2864 Ringling Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34237 Tel: 941-953-3588  Fax: 941-953-9553

Additional Links

• Center for Rural Affairs The Center for Rural Affairs is a not-for-profit organization that works to build communities that stand for social justice, economic opportunity, and environmental stewardship.  The Center engages in research, education, advocacy, and service to further this vision of rural America.
  
• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
  The US Department of Energy's web site provides information and services on how communities can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being.
  
  

• Co-op America

• Cyburbia: Planning & Architecture Internet Resource Center
  From SUNY/Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning, one of the most comprehensive internet sites for information relating to the built environment.
  
• Fine Gardens
  Sustainable urban landscapes ... distinctive gardens in harmony with nature.
  Rebecca Rose Smith can be contacted at: rr@sustainablelandscapes.com
  
• Institute for Local Self Reliance
  The Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) is a small organization that promotes sustainable communities.  Since the 1970's, the ILSR has been an advocate of ecological and locally controlled economies and has provided help to communities sharing that vision.
  
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  The National Trust for Historic Preservation, chartered by Congress in 1949, is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting historic buildings and the neighborhoods and landscapes they anchor.
  
• Natural Capitalism
  A  web site and book that can be used as a field guide to sustainability for the business world.  Natural Capitalism describes how the emerging Second Industrial Revolution will properly value nature and people to create competitive advantage and profitability, eliminate waste and pollution, often employ more people, and achieve innovation and morale.
  
• Planner's Resource Center
  The Planning Commissioner's Journal has articles available on-line and is a source of information on planning topics of interest to practitioners and professionals.
  
• Resource Renewal Institute
  The Resource Renewal Institute (RRI) is a not-for-profit organization that supports innovative environmental management strategies. RRI's mission is to catalyze the development and implementation of green plans.
  
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial, not-for-profit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world.
  
• Sustainable Communities Network
  Linking citizens to resources and to one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable communities.
  
• United States Census Bureau
  This is the home page of the Census Bureau and is a starting point for access to population and housing data from the US government.  It provides a world and US population clock.

2864 Ringling Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34237
Tel: 941-953-3588      Fax: 941-953-9553
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