Urban Sustainability: Internet Resources

Here are links to some of the leading urban sustainability professional/academic organizations across the world:

• International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)
  ISSP is the world’s leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. A member-driven organization, we move the sustainability profession forward by empowering each other and defining professional excellence. Regardless of your area of specialization or the sector you work in, ISSP is your partner in driving change.
   
• Urban Sustainability Directors Network
  We are a network of local government professionals across the United States and Canada dedicated to creating a healthier environment, economic prosperity, and increased social equity to share best practices and accelerate the application of good ideas.
   
• National Association of Environment Professionals (NAEP)
  NAEP is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to developing the highest standards of ethics and proficiency in the environmental professions. Our members are public and private sector professionals who promote excellence in decision-making in light of environmental, social, and economic impacts of those decisions. NAEP provides the access and network for you to grow as a professional.
   
• The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)

  The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement. CUP collaborates with designers, educators, advocates, students, and communities to make educational tools that demystify complex policy and planning issues.

• Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University
  CSUD seeks to understand the complexity of interactions between land use and transport through research and education, including student and professional training programs, in addition to working with relevant actors in the government and civil society groups.

• Regional Plan Association (RPA)
  For nearly 100 years, Regional Plan Association has developed and promoted ideas to improve the economic health, environmental resiliency, and quality of life of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area.

• Mayor's Office of Sustainability
  The New York City Mayor's Office of Sustainability is a team of architects, data scientists, engineers, policy advisors, and city planners working to create a city where the air is clean, the streets are green and where our 8.5 million residents produce zero waste and zero carbon. Guided by the OneNYC plan, 80x50 report, and Executive Order 26, MOS works to minimize NYC's contributions to climate change from the waste, transportation, energy, and building sectors. By tackling the challenges posed by climate change with innovation, creativity, and inclusivity, we are improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers and protecting our planet at the same time.
   
• Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency
  The Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) strives to adapt New York City to the unprecedented challenge of climate change, creating a more resilient, equitable and vibrant city for the New Yorkers of today and generations to come.
   
• Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination
  MOEC’s mission is to be a resource for city agencies and private applicants by providing information and assistance in completing the environmental review process and to help the city to lead by example in applying state-of-the-art green building requirements.
   
• Sustainable Development & Collaborative Governance: Handbook for New York, New York State, 2016
  We are engaging even more public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders who can build thriving, sustainable communities where investments in housing, transportation, economic development, and the environment work hand-in-glove. We have developed this handbook as a guide, with success stories and a directory of state programs related to community revitalization.
   
• EPA's State and Local Climate Energy Program
  The Program offers free tools, data and technical expertise about energy strategies, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and other emerging technologies, to help state, local and tribal governments achieve their environmental, energy and economic objectives.
   
• EPA's Smart Growth Program
  EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment. How and where communities develop affects human health and the environment. Therefore, EPA works on smart growth issues to help communities develop in ways that are better for health and the environment.
   
• Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Sustainable Cities Program
  NRDC is testing innovative strategies aimed at strengthening communities by boosting energy efficiency, reducing stormwater pollution and flooding, encouraging smart growth, cutting food waste, and providing better access to public transportation. We work on both citywide solutions and on smaller-scale neighborhood projects that can be scaled up.