Journal Articles

(January) The Earth Charter: The World's Vision of What Sustainability Means (Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of Earth Charter International). Get article.

(February) Using Green to Re-Energize Lean: Why Focusing on Sustainability Can Yield Better Results Than Lean Alone (Ian Young, Insights to Excellence (i2e) Ltd.). Get article.

(April) Homo Economicus Interruptus: New principles for a sustainable economy (by Darcy Hitchcock). Get article.

(May) Brewing New Ideas on Sustainability (by Stephen Handler). Get article.

(June)—Carbon Offsets and the Cleveland Carbon Fund (two articles, Molly White and John Weedon). Get article.

July—Sustainability Circus: Bringing the major frameworks under one tent (TBL,ESG,TNS,GRI) (by Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard) Get article.

(August)—GHG Management at REI: From Tracking to Accountability (by Kimberly Allen and Kirk Meyers). Get article.

(September)—Directory of Sustainability Assessments. Go to Special Reports for download information.

(October)—Knowledge Competency Study. Go to Special Reports for download information.

(November)—Cities as Solutions: Lessons in Sustainability from Denmark and Sweden. Get article.

Social Indicators: The Real Health of the States (Marque-Luisa Miringoff, Institute for Innovation in Social Policy) Download.

Detoxifying the Personal Care Products Industry (Mark Wuttke, Wuttke Group) Download. (1.2 MB)

Is Sustainable Development Still a Relevant Business Issue in this Economic Crisis? (Lynette Thorstensen, World Business Council on Sustainable Development) Download. (600kb)

Team Oregon: Paving the way to eco-cities (Team Oregon) Download (4 MB)

Participatory Budgeting Download read-on-screen version. (9.7MB)

Stakeholder Engagement: The Role of Participation in Sustainable Development (John Forrester, Stockholm Environment Institute) Download.

Learning from Europe's Eco-Cities. Download.

Social Accountability: Why the Creators of SA8000 Say the World is Moving Away from Social Audits. Download.

Sustainability Buzzwords: Making sense of all the terms. Download.

Becoming a B Corporation: Codifying a Company's Values.  Download. 

Peace Corp(oration): IBM's Deep Dive Into Social Responsibility. Download.

Climate change: What we have to do NOW (Eban Goodstein, Focus the Nation) Download

Sustainable Development (Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions) Download

Moving the World toward Sustainability (Karl-Henrik Robert, The Natural Step) Download

Genuine Wealth Assessment (Mark Anielski) Download

Cool Trends: What Cities are Doing NOW to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (Special report) Download-4.66MB

Product Stewardship in the Real World (Jeff Omelchuck and Wayne Rifer, Green Electronics Council/EPEAT) Download

Green Jobs Trends (Michael Renner of WorldWatch) Download

Beyond LEED: The Living Building Challenge (Jason McLennon) Download

2007 Journal Articles

Purchasing Paper: Why Recycled Content Isn't Good Enough Anymore (Tom Pollock) Download

Marketing Sustainability: When to go public with your sustainability efforts (Darcy Hitchcock)

Creating an Effective Plan for your Sustainability Efforts (Marsha Willard)