"WASTE works towards sustainable improvement of the urban poor's living conditions and the urban environment in general. Our multi-year, multi-country programmes and projects have a focus on bottom-up development in relation to recycling, solid waste management, ecological sanitation and knowledge sharing. WASTE, located in the Netherlands, teams up with organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe that share its goals and approaches."

 

An EcoTipping Point is a key part of an eco-social system that can reverse the direction of change. It’s catalytic – a lever that can turn the environment from decline to health and sustainability. Small actions can make a big difference when they tap the inborn powers of nature and human societies to heal themselves. Many ecological problems look so complex, it's hard to know where to begin. But eco-pioneers around the world are showing what it takes to turn a problem around. Some case studies about community gardens, edible schoolyards, community agro-forestry etc.

Signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the Convention on Biological Diversity is dedicated to promoting sustainable development. Conceived as a practical tool for translating the principles of Agenda 21 into reality, the Convention recognizes that biological diversity is about more than plants, animals and micro organisms and their ecosystems – it is about people and our need for food security, medicines, fresh air and water, shelter, and a clean and healthy environment in which to live.

The Water, Engineering and Development Centre offers distance learning modules on Water and Waste Engineering, Water and Environmental Management, and Infrastructure in Emergencies. Two postgraduate programmes can be studied entirely by distance learning at one of three levels: MSc, Diploma or Certificate. You can also study individual modules to develop your professional skills rather than doing a whole programme.

LANDCARE Australia gives details of the Australian Landcare movement. Landcare is a national voluntary community movement of around 4000 groups that aim to improve NRM.

Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research is an environmental research organisation in New Zealand that specialises in sustainable management of land resources to optimise primary production, enhance biodiversity, increase the resource efficiency of businesses, and conserve and restore the natural assets of communities. The website provides information, frameworks and processes that can be used by those wishing to engage different stakeholders more effectively in research and development. Numerous on-line papers and reports are available.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development was founded in 1990 and is based in Winnipeg, Canada. IISD is dedicated to providing policy recommendations in various development fields, in the North as well as the South.

The International Development Research Centre is a Canadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable and more prosperous societies.

GRAIN is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.