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Airminers
An index of companies and projects that are developing ways to remove carbon dioxide from the air and safely dispose of it. The online “Directory of Green Solutions” lists websites...
Alliance for Water Stewardship
Alliance for Water Stewardship(2014; North Berwick, Scotland; 29 staff; a4ws.org) A global membership collaboration that contributes "to the sustainability of local water resources through their adoption and promotion of a...
Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit
Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit(2015; Singapore; csrworks.com) This "annual Summit brings together senior business leaders, chief sustainability officers, sustainability reporting experts and practitioners, standards-setters, regulators and policy-makers and other key stakeholders...
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (2010; Cornell University, New York; 15 staff, 500+ fellows; atkinson.cornell.edu) A research center that bases its work on the realization that "planetary health doesn’t...
Education, Environmental Education, Further Education for Sustainability, Higher Education Programs, Sustainability, Sustainability Education, Sustainable Higher Education, University Sustainability Programs
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability
A ten volume encyclopedia that costs $1800. Subtitle: “Knowledge to Transform Our Common Future.” Experts around the world provide authoritative coverage of the growing body of knowledge about ways to...
Biofuelwatch
It provides information, advocacy, and campaigning in relation to the impact of large-scale industrial bioenergy. In the UK it focuses on biofuel and biomass electricity. They aim to advance the...
Blue Justice Initiative
Blue Justice Initiative(2018; Oslo, Norway; bluejustice.org) On 28 June 2017, the Nordic Council of Ministers adopted the first Declaration in the town of Ålesund (the Ålesund Declaration). This initiative "responds...
Brighter Green
Brighter Green (2009; New York; 9 staff; brightergreen.org) A non-profit policy action tank aiming "to raise awareness and encourage dialogue on issues that span the environment, animals and sustainable development."...
Brown, Lester R.
Lester R. Brown (b.1934) is well-known as the founder of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington in 1974, where he served as president until 2000. Worldwatch is known for its annual...
California Air Resources Board
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is a governmental body of the state of California, charged with protecting the public from the harmful effects of air pollution and developing programs...
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (1914; New York; ~40 staff; carnegiecouncil.org). Established by Andrew Carnegie as the Church Peace Union to rethink International Relations. Aims "to inspire and...
CDIA – Cities Development Initiative for Asia
The managed trust fund "works closely with secondary cities in Asia and the Pacific to address gaps in infrastructure development and financing." It supports "infrastructure projects that emphasize poverty reduction,...
Center for Global Change and Sustainability
Center for Global Change and Sustainability (2010; Vienna, Austria; 31 staff; boku.ac.at) Is a research unit at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. The center aims to “integrate...
Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability
A center providing interdisciplinary education and cutting-edge research to help leaders navigate a rapidly changing world. The programs offered are designed to help aspiring and current sustainability and environmental leaders...
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
A research center promoting collaboration between various fields that focuses on studying environmental systems and human activities. It aims to inform policymakers and technology regarding solutions to environmental problems. Through...
Center for Sustainability Studies
A research center associated with Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP). It seeks to inspire and incite organizations and people to create new models of...
Environment, Environmental Education, Human Rights, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, University Sustainability Programs
Centre for Complex Systems in Transition
Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (2015; Stellenbosch University, South Africa; 15 staff; sun.ac.za/cst/) CCST, an initiative of the Stellenbosch University, is a transdisciplinary center of research and teaching. It...
Centre for European Policy Studies
Center for European Policy Studies (1983; Brussels; 77 staff; www.ceps.eu) An independent policy research institute and think tank. It seeks to create constructive solutions to the challenges Europe is facing by...
Centre for Sustainable Design
Centre for Sustainable Design (1995; Farnham, UK; cfsd.org.uk) Is a center located within the University for the Creative Arts that focuses on “sustainable innovation and product sustainability.” It "researches, develops...
Centre for Sustainable Development
Centre for Sustainable Development (2010; Ibadan, Nigeria; 8 staff; cesdev.ui.edu.ng) It is a "teaching and research centre with a mandate in multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to Sustainability issues." It aims...