Sustainability

Green Cities California (GCC) is a coalition of twelve of California’s largest and most environmentally progressive local governments. Our mission is to accelerate the implementation of sustainability policies and programs through collaborative action. (From "About Us", June 2012)

The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) was founded in 2001 by Lester Brown, the founder and former president of the Worldwatch Institute, to provide a plan of a sustainable future along with a roadmap of how to get from here to there. EPI’s goals are (1) to provide a global plan (Plan B) for moving the world onto an environmentally and economically sustainable path, (2) to provide examples demonstrating how the plan would work, and (3) to keep the media, policymakers, academics, environmentalists, and other decision-makers focused on the process of building a Plan B economy. (From "About EPI", June 2012)

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a Canadian-based, public policy research institute that has a long history of conducting cutting-edge research into sustainable development. (From "About IISD", June 2012)

This website is designed to encourage and facilitate the integration of stormwater best management practices into development projects in your area by providing tools and resources for effective communication and implementation as well as in-depth case studies that examine BMP integration in several cities across the United States. (From "Home", June 2012)