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Sustainability-Related Resources

See also Interesting Links for CSR Roundtable Members

These resources are in addition to on-line resouces in the WCIT CSR resource guide

Excerpted from: "A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY" done in 2000. Available in .pdf format.

BOOKS
Anderson, Ray C., 1998, Mid-course Correction, Chelsea Green Publishing Co, White River Junction, VT

Benyus, Janine, 1997, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, William Morrow and Co., NY, NY

Brown, Lester R., 2001, Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, WW Norton & Co, NY, NY

Daily, Gretchen et.al., 1997, Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems, Island Press, Washington, DC

Ehrlich and Ehrlich, 1996, Betrayal of Science and Reason, Island Press, Wash, D.C.

Gladwell, Malcolm, 2000, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

Gore, Al, 1992, Earth in the Balance, Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, NY

Hawken, Paul, 1993, The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, HarperBusiness, NY, NY

Hawken, Lovins and Lovins, 1999, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Little, Brown and Co, NY, NY

Hock, Dee, (Founder and CEO Emeritus, VISA) 1999, Birth of the Chaordic Age, Berett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. San Francisco CA

Kinsella and McCully, 1999, Handbook for Implementing an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, EMCON, Bothell, WA

Nattrass, Brian and Mary Altomare, 1999, The Natural Step for Business, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada

Rowledge, Barton and Brady, 1999, Mapping the Journey: Case Studies in Strategy and Action Toward Sustainable Development, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, UK

Brower and Leon, 1999, The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, Union of Concerned Scientists, Three Rivers Press, NY, NY

Wackernagel, Mathis and William Rees, 1996, Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada.

VIDEOS
The Next Industrial Revolution
William McDonough, Michael Braungart & the Birth of the Sustainable Economy. Narrated by Susan Sarandon. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/next.html

Building Sustainability with The Natural Step: UT-Houston's Journey, University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center, 1999, Northcutt Productions
http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/ss/FPD/journey/Journeypromo.htm

The Video Project, http://www.videoproject.org/. For 17 years the Video Project has been a leading distributor of high-quality environmental videos

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CASES
Oregon Natural Step Network
c/o Northwest Earth Institute
506 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, OR 97204
503/241-1140
www.ortns.org
The Oregon Natural Step Network has developed numerous case examples of businesses, primarily located in the Pacific Northwest, that have made substantial strides in incorporating sustainability principles into their operations.

Business for Social Responsibility
609 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
415/537-0888
www.bsr.orgMoving Towards Sustain
ability: A View of Leadership Company Practices and Stakeholder Expectations 12/99. Compilation of case examples of 27 businesses that have undertaken various initiatives toward sustainability. Accessible and informative. Highlighted businesses include McDonald's, BankAmerica, Ford Motor Company and Stonyfield Farm Yogurt.

WEBSITES -- [Incomplete for sure!]
www.greenbiz.com
www.natcap.org
www.rmi.org
www.naturalstep.org
www.sustainablebusiness.com
www.wbcsd
www.greenmarketplace.com
www.bgiedu.org (offers MBA in sustainability and entrepreneurship and seminars)

OTHER RESOURCES
Union of Concerned Scientists: fact sheets, activities, case studies, etc. ucsusa.org

AXIS Performance Advisors: set of how-to booklets called the Sustainability Series, based on The Natural Step. The booklets are $10 each plus shipping. www.pacifier.com/~axis

The City Club of Portland: informational report on sustainability, including a description of roles for government, business and the community, as well as case studies. http://www.pdxcityclub.org/sustainability.pdf

Original list compiled by Carol Misseldine
Sustainability Consultant
Mill Valley, CA
cmisseldine@mindspring.com
2/02