Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Earth 911
Earth 911 empowers the Earth’s citizenry with community-specific “actionable” environmental information for you to use in everyday life for the purpose of living responsibly by contributing to the solution of sustainability.  http://earth911.org

Environmental Sustainability Kit
The groups collaborating to produce this Environmental Sustainability Kit were brought together through the Environmental Defense Fund's Pollution Prevention Alliance (PPA).  The Environmental Sustainability Kit is a set of tools-ideas, procedures, and resources-to help local leaders, residents, and businesses work toward making their own communities more sustainable.  http://www.edf.org/pdf.cfm?contentid=1247&filename=ESK.pdf

ISO Social Responsibility
ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has decided to launch the development of an International Standard providing guidelines for social responsibility (SR). The guidance standard will be published in 2010 as ISO 26000 and be voluntary to use.  http://www.iso.org/sr

The Natural Step
Since 1988, The Natural Step has worked to accelerate global sustainability by guiding companies, communities and governments onto an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable path.  http://www.naturalstep.org/

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
USGBC is a community of leaders working to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built an operated. We envision an environmentally responsible, health, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.  http://www.usgbc.org

USGBC LEED Green Building Rating System
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.  http://www.usgbc.org/LEED

Sustainable Arizona
Sustainable Arizona is a resource, education and action organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in Arizona and the Southwest. We work with businesses, individuals, governments and other organizations to build resilient economies, strong communities and healthy natural environments.

Sustainable Economic Development Initiative
SEDI advances sustainable economic development in the region by providing enabling, facilitating, and collaborative support to businesses, educational and government entities, and other organizations that are working to increase social equity, economic prosperity, and ecological health.