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1000 Friends of Wisconsin
http://www.1kfriends.org/news/
educates citizens and policy makers about the benefits of responsible land use; advocating for healthy communities and protection of economic, cultural and natural resources statewide
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
A comparison of the Limits of Growth with Thirty Years of Reality
http://www.csiro.au/files/files/plje.pdf
the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) suggests the scenario proposed in an earlier paper predicting world collapse in the 21st century is borne out by historical data (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Africa: Up for Grabs - The Scale and Impact of Land Grabbing for Agrofuels
http://www.foeeurope.org/agrofuels/FoEE_Africa_up_for_grabs_2010.pdf
a report from Friends of the Earth that discusses the affects of changing land use patterns due to the pressure for more land for biofuels (pdf)
Added: Sep. 19, 2010 | Rate It
American Farmland Trust
works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practicies that lead to a healthy environment
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
American Planning Association
a public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice by building grassroots organizations that will improve the health, well-being and political strength of our communities
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It
Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
seeks to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields
Added: May. 12, 2002 | Rate It
California Land Use Planning Network
http://www.ceres.ca.gov/planning/
an information service that supports land use and planning, providing an aggregate view of California's land use and environmental planning information
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Control Urban Growth!
http://controlgrowth.ning.com/
a network that gives groups and individuals who want to control the growth of their communities an opportunity to communicate with one another
Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It
Cyburbia -- the urban planning portal
a large selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, urbanism, growth and sprawl, and other topics related to the built environment
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Development Gap, The
http://www.developmentgap.org/
assists in the promotion of economic justice across the South (third World) by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It
EcoReality
http://www.ecoreality.org/wiki/Welcome_to_EcoReality!
developing an ecovillage that will be a model of sustainable land use and will feature public outreach and education
Added: May. 16, 2008 | Rate It
Future Wise
works in Washington State to promote healthy communities and cities while protecting farmland, forests and shorelines today and for future generations
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Green Growth
advocates an environmentally sustainable economic growth approach to development in Asian-Pacific regions
Added: Nov. 15, 2008 | Rate It
Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law
http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/landuse/
published by the Florida State University College of Law
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Life of the Land
http://www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org/
a Hawaii-based environmental and community action group promoting sustainable land use and energy policies, and open government through research, education, advocacy and, when necessary, litigation
Added: Mar. 12, 2008 | Rate It
Michigan Environmental Council
http://www.environmentalcouncil.org/
addresses Michigan’s primary environmental issues; including working on suburban sprawl, advocating for a sustainable environment and economy, protecting Michigan’s water legacy, and promoting cleaner energy
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Natural Resources Conservation Service -- USDA
seeks harmony between people and the land by helping people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
New Jersey Future
promotes better-managed growth under the State Plan, and for sustainable development: a strong economy, a healthy natural environment and a just society for ourselves and future generations
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council
provides a report, “Our Waters, Our Communities, Our Future,” in which the council recommended a “ecosystem-based management” approach that will coordinate the efforts of various state agencies to address issues including land use, water quality, building capacity and research goals
Added: Feb. 03, 2009 | Rate It
NextStep
http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/index.cfm
taking a step toward a sustainable future by providing access to resources, opportunities for networking, and inspiration on the topic of sustainable communities - focusing on the Twin Cities, Minnesota
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Piedmont Environmental Council
http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm
dedicated to promoting and protecting the Virginia Piedmont's rural economy, natural resources, history and beauty
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Planetizen
a planning and development network providing news and information on jobs and events of interest to urban planners
Added: May. 12, 2004 | Rate It
Planning & Markets
an international journal devoted to the study of planned interventions versus market approaches in land use planning
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Redesigning the American Neighborhood
develops tools to visualize alternative future environmental states for neigborhoods that will best balance environmental and social, as well as economic, criteria
Added: Mar. 02, 2006 | Rate It

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