The resource section includes both sources referenced in the compilation of this site, but other links to sites pertaining organizational sustainability, as well as case studies and examples of innovative and successful sustainability strategies.
Recommended Resources
- Bell, Jeanne, Jan Masaoka, & Steve Zimmerman. Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability (2010).
- Froelich, Karen A. Diversification of Revenue Strategies: Evolving Resource Dependence in Nonprofit Organizations (1999).
- Mintzberg, Henry. Crafting Strategy (2001).
- Moore, David. Laws and Other Mechanisms for Promoting NGO Financial Sustainability (2005).
- Moore, Mark H. Managing for Value: Organizational Strategy in For-Profit, Nonprofit, and Governmental Organizations (2000)
- My Footprint - http://myfootprint.org/ can help assess your carbon footprint
- Nambisan, Satish. Platforms for Collaboration (2009).
- Nonprofit Finance Fund. Saving Money While Getting Greener: tips to create energy efficient, healthier nonprofit facilities.
- Ortiz. Core Costs and NGO Sustainability (2001).
Rivero, Guillermo. Business Modeling for Social Change Organizations. MIIS Workshop, Feb. 2011 For further information, contact: [email protected] - Swanson & Zhang. The Social Entrepreneurship Zone (2010).
- Swidler, Ann & Susan Cotts Watkins. Teach a Man to Fish: the Sustainability Doctrine and its Social Consequences (2008).
Innovative Ideas
- Adventure Ropes Course - company that can assist with the design of a ropes course and other treetop adventures
- Brownsfield Sustainability Pilots - sustainable options for a former lumber company town (Humboldt County)
- Cal Recycle - state government site about green building materials and recommended practices
- Construction Waste Recycling - online green building information about construction waste and recycling
- Green Energy Ohio - steps to installing a wind turbine, among other innovative green farming techniques
- Fresh Green Ads - new ways to advertise with minimal waste and high impact
- Outdoor Ventures - ropes course builders & suppliers of aerial park equipment
- Recycled Plastic Pipes - Aussi project to produce large-scale irrigation tubing from recycled materials.
- Sask-Waste Reduction - Powerpoint-style presentation of a Canadian pilot project that converts plastic agricultural waste into recycled products, like benches or possibly building materials .... perhaps tubing??
- Sustainable Table - eating seasonally and other social marketing campaigns