materials in support of teaching environmental studies in universities, colleges, and high schools in Canada. The focus is on materials that address Canadian issues within local, regional or international contexts. These modular materials can be used ýas isý or they may be adapted by instructors to suit their specific needs. Their goal is to offer engaging classroom lectures, calculation exercises, and activities and field-trip ideas that are informative, credible, objective, motivating, and personally relevant to students and instructors.

The objective of the COPERNICUS programme is to stimulate the discussion on ways and means by which universities can contribute to sustainable development, in particular to the implementation of chapter 36 of Agenda 21. In this regard, the programme focuses on: the further implementation of the COPERNICUS-University Charter for Sustainable Development and how the principles of sustainable development can be pursued and promoted by universities.

IISD's website contains interactive tool kits for greening your campus! These tools will help you to learn more about sustainable development and its relevance to you and your institution. There are learning modules, case studies, action plans, environmental policies, resources, forums and contacts - all designed to help you, as part of the administration, as a student, or a member of faculty, implement sustainable development on your campus.

The Earth Charter is the product of a decade long, worldwide, cross-cultural conversation about common goals and shared values. The drafting of the Earth Charter has involved the most open and participatory consultation process ever conducted in connection with an international document. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations from all regions of the world, different cultures, and diverse sectors of society have participated. The Charter has been shaped by both experts and representatives of grassroots communities. It is a people's treaty that sets forth an important expression of the hopes and aspirations of the emerging global civil society. Once at the website download the document.

Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP) integrates environmental management with human needs, considers long-term ecosystem health and highlights the positive correlations between economic prosperity and environmental well-being.

UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists. They augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world.

If you've questions about the environmental and social impacts of the products you buy and use, Good Stuff is for you. It contains many of the tips, facts, and links you'll need to start making more informed purchases that benefit your health and the environment.

Founded by Lester Brown in 1974, the Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just societyýand how to achieve it.

Redefining Progress (RP) works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability. RP does this in three ways: RP measures the real state of our economy, our environment, and social justice with tools like the Genuine Progress Indicator and the Ecological Footprint. They design policiesýlike environmental tax reformýto shift behavior in these three domains (economy, environment, and equity) towards sustainability. They promote and create new frameworks like common assetsýto replace the ones that are taking us away from long-term social, economic, and environmental health. RP collaborates with partners because sustainability requires the broad engagement of individuals, organizations, and institutions. RP works with these partners to change technology, influence the choices individuals make, and resolve pressing social and environmental issues. RP also adds to our partners' efforts by pursuing systemic change in underlying economic, political, and social mechanisms.

Founded in 1990, Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities.

The Northwest Earth Institute is recognized as a national leader in developing innovative programs that empower individuals and organizations to protect the earth. These programs emphasize individual responsibility, the importance of a supportive community, and the dual need to walk lightly on and to take action for the earth. By reaching out to people in their workplace, home, faith center, neighborhood, and community, NWEI provides easy access to tools for individual and cultural change.

In professional and voluntary roles, ABSN has been providing Alaskans with residential construction and energy efficient building services for over 20 years. Coming from areas as diverse as Juneau, Unalaska, Kotzebue, and the Railbelt, we share a common goal of keeping Alaskans up-to-date on issues affecting building science and energy efficiency.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nationýs foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating Systemý is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED provides a complete framework for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals. Based on well-founded scientific standards, LEED emphasizes state of the art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

As a worldwide membership organization and scenario and strategy consultancy, GBN engages in a collaborative exploration of the future, discovering the frontiers of knowledge and creating innovative tools for strategic action and adaptive advantage. Imformative site, see the ideas section: environment and sustainability.

The Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. We do this by inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth.

Green Star is a USEPA-award-winning organization established to recognize businesses and organizations that voluntarily meet and exceed Green Star's high standards of environmental responsibility. When these standards have been met and peer-reviewed to the satisfaction of the Green Star Standards Committee, the organization receives a Green Star Award. There are actually two awards -- the Green Star Award, which focuses on waste reduction, and the Air Quality Award, which targets outdoor air quality.

Earth Day Network promotes a peaceful, just, and sustainable world through education, community empowerment, capacity-building, campaigns, events, and publications. Earth Day Network serves as a point of focus for national and worldwide Earth Day organizing, with thousands of Earth Day events taking place around the world each April. Their website is also a great source for information about ecological footprints and sustainable communities.

The Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS) HEPS has been working with 18 universities and colleges to deliver excellent education in a way that boosts sustainable development through the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability. Universities can make a significant contribution towards sustainable development. Our 18 partners have been developing green buildings, cutting emissions and improving the curriculum. The final report of HEPS has now been published, it is the definitive account of innovative solutions for implementing sustainability in higher education. Website has lots of reports on higher education and sustainability

The Sustainable Communities Network is for those who want to help make their communities more livable. Here a broad range of issues are addressed and resources are provided to help make this happen. This web site is being developed to increase the visibility of what has worked for other communities, and to promote a lively exchange of information to help create community sustainability in both urban and rural areas.

The vision of Alaska 20/20 is a higher quality of life for all Alaskans. The mission of Alaska 20/20 is to measure Alaska's quality of life and engage Alaskans in a public dialogue about vital social, economic and environmental issues. The values of Alaska 20/20 govern all of our activities, from strategic planning to our daily operations. They are: Independence: Alaska 20/20 is first and foremost a nonpartisan provider of information and facilitator of public dialogue. The degree to which we have an impact on quality of life in Alaska is directly proportional to the level of trust invested in us by our stakeholders. Diversity: Alaska 20/20 strives to represent all Alaskans, with regard to race, age, gender, geography and political persuasion. Neutrality: Alaska 20/20 takes a strategic view of quality of life issues and avoids making specific recommendations or endorsements of action plans. Alaska 20/20 is a not-for-profit organization under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.