Sustainability - Resource Guide

The Essentials

What does sustainability have to do with the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission?
IntroToSustainability.pdf

Sustainability can influence decisions about work, home, mobility, waste, and even shopping.
WhatCanWeDo.pdf

Sustainability for Governments

Other organizations are working towards the same goal of sustainability
LocalGovernmentSustainabilityToolkit.pdf

City of Portland – A leader in sustainability for government
http://www.portlandonline.com/

Local Governments for Sustainability
http://www.iclei.org/

Standing Up for Illinois – Green Solutions
http://www2.illinois.gov/

Sustainability in New Zealand
http://www.sustainability.govt.nz/

Sustainability for US State and Local Government
http://www.sustainlane.us/

National Association of Counties Sustainable Development
http://www.naco.org/

United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
http://www.usgbc.org/

Recycling

Items that can be recycled at the Brookens Building
RecyclingInfo.pdf

City of Urbana resources for recycling and sustainability
http://www.city.urbana.il.us/

Sustainability for Businesses/Offices

10 things an office can do to become more sustainable
SustainableOfficePoster_hi-res.pdf

Calculate the sustainability of your office
http://www.ecooffice.com.au/

Businesses are changing the way they operate to reflect their desire to work towards sustainability
http://www.centerforsustainability.org/

Hold meetings with minimal environmental impact
http://www.bluegreenmeetings.org/

Sustainable Products

Environmentally friendly cleaning products – produced in Danville
http://www.enviroxclean.com/

Online retailer of recycled, environmentally friendly, and sustainable business products
http://www.thegreenoffice.com/

United State Environmental Protection Agency – Products made from recycled materials
http://www.epa.gov/

Early discussion by the United Nations about the meaning and scope of sustainability (Agenda 21)
http://habitat.igc.org/

Sustainable Purchasing

Guide to Green Government through Powerful Purchasing Decisions
GreenPurchasingIntro.pdf

What is Sustainability

Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. (also known as, The Brundtland Report) 1987
http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm

Principles of sustainability for communities
ahwahnee_principles.pdf

Books and Authors

• Cradle to Cradle William McDonough & Michael Braungart
• The Natural Step for Communities Sarah James & Torbjorn Lahti
• Natural Capitalism Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
• Silent Spring Rachel Carson
• The Business Guide to Sustainability: Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard
• Bill McKibben http://www.billmckibben.com/