Global Environmental Health: Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services : Workshop Summary

National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12597&utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new_from_nap_rss
[Summary] One of the objectives of the workshop was to think about the interdependence of environmental health and human health as connected through water. Organizations cannot discuss water without considering the interrelationship of sanitation and hygiene. It is the convergence of these strategies that promotes healthy outcomes for both individuals and the environment.
A [...]

Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future

Pacific Institute / by Heather Cooley, Juliet Christian-Smith and Peter Gleick
http://www.pacinst.org/reports/california_agriculture/final.pdf
[Summary] This report… argues that California’s future is increasingly uncertain. Competition over limited water resources continues and climate change is increasing climate variability. With existing technologies, management practices, and educational and institutional resources, we can reduce agriculture’s vulnerability to water supply constraints and improve [...]

Clean Energy-Environment Guide to Action : Policies, Best Practices, and Action Steps for States

EPA
http://epa.gov/cleanenergy/documents/gta/guide_action_full.pdf
“This Environmental Protection Agency publication (EPA430-R-06-001) provides information on how states may save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by adopting clean energy practices in their facilities, operations and vehicle fleets. States spend about 10 percent of their operating budgets on energy bills, yet these costs can be greatly reduced by implementing well-designed energy management [...]

Communities Tackle Global Warming : A Guide to California’s SB 375

Natural Resources Defense Council / by Tom Adams, Amanda Eaken and Ann Notthoff
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/sb375/files/sb375.pdf
“This publication by the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) dated June 2009 is a guide to California’s Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act, or SB 375, the nation’s first legislation to link transportation and land use planning with global warming.
“The report claims that [...]

Biofuels and Certification

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Henry Lee and Charan Devereaux
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19188/biofuels_and_certification.html
[Abstract]  Liquid biofuels can provide a substitute for fossil fuels in the transportation sector. Many countries have mandated the use of biofuels, by creating targets for their use. If not implemented with care, however, actions that increase biofuel production can put upward pressure [...]

Water Stewardship : Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture

California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative
http://www.polarisinstitute.org/water_stewardship_ensuring_a_secure_future_for_california_agriculture_0
[Website]  California’s looming water crisis spurs action. The Polaris Institute along with a number of California based agriculture support groups release a report calling for agricultural water stewardship to protect State’s food production The Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association, the California Institute for Rural Studies, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, [...]

Green Winners : the Performance of Sustainability-Focused Companies in the Financial Crisis

A.T. Kearney
http://atkearney.com/shared_res/pdf/Green_Winners.pdf
Thinking of curbing or curtailing sustainability efforts because of the troubled economy? Think again, says a new study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, whose research indicates that firms with “true commitment to sustainability” outperform industry peers in the financial markets.
“The most sustainability focused companies may well emerge from the current crisis stronger [...]

Europe Forest Database

UN Economic Commission for Europe and Food and Agricultural Organization
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/ (ECE Statistical Database — click on “forestry statistics” left frame) — or go directly: http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/database/stat/Timber.stat.asp
[UN Pulse posting] The Timber and Forestry programme of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today the [...]

OECD Primer on Sustainable Development

OECD
http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264047785
Subscription required; RFFers can view full-text onsite. If prompted for a login and password, they are on the library’s homepage in the top left frame under SourceOECD.
[Abstract]  This book takes a careful look at the concept sustainable development: what it means; how it is affected by production, consumption and globalisation; how it can be measured, [...]

State of the Parks : Redwood National and State Parks

National Parks Conservation Association,  Center for the State of the Parks
http://www.npca.org/stateoftheparks/redwood/REDW_Report.pdf
This report finds that the current overall conditions of Redwood National Park’s known natural resources rated a “fair” score of 69 out of 100. Park staff continue to work to correct past ecosystem damage that resulted from unsustainable logging practices and incompatible upstream development. These [...]