Guide to Environmental Resources on the Internet 
http://www. envstudies.brown.edu/eviro/documents/enviroguide.html#ecosystems  

United Nations Environment Program  
http://unep.unep.no/unep/about.htm 

International Institute for Sustainable Development(IISD)  
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/ 
IISD's mission is to promote sustainable development in decision-making internationally within Canada . IISD contributes new knowledge and concepts, analyzes policies, identify and disseminate information about best practices, demonstrate how to measure progress and build partnerships to amplify these messages. 

Envirolink:  
http://www.envirolink.org/EnviroLink_Library/  
EnviroLink Library, is the most comprehensive resource of  environmental information available on the internet. We've reorganized The EnviroLink Library to make information easier for you to access,  interact with and use. Information is grouped under subjects within each main area of the Library. 
   
Envirolinks listing of Environmental Organizations -World Wide  
http://www.envirolink.org/EnviroLink_Library/organizations.html 
Very Extensive listing of Environmental Organizations with links to nearly all of them. 

Selected NGO Alternative Treaties  
From the Global Forum at Rio de Janeiro June 1-15, 1992 
http://www.igc.apc.org/habitat/sus-con/sc-at.html 

Global Vision project for Sustainability  
http://www.igc.apc.org/glencree/takepart.html  
 

Partners -and hotlinks to Global Vision!   
http://www.igc.apc.org/glencree/partlist.html 

Earth Rites Institute Home Page  
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/earthrights/index.html 
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/earthrights/purpose.html 
Earth Rites-Purpose  
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/earthrights/purpose.html 
Earth Rights Institute  
Statement of Purpose: Earth Rights Institute is dedicated to securing the democratic human right to the earth via local-to-global land value taxation and ground rent policies. Profiteering and speculation in land and natural resources has now been clearly identified as the root cause of the mal-distribution of wealth that plagues market economies. The correction lies with earth trustee policies which affirm that the earth is the common heritage of all. Earth Rights Institute associates have considerable expertise in the implementation of fiscal and public finance policies based on the earth trustee ethic. Variously known as 'geonomics,' 'ground rent collection,' 'land value recapture,' or 'land value taxation', this policy approach shifts the taxation base away from individually created wealth (labor and productive capital) and onto the land and resource base. The earth's common wealth in this way can support the needs of the community as a whole and/or be distributed as earthshare dividends directly to individuals. 

Seven Nobel prize winners and many other notables have endorsed this equitable, efficient approach to land and natural resource allocation and conservation. Various emerging movements throughout the globe now strongly recommend this policy. The United Nations Action Agenda for Habitat II urges its implementation under the Ensuring Access to Land heading in Section B (56). 

Earth Rights Institute can assist you and your community through all stages of the implementation of this policy approach, beginning with the initial education and advocacy process, through the political groundwork that may be required to obtain enabling legislation, into land assessments, establishing accurate land cadastres, and the structuring of specific fiscal instruments that will secure the collection of ground rents for the benefit of all. 
 

NRTEE -National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy  
http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/english/english.htm 

Empowerment Resources  For Personal Growth, Social Change, and Ecology  
http://www.empowermentresources.com/ 
This website claims to have the best green empowerment resources on the Internet as well as Personal Empowerment Resources, Cultural Empowerment Resources, Political Empowerment Resources and Resources for Building an Ecologically Sustainable Society. Go straight to Ecologically Sustainable Resource Page: 
http://www.empowermentresources.com/page9.html 

Donella Meadows (Who Lives in the Global Village?)   
http://www.empowermentresources.com/info2/theglobalvillage.html 
Fascinating break down of global statistics based on population of 1,000. 

Context Institute  
http://www.context.org/  
Since its founding in 1979 by Robert and Diane Gilman, CONTEXT INSTITUTE has explored how human society can become sustainable , and has served as a catalyst for voluntary change toward a more humane and sustainable culture. Their focus is on whole systems understanding and their  work is characterized by a way of thinking which includes the elements: Systems Thinking, Solution Orientation, Long -Term Orientation, Ecological  Thinking , and Compassion and Forgiveness. IN CONTEXT: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture.in print from 1983 to 1995 and now continuing on their site. 
 

The Indigenous Environmental Network   
http://www.alphacdc.com/ien/ 
An alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening maintaining and respecting the traditional teachings and the natural laws . This is one of the most visually stunning websites you will see and beautifully organized with information on environmental issues, environmental code of ethics  and links to other sites among other things. 

Gaia Website  
http://www.ion.com.au/ourplanet/gaia.html 
Stunning visually this website provides a brief but clear, thorough and excellent over view of the Gaia world view, along with references, quotes, and links to text on Gaia by originator of the concept  James Lovelock. 

Earth Site - John McConnel  
http://www.earthsite.org/ 
Purpose of Earth Site 
The reason for EarthSite is to get attention for the following Earth Day idea -- and  encourage earth trusteeship: "All individuals and institutions have a mutual responsibility to now act as Trustees of Earth, seeking the choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, foster peaceful progress, awaken the wonder of life, and realize the best potential for the  future of the human adventure." 
 
Earth Site encourages everyone visiting their site to sign up as an Earth Trustee. This means that you support the preservation of our planet through environmentally sound policies, and that individuals acting in concert can help save the Earth. This Earth Trustee Registry will be placed on the Earth Site and will  enable you and others with Internet access to locate your name and know that it will be in the Memory Disk of the Star of Hope Satellite when it is launched. 

The Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) 
A non-profit association of ecolabelling organizations from around the world. These ecolabelling organizations set criteria for and certify products and services with lower environmental burdens and impacts than comparable products with the same function. 
http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/ecolabel/gen.html 
 

Mother's for Natural Law  
http://www.lisco.com/mothersfornaturallaw/ 
Mothers for Natural Law has launched The American Campaign to Ban Genetically Engineered Foods and The Million Signature Initiative for mandatory labeling. 

Mother's For Natural Law Links to Related Sites  
http://www.lisco.com/mothersfornaturallaw/links.html 
Alliance for Bio-Integrity; Australian Genethics Netowrk: Pure Food Campaign; Union of Concerned Scientists; Coalition of Indian Nation  Statements; Greenpeace. 

BUSINESS: Business with a Systemic Vision:  

1) TNS: The Natural Step - Sweden's commonsense green scheme comes to America. The Natural Step Takes a First Step in the US From Volume 5, No. 2 -- March/April 1996 http://www.ebuild.com/Archives/Other_copy/Naturalstep.html 
  
2) World Business Academy  
World Business Academy Conference 
http://www.citizenstrust.ca/rebirth.html 
  
3) Basa - Business and Society Alliance  
http:// www.basa.org 
20 Exchange Place, 29th Floor New York, NY 10005 212-635-BASA 
(tel)212-742-1291 (fax) www.basa.org 
BASA is a non-profit, international membership organization.  Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.  Fed. ID # 11-3307257  
  
4) New forms of business, taxes etc. 
Out of this world- Ethical Business Chain 
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/Ethical/OOTW/worldwid.htm 

5) Quality Of Life Page- from World Transformation Site 
http://www.newciv.org/GIB/quality.html 
 

6) Keynote address to the World Future Society on July 19, 1997, by Tachi Kiuchi. 
Member of the Board of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chairman of the Future 500, and immediate past Chairman and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric America: Address available at the following websites: 
http://www.envirolink.org/sbn/  and at http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/seminar.html 

Attached is an announcement for an online graduate-level course in Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem.  There's an extensive web page about the course at: 
http://www.virtualschool.edu/hbaetjer/bionomics_sylb.html 
and of course there is the Bionomics Institute home page at: 
http://www.bionomics.org/