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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] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%