Library


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A. Action Town publications free to download 

B. Event Reporting 

C. Position Papers

D. Link Collection   

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A. Action Town publications free to download – Guides for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

 Guide on… Download What does the guide offer?
 Policy
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 Assessement
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title_assessment tools There is a variety of tools and methods that have been developed to assess the sustainability performance of various human activities and to communicate and manage environmental and social issues at different organisations.This guide for CSOs gives a precise overview of these assessment tools. 
 Indicators title_indicators This guide provides a quick, hands-on overview of selected environmental and social indicators for CSOs to measure sustainable consumption and production. Indicators are valuable tools for CSOs in order to achieve their targets as they create a sense of precision and attract interest making.In addition the guide provides examples of how, by means of indicators, CSOs can take effective action to encourage more sustainable consumption and production practices
Survey Report
survey report The aim of this survey is to identify the knowledge CSOs have in the field of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in three key focus areas: policy instruments, assessment tools and indicators. In parallel, Action Town partners carried out a review of state of the art research in these areas (see guides above).In addition the survey aims to get an overview of effective and less effective SCP strategies used by CSOs and to identify other gaps in capacity and knowledge CSOs might have in this field. 
Roadmap title_roadmap CSOs have well developed skills in analyzing and assessing environmental problems, but often lack knowledge and capacity on how to effectively resolve them in terms of understanding the complex functioning of the economic and social systems within which both the problem and the potential solutions exist.The Action Town roadmap provides CSOs academia knowledge for more effective strategies and tactics for their actions towards sustainable consumption and production (SCP). 

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Project Flyer action-town-flyer Short and concise information on the Action Town project.It will answer the questions: Why Action Town? What we offer? What results do we expect?  Who are the Action Town project partners?   How to learn more about Action Town and how to engage with us?    
     

     


    

B. Event Reporting 
 

  

 Conference: Dialogue & Action Platform for SCP  Conference Report  The Dialogue & Action Platform for Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference was held in Wuppertal (Germany) from 16-18 March 2009. More than 90 representatives from civil society organisations (CSOs), research and policy institutions followed the invitation of Action Town and the CSO-Platform on SCP project, another CSO project co-funded under the 7th Research Framework Programme (see: www.scp-dialogue.net), who jointly organised the event.
 Roadmap Workshop: Better & New NGO Strategies to Tackle the Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenge?    Twenty key experts from academia and civil society discussed the central question of how to use the collective knowledge of leading thinkers from academia and civil society to develop and define an agenda for collaboration between academia and CSOs. This so-called roadmap aims to provide CSOs with better knowledge and capacity for more effective strategies to tackle the global environmental crisis. More information about the workshop that was held on 11 and 12 of March 2010 in Wuppertal, Germany can be found here: http://action-town.eu/media-house/atrw_intro
 Workshop: Supporting Civil Society Organisations in the field of sustainable consumption and production  Actiontown_20100101_2  The workshop aimed at fostering knowledge transfer between CSOs and researchers with a focus on policy instruments, assessment tools and indicators for SCP.Four pratical CSO projects were looked at, CSOs’ activities were supported and new insights to research were given. The workshop was held in Vienna, 1-2 February, 2010 and organized by CSCP, SEI and SERI. You can download the presentations hereDownload the Workshop Report here.  
     
   
   
 
 

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C) Position Papers 

 ANPED, Green Liberty, MAMA86 position paper   Action Town project partners publish position paper for UN CSDFor the UN Commission on Sustainable Development session of May 2010, ANPED and the new Action Town project partners MAMA-86 and Green Liberty have prepared a position paper to call for sustainability for all. This contribution to the international SCP process is available here for download.
     
     
 
 
 

 

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 D. Link collection
    
 

1 Links to project partners    

2 Links to other CSOs    

3 Links to other researchers    

4 Links on CSO    

5 Links on policy instruments regarding environment and sustainability    

6 Links on indicators regarding environment and sustainability    

7 Links on assessment tools for impact/environmental/sustainability assessment    

8 Other interesting Links    

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1 Links to project partners    

Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), www.scp-centre.org    

The Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED), www.anped.org    

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), www.sei.se    

Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), www.seri.at    

World Wildlife Fund U.K. (WWF-UK), www.wwf.uk    

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2 Links to other CSOs    

Resources for civil society from the UNEP (news, highlights, publications)    

BetterAid – a campaign website    

European Trade Union Confederation and the environment    

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3 Links to other researchers    

International Institution for Sustainable Development, Key publications and online resources on sustainable development    

Australian Government, Ecologically sustainable development publications    

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4 Links on SCP    

UN, Economic and Social Development, The Marrakech Process    

Measure the weight of your ecological backpack at One did it    

European Economic and Social Committee, European Consumer Day “Sustainable consumption” 2005    

European Environmental Bureau, Publication “Blueprint for European sustainable consumption and production“    

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5 Links on policy instruments regarding environment and sustainability    

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Publication “The use of economic instruments in environmental policy: opportunities and challenges“    

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Publication “The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes“    

European Commission, Environment Directorate-General, general    

European Commission, Environment Directorate-General, Sustainable Development – European Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies    

European Commission, European Sustainable Development Strategy    

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6 Links on indicators regarding environment and sustainability    

Sustainable measures – Indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment    

International Sustainability Indicators Network     

Redefining Progress, About sustainability indicators    

International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Arguments on sustainability indicators    

United Nations, Publication “Indicators of sustainable development: guideliones and methodologies“    

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7 Links on assessment tools for impact/environmental/sustainability assessment    

European Commission, Impact assessment    

International Association for Impact Assessment    

Convention on Biological Diversity, About impact assessment    

EU project, Advanced tools for sustainability assessment    

United nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment    

Environmental Sofware and Services, Reports on environmental evaluation    

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8 Other interesting Links    

SustainAbility    

European Environmental Agency, general
    

European Environment Agency, EEA activities on household consumption    

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change    

EIONET – European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ETC/SCP)    

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The Dialogue & Action Platform for Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference was held in Wuppertal (Germany) from 16-18 March 2009. More than 90 representatives from civil society organisations (CSOs), research and policy institutions followed the invitation of Action Town and the CSO-Platform on SCP project, another CSO project co-funded under the 7th Research Framework Programme (see: www.scp-dialogue.net), who jointly organised the event.    

Aim of the conference was to offer to the different, mainly European actors a common platform for discussion and action towards more sustainability in consumption and production. The focus was lying on giving support to CSOs by highlighting different options for actions to drive a more sustainable consumer behaviour and to influence policy processes, as well as to strengthen their influence by cooperating with research institutions.    

Here you can:    

- view the inspiring video clip ‘Lost Generation’ (just below)
that Rajan Gandhi presented in his keynote
- browse through most of the slides presented at the conference (scroll down)
- hear the sound of SCP performed live at the conference
- download the conference report.    

     

    

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