SPA : Sustainability Practitioners Association

Media

Grist - Environmental News and Commentary

Grist believe that news about green issues and sustainable living doesn’t have to be predictable, demoralising, or dull. Grist likes to tell the untold stories, spotlight trends before they become trendy, and engage the apathetic.
http://www.grist.org/

Shifting Baselines

Shifting baselines are the chronic, slow, hard-to-notice changes in things, from the disappearance of birds and frogs in the countryside to the increased drive time one place to another. Shifting Baselines is a “media project” – a partnership between ocean conservation and Hollywood to help bring attention to the severity of ocean decline.
http://www.shiftingbaselines.org/

Non Government Organisations

Sustainable September 2009

Watch this website for the soon to be announced 2009 program – presently the website shows last years events – its a great place to start if you are planning a 2009 Sustainable September event for !
Sustainable September is an annual campaign that aims to demonstrate and celebrate sustainability in action. Sustainable September was first co-convened by Persistence of Vision (POV) and the WA Collaboration for Sustainability in 2003. Visit their website to access the Calendar of Events and get involved!

http://www.sustainableseptember.net.au

Millennium Kids

Millennium Kids is a non-profit non-government organisation run by young people and was established in response to their demand for a greater say about their environment and their world.
http://www.millenniumkids.com.au/

WA Collaboration

The WA Collaboration is an historic partnership of some of Western Australia’s leading non-government organisations, who have joined forces to help shape and promote the sustainability agenda for our State.
http://www.wacollaboration.org.au/

The Australian National Sustainability Initiative

The Australian National Sustainability Initiative will offer a national resource that continually introduces new perspectives, facilitates partnerships and promotes diverse approaches in working towards sustainability. This initiative aims to develop a new kind of facility and network that complements and supports existing community activities and stimulates new ones.
http://www.sustainability.org.au

Perth Green Map

To promote and expose sustainable practice in Perth West Australia, Emma Snow, Agata Chmielewski and Paul Reid propose to release a Perth Green Map guide in late 2006.
http://perthgreenmap.org/

SustainLane

A US/Canadian site that provides an open-source knowledge base speeds discovery, research and networking with more than 95 best practice documents and a secure directory of participating government officials from over 275 cities, counties and states.

http://www.sustainlane.com/

Government sites

Act Now for the Future

The Act Now for the Future website is a one-stop-shop for information from Western Australian Government agencies and other sources on sustainable living in Western Australia.
http://www.actnow.wa.gov.au

Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organisations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. More than 475 cities, towns, counties, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI’s growing membership.
http://www.iclei.org/

Business

Sustainability: Tomorrow's Value

Established in 1987, UK think tank and consultancy Sustainability advises clients on the risks and opportunities associated with corporate responsibility and sustainable development.
http://www.sustainability.com/

The sdEffect

The sdEffect is an initiative aimed at advancing integration of considerations of sustainable development (SD) in investment decision-making. It is focused on further isolating the effect of corporate SD practices on share price performance/company valuations and expressing this effect in financial language.
http://www.sdeffect.com

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Our mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.

http://www.wbcsd.org

Other

The TCC Group

This blog is a site that attempts to create informative interactions, learning and discussions in relation to safety,,. health and wellness in the ‘onsite’ situation in the construction and associated industries.
http://www.onsitesafe.blogspot.com/

Education

Information for action

The main focus of Information for Action is environmental education and the free automated lobbying service on their web site www.informaction.org. There are a variety of other useful tools on the website including a quiz, kids website, search engines, videos and a chemicals database.

http://www.informaction.org