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American Colleges and Universities Presidents' Climate Commitment

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) : Interested in how higher education is attempting the move towards sustatinability both in practice and pedagogy? This is the mothership.

National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology

Second Nature: Education for Sustainability.

University Leaders for a Sustainable Future.

Mother Pelican : A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Sustainability DegreesFind your future in sustainability. Sustainability professionals design the world's environmental solutions, create socially responsible public policy, and develop businesses that serve the triple bottom line. Is sustainability a part of your future? Get access to leading sustainability degrees, sustainable careers of the future, excellent learning resources, and an understanding of what sustainability really means.  Be sure to check out the following tabs:  What is Sustainability; Advice for College Students; Careers in Sustainability; and Sustainability Resources Blog,

Sustainability : Science, Practice, and Policy.

Sustainable Communites Online.

Encyclopedia of Sustainability / Robin Morris Collin, Robert William Collin.  Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2010.  1 online resource (3 v.) : ill.  GE10 .E528 2010 Online : This expansive encyclopedia breaks new ground, giving definition and focus to an urgent and much-talked-about topic that is extraordinarily wide ranging and all too often misunderstood. As the first major reference work in its field, the three comprehensive volumes span the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability comprises three volumes, each dedicated to one of three equally important contexts in which the term is used: environment and ecology, business and economics, and equity and fairness. Each volume provides authoritative but accessible coverage of basic concepts and terms, as well as policy initiatives, controversies, and future trends. Volumes also include biographical sketches of important contributors to sustainability efforts from the scientific, economic, public policy, and activist realms, plus extensive listings of print and online resources for further exploration.