Other links, Books etc.

Recent reports and books

Sustainability Science research and education

  • The Club of Rome, founded in 1968, is “an informal association of independent leading personalities from politics, business and science, men and women who are long-term thinkers interested in contributing in a systemic interdisciplinary and holistic manner to a better world”. It initiated the Limits to Growth report in 1972. See http://www.clubofrome.org//. One of its recent initiatives is the ValuesQuest project, in association with the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and directly related to the worldview approach of Chapter 6. For a recent publication by Palmer and Wagner, see http://www.clubofrome.org/?p=5821// [See Chapter 6 and Chapter 15].
  • The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) is a national education institution committed to the equitable, sustainable and efficient transformation of Indian settlements.See http://www.iihs.co.in//
  • The Solutions Journal offers a wide variety of news and stories about solutions for a sustainable and desirable future. See http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/
  • Research for Global Sustainability (transiting from IGBP, IHDP and DIVERSITAS). See http://www.icsu.org/future-earth
  • An open Sustainability course, as part of the Baltic University Programme. See http://www.balticuniv.uu.se/sustainabledevelopmentcourse
  • The book Fundamentals of Sustainable Development, by N. Roorda, P.B. Corcoran and J.P Weakland. See http://www.routledge.com/cw/roorda-9781849713863/

Associated institutions and organisations