Composing a Living Community
"Sustainable Design" by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and "Stark Green Bike Lane" by Greg Raisman are licensed under CC BY-SA-NC 2.0.
Quick Links
- OSCAR - SCU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowLibrary catalog for books, videos, journals/magazines, etc.
- CaminoLink back to your course syllabus, readings, etc.
Google Scholar
Web Resources
WEB WARNING ABCs
Authority - Is the website from an authoritative source? Check "About Us."
Bias - Is the website trying to sell you goods or an idea?
Currency - Is the information current? Check the website date
Although excellent .org, .com, .net sites exist, use the search engine's Advanced Search to get more
reliable results by limiting the domain name to .gov or .edu -- or use Google Scholar.
- Education OutsideAn organization that promotes environmental literacy and science education through school gardens.
- Institute for Sustainable Communities"At the Institute for Sustainable Communities, we give passionate, committed people the tools and skills they need to inspire active citizenship, protect the environment, and take on climate change."
- Livable Streets InitiativeAn organization based in Boston, MA. From their "About" page: "We enable people to think differently and demand a transportation system that balances transit, walking, and biking with automobiles. "
- REconomy ProjectLondon based: "The REconomy Project is part of the Transition Network, a global grassroots movement of communities seeking to strengthen their resilience to problems including climate change, rising energy prices, economic uncertainty and inequality."
- SCU Library Guide: SustainabilityIncludes books, videos, journals, databases, and web resources.
- Sustainable Cities Institute by the National League of Cities"This web site is intended to be a central location for sustainability information needed by local governments. We will strive to help local governments save time and energy that might be spent on research, and instead spend it on making change happen locally."
- Sustainable ManufacturingA site by the Environmental Protection Agency
- Sustainable Urban DevelopmentA site by the American Society for Landscape Architects. A good resource for sustainable urban landscaping research.
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