Dear Reader,
This is a short update about the 'Sustainable Development -
ONLINE' website of the European Foundation for the Improvement
of Living and Working Conditions (a public funded agency of the
European Union).
YEAR 2000 NEWS
SD-ONLINE will continue to be developed throughout next year.
There are some exciting additions programmed for the site. Micro,
small and medium sized enterprises will have their own database
about Sustainable Development Support Systems and Initiatives'.
New Reports will be published by the Foundation and a Case
Studies database is planned.
LATEST ADDITIONS
SD-ONLINE is now a significant information resource covering
sustainable development activity on the internet. The total number
of linked sites available via SD-ONLINE is ±400. Please find below
a selection of the new web sites recently added. For more
information on these websites and other additions please visit:
http://susdev.eurofound.ie
CONFERENCES
1. Sustainability, technological innovation and competitiveness of
the firm
27/5/2000 - 28/5/2000 Strasbourg, France
2. Global Cities21 - ICLEI World Congress of Local Governments
28/6/2000 - 2/7/2000 Sachsen-Anhalt (Dessau), Germany
3.Pathways to Eco Efficiency
23/2/2000 - 24/2/2000 Melbourne, Australia
4. The Implementation of European Environmental Policies in
Southern States
18/5/2000 - 19/5/2000 Florence, Italy
5. International Conference on Responsible Nature Tourism
3/2/2000 - 5/2/2000 Koli National Park, Finland
NETWORKS
1. Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN)
2. City Development Strategies Initiative (CDSI)
3. European Mountain Forum
4. Environmental data interactive exchange
5. Swedish EnviroNet
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1. To the Heart of Sustainability
2. MSc Human Ecology - Full time for a year, or part time over two
years.
3. MSc Transportation Planning and Engineering
TOOLS
1. Calculator for the environmental impacts of food consumption
2. EcoReDesign: A program to improve eco performance of
manufactured products
3. onSITE: Minimising Construction Waste Maximising
Competitiveness
4. EcoSpecifier: A guide to sourcing environmentally preferable
materials
5. EcoReDesign Guide: How to maximise competitiveness and
minimise environmental impacts through design.
SD-ONLINE FREE SERVICES
Two free services that may be of interest to you:
* 'Sign Up' for regular email updates on http://susdev.eurofound.ie).
Email addresses will only be used by SD-ONLINE and will not be
given to any other party.
* We can help you to get your web site noticed by including it in
our databases as many thousands of visitors are now using the SD-
ONLINE resources. If you have information on Conferences,
Networks, Tools or Professional Training Courses related to
Sustainable Development, please submit your website for review.
Go to http://susdev.eurofound.ie
PLEASE LINK
If you find the SD-ONLINE interesting and supportive of your own
work please 'link' to http://susdev.eurofound.ie and let us know.
Your 'linking' will be extremely supportive in helping us to build this
web resource and promote sustainable production and
consumption.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you need to contact us please email: [log in to unmask]
SD-ONLINE PROVIDER
The website is a European Union public funded resource provided
by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and
Working Conditions. It is free to all users.
WEB SITE DESIGN
This service from the Foundation has been designed and developed
by:
'Environmental Design for Ecological Need B.V. (EDEN).
For more information on EDEN's database driven websites please
email: [log in to unmask]
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