Sustainable Development: Websites

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Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government.

AASHE defines sustainability in an inclusive way, encompassing human and ecological health, social justice, secure livelihoods, and a better world for all generations.

The AWEA website strives to provide information on all facets of the wind industry, from small wind for individuals to large wind farm development.

Works areas as climate change, renewable energy, resource scarcity, polar issues, oceans policy, infectious diseases, science and technology, and space policy,

DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related.

Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology is a non-profit organization created for the purpose of researching and disseminating promising new technologies that can benefit humanity in environmentally friendly ways.

IISD is a Canadian-based, public policy research institute that has a long history of conducting cutting-edge research into sustainable development.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D).

Ensuring adequate food and water to all and achieving sustainable rural development and livelihoods for current and future generations all hinge upon the responsible management of natural resources.

Founded in 1985, SACE is a regional organization primarily focused on developing clean energy solutions throughout the Southeast.

Offering resources to help local governments move towards sustainability, SustainLane's website provides a repository of sustainability best practices submitted by practitioners and policy makers.

The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity building at international, regional and national levels.

USAID's history goes back to the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration's Point Four Program. Since that time, USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.