Europe & waste

European Commission :

1. EU focus on waste management
   http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/facts_en.htm
2. Sutainable use of natural resources
   http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/natres/index.htm

ACRR, Minimisation and Recycling of Municipal waste
in European Cities
http://www.acrr.org/publications/tech-reports.htm

EU Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC)
http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21208.htm

European Environment Agency:
http://www.eea.eu.int

1. Environmental Signals 2002 - Waste and material flows
   http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_assessment_
   report_2002_9/en/signals2002-chap12.pdf
2. Indicator - waste; definition of household and municipal
   waste -waste generation
   http://themes.eea.eu.int/Environmental_issues/waste/
   indicators/household_waste/index_html
   

Europe & resources - Material flows

European Commission:
Towards a European Strategy for the Sustainable use of Natural
Resources, draft Paper, Meeting with Stakeholders, April 10, 2002
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/natres/020410stake
holdersdiscussionpaper.pdf

European Environment Agency:

1. Environmental Assessment Report 2002 - Waste and material flows
   http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_assessment_
   report_2002_9/en/signals2002-chap12.pdf
2. Environment in the European Union at the turn of the
   century, 2.1. Meeting needs, consuming resources
   http://reports.eea.eu.int/92-9157-202-0/en/page200.html

Towards Sustainable Resource Management in the European Union,
Bringezu, Dr. Stefan, Wuppertal Papers No. 121, January 2002
http://www.wuppertal-institut.de/Publikationen/WP/WP121.pdf

Motiva Oy - Finish Energy Agency
http://www.motiva.fi/english/English/Motiva%20Oy?articles=yes
Kuluttaja - Finish Consumer agency and Ombudsman
http://www.kuluttajavirasto.fi/

Factor four : Doubling wealth, halving resource use, Ernst von Weizsäcker,
Amory B Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, 1997
http://www.eco-efficiency.de/english/content/oekoeffizienz/index.html

Additional information

Material use indicators for the European Union 1980-1997, Bringezu S.,
Schütz, H ( 2001b ) Eurostat Working Papers 2/2001/B/2, 11pp.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?
catalogue=Eurostat&product=KS-AO-01-002-__-I-EN

Resources & environment

Ecological impacts of mining

IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development:
http://www.iied.org

1. Mining, minerals and sustainable development:
   http://www.iied.org/mmsd/index.html
   http://www.iied.org/mmsd/mmsd_pdfs/finalreport_10.pdf

Baia Mare:
http://www.zpok.hu/cyanide/baiamare/news.htm

UNEP: Mining, Minerals and the Environment
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/mining/

Mineral resource forum:
http://www.mineralresourcesforum.org/

Ecological impacts of oil and gas operations

Drilling to the Ends of the Earth
http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/motherlode/drilling/intro.html

Resources worldwide

European Commissioner for the Environment:
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/wallstrom/keyissues_
en.htm

Atlas of population and environment:
http://www.ourplanet.com/aaas/pages/aaasindex.html

European Environment Agency - EEA, Changes in business and the environment:
metaphors, partnerships, tools, Background paper for Eco 99, Paris 1999.
http://reports.eea.eu.int/TEC20/en/tab_content_RLR

United Nations Development Programme - UNDP,
Human Development report, 1998:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1998/en/

United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA, State of the world Population 2001
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2001/english/index.html

UNEP, Consumption opportunities - Strategies for change -
A report for decision-makers, 2001
http://www.unep.ch/roe/assets/programme_activities/industry_
activities/documents/unep_consumption_opportunities.pdf

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal
http://www.grida.no/

Poverty times
http://povertymap.net/pub/povertytimes/01/

Oil
http://www.hubbertpeak.com/

International Energy Agency -
IEA, International Energy Outlook 2001:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/plugs/plieo001.html

World Watch Institute:
http://www.worldwatch.org/

1. Vital Signs 2002:
   http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/vs/2002/index.html

German Federal Institute Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources - BGR:
http://www.bgr.de/index.html?/menu/e_aufg_bgr.htm

1. Will the hydrocarbon era finish soon ? Rempel, H., 2000
   http://www.bgr.de/b123/hc_era/e_kw_aera.htm
2. Graph : "Oil production in the time frame between birth
   of Christ and the year 2500"
   http://www.bgr.de/b123/hc_era/fig-1.gif
3. Graph : "Static lifetime of non-renewable energy resources"
   http://www.bgr.de/b123/hc_era/fig-11.gif
   

Resources indicators

National Geographic:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/

1. Impact of consumption on Nature:
   http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/programs/splat/cgi-bin/splat.pl?DB_USER=splat_ngm&DB_PASS=splat_ngm&DB_
   NUM_PARAMS=1&TEMPLATE_NAME=/ngm/templates/output/
   earthpulse.tmpl&DB_PARAM_0=20011101

UNFPA, State of the world Population 2001, Development levels and environmental impacts
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2001/english/ch03.html

UNEP
Geo-2000 - Global Environmental Outlook, Global perspectives
http://www.grida.no/geo2000/english/0026.htm

Ecological Footprint

Redefining Progress (including an EF calculator):
http://www.rprogress.org

1. Direct link - very comprehensive explanations and references:
   http://www.rprogress.org/programs/sustainability/ef/

On-line book:

Ecological Footprints of Nations, Mathis Wackernagel et al.
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/report/english/footprint/

Natural Capitalism :
creating the next industrial revolution, Paul Hawken,
Amory and Hunter Lovins
http://www.natcap.org

WWF : The Living Planet Report 2002
http://panda.org/downloads/general/LPR_2002.pdf

Revisiting Carrying Capacity:
Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability, by William E. Rees,
The University of British Columbia:
http://dieoff.org/page110.htm

Further reading on Ecological Footprint :
http://www.ecologicalfootprint.com/

Calculate your own EF:
Agir21
http://www.agir21.org
Best Foot Forward:
http://www.bestfootforward.com/
Earthday:
http://www.earthday.org/footprint/index.asp
Redefining progress:
http://www.rprogress.org/programs/sustainability/ef/
Mondiale voetafdruck:
http://www.voetenbank.nl/home.htm
http://www.ecolife.be/home.asp
LEAD international (Leadership for Environment And Development):
http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm
EcoLogic online interactives
http://www.phm.gov.au/ecologic/games.htm

Ecological Footprint for cities
Genève : http://www.global-vision.org/city/footprint.html
London: http://www.citylimitslondon.com
Liverpool: http://www2.york.ac.uk/inst/sei/footprint/liverpool.html
Dutch cities: http://www.voetenbank.nl/rapport.htm
European Statistical Laboratory: http://esl.jrc.it/dc/ef_rp/eftoc.htm
Ecotown games - the use of sustainability indicators at the local level
http://www.phm.gov.au/ecologic/ecotown/mid/

Ecological rucksack

Wuppertal Institute
http://www.wupperinst.org

1. MIPS for kids
   http://www.eco-efficiency.de/english/content/oekoeffizienz/index.html
2. MIPS-Test: Bist du fit für das 21. Jahrhundert?
   Der Cleverness-Parcours mit Selbsttest:
   http://www.wupperinst.org/Projekte/mipskids/MIPS-Test.pdf
3. Der Werkstoff Glas. Materialintensität von Behälterglas und Flachglas.
   Die 0,33 l Verpackung aus Aluminium, Weißblech und Glas,
   Johanna Wurbs, Regina Nickel, Holger Rohn, Christa Liedtke, Materialintensitätsanalysen von Grund-, Werk- und Baustoffen (5),
   Wuppertal Papers, Nr. 64 (Oktober 1996)
   http://www.wupperinst.org/Publikationen/wp.html
   

Other indicators:

Sustainability indicators for cities:

European Statistical Laboratory -
Sustainable development and policy performance indices

1. http://esl.jrc.it/envind/
2. http://esl.jrc.it/dc/

Environmental Sustainability Index:
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/indicators/ESI/index.html

IFEN - Institut Français de l'Environnement :
indicateurs de performance environnementale, de développement durable :
http://www.ifen.fr/pages/2indic0.htm

The Factor X Institute: http://www.factor10-institute.org/