EPA's new sustainability framework

The National Researach Council has released its report, in response to a request from EPA, on a framework for incorporating sustainabilitiy into the EPA's principles and decision making, helping...

UN Under-Secretary General calls for US leadership on Rio+20

 On June 28, 2011, UN Under General Secretary Sha Zukang spoke at the National Press Club in...

Rio+20 co-chairs invite inputs for compilation document

This past March the co-chairs of the UNCSD Bureau prepared a "guidance note" for inputs from Member States and "other stakeholders" into a compilation document "to serve...

North Americans meet to discuss Rio+20

North American Civil Society Groups Meet

March 8, 2011, New York. On March 7-8 the United Nations held its...

What's their record on sustainability?

Environmental Law Center looks at sustainability record of Pennsylvania candidates for governor and U.S Senate

Amid the current media storm of political advertising now taking place, one...

Strategy to promote dialog on sustainable production and consumption

Brief Report on the North American Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption Inaugural Meeting

Philip Vergragt

The newly formed North American Roundtable on Sustainable...

North American Roundtable launched at United Nations

In 2002 the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) reviewed progress that had been achieved in the decade since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (aka Earth Summit) in Rio...

UN Discussion on Sustainable Production and Consumption

At an event held on May 10 during the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, CitNet cosponsored a discussion on Sustainable Consumption and Production, one of...

Citizens demand plan for national sustainability

On Earth Day, citizens launch a two-year campaign with a petition calling on the President to produce a long-term...

North American Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption

As part of ongoing efforts to build CitNet's relationship with the North American Sustainable Consumption Alliance (NASCA), the new ...