Resources on Sustainability in Geoscience
College and University-affiliated:
Appalachian State University - Leveraging opportunities for campus sustainability: a case study of water resources (Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 2009, v.5, no.2)
Cornell College - A Blueprint for Sustainability - Executive Summary
University of Alaska-Fairbanks - Resilience and Adaptation Program
Emory University - The Piedmont Project
Macalester College - Sustainability Office
University of Minnesota - National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics:
- Deltas: Sustainability Under Stress
- Streams - Research Overview
- Managing Sediment in the Minnesota River Basin (case study)
Columbia University:
Arizona State University: Global Institute of Sustainability
Utrecht University - Copernicus Institute
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science:
- Hydrology of a Dynamic Earth - 2007 report
Professional and governmental organizations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science:
- Forum for Sustainability Science Programs
- Science Careers in Sustainability
- Survey of Sustainability Programs
American Quaternary Association - A Vision for Geomorphology and Quaternary Science
American Association of Geographers -My Community, Our Earth: "Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development"
American Geological Institute -Sustainable Development and the Use of Nonrenewable Resources (Geotimesarticle)
National Science Foundation:
Geological Society of America:
- 2000 Presidential Address: Grand Challenges in Earth and Environmental Sciences: Science, Stewardship, and Service for the Twenty-First Century
- 2009 Presidential Address: O brave new world: Geoscientists in an emerging green economy
- Position Statement on Integrating Geoscience with Sustainable Land-Use Management
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
General Resources on sustainability:
Mineral Resources and Sustainability - 1996 report from the National Research Council Committee on Earth Resources
USDA: Sustainable Development
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy - An open access e-journal for sustainable solutions
Water Innovation Centre from the International Institute for Sustainable Development
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education:
Print Resources:
"Earth System Analysis for Sustainability" - MIT Press, 2006. More info available here.
"Sustainability of Energy and Water through the 21st Century " - Kansas Geological Survey and AAPG, 2002. Available here