NIPR - New Ideas in Pollution Regulation
A site for people interested in understanding and improving control of industrial
pollution, especially in developing countries.
NIPR is the primary source for materials produced by the World Bank's Economics
of Industrial Pollution Control Research Project.
National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education (US NPPC)
NPPC develops P2 educational materials (compendia) for university instructional
faculty. These materials help faculty incorporate the principles of P2
into existing or new courses; they contain resources for
professors as well as assignments for students.
Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention grant program
U.S. EPA’s homepage for information on the Environmental Justice through
Pollution Prevention (EJP2) grant program. Through the EJP2 grant program, EPA provides
financial assistance to help minority and low-income communities address emerging environmental issues by using pollution
prevention as the solution rather than traditional pollution control techniques.
EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program
ETV is a new program from EPA to verify the performance of innovative technical
solutions to problems that threaten human health or the environment.
ETV was created to substantially accelerate the entrance of new environmental
technologies into the domestic and international marketplace.
Global Environmental Management Initiative
GEMI is an organization of 27 U.S.-based, multi-sector companies founded in response to
heightened awareness about sustainable development and the changing demands of
more conscientious consumers that have made environmentally sound production
process a corporate necessity.
GEMI strives to help business achieve environmental, health and safety excellence.
Klimaschutzaktion nordlicht
Nordlicht (northern lights) is a public campaign for climate protection by
energy saving and traffic reduction. With a strategy of Participative Social
Marketing we try to stimulate citizen activity against greenhouse effect and
global warming. The concept is based on social psychology.
Cleaner Technology Information Center (CTIC) A Information Center in Thailand that provides information specifically
focused on Cleaner Technology or Pollution Prevention Issues
Centre for Sustainable Design (UK)
The CfSD facilitates discussion and research about the effects of environmental, social,
ethical and economic issues on design. This is achieved through training, education,
seminars, workshops, conferences, consultancy, publications and Internet.
The CfSD focuses on: Sustainable Product Design (SPD) and related concepts
the implications of sustainable development on the design disciplines;
the implications of sustainable development on market sectors relating to design and design-related industries.
Sanetwork: Sustainable America
Sustainable America (SA) is a nonprofit organization to create "new economies" in the USA that serve the
public good through the implementation of sustainable economic development models in urban and rural regions of the
country.
The RFF Database of Superfund NPL Sites (USA)
It includes information on 1134 nonfederal sites on the U.S.
EPA's National Priorities List (NPL).
The database was created by researchers at Resources for the Future
(RFF) to estimate the financial impact of alternative Superfund
liability schemes on the size of the Hazardous Response
Trust Fund and on major industry sectors likely to bear the cost
of cleanup under the current liability scheme.
Sustainability BEST: Better Environmentally Sound Transportation,
PLANET: Connecting you to sources of
sustainable development information from around the world.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD is a coalition of 122 international companies united by a
shared commitment to the environment and to the principles of
economic growth and sustainable development
Resources for the Future RFF is an independent, nonprofit organization
that aims to help people make better decisions
about the conservation and use of their natural resources and the environment
Environment Canada: Atlantic Region: Action 21 Action 21 provides funding, training, animation,
information, tools and more to support community groups
in their efforts to take action on environmental, and
health/environment issues.
New Jersey Risk Policy Forum A communication medium for the exchange of ideias,
information, questions and interactions between parties interested in
promoting the use of risk assessment in environmental and public health
decision in NJ (USA)
Pollution Prevention, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, Recycling
