Ray W. Howard Library: Sustainability Guide: Resources

Sustainability Organizations

Sustainable Development Goals
A wealth of information is provided on this United Nations Platform website about all 17 SDG's .
United Nations Global Compact
A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.
United Nations Digital Library
Explore documents, speeches, votes, and public domain publications within this repository.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This document was signed by heads of state and government in Sept 2015.

AASHE
Established in 2005, AASHE, is the leading association for sustainability in higher education, and currently comprises over 900 members. You must create your own account and choose "Shoreline Community College" from the drop down menu when asked what is your affiliated institute. The Campus Sustainability Hub is an excellent place to begin your research.

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Our most comprehensive collection for scholarly articles. Find magazine, newspaper, journal articles and more on a full range of topics.

Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent

Encyclopedia of Human Rights
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The five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts. The coverage includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE is a free research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources.
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Get results from periodicals, books, podcasts, and more on many topics. Includes articles in foreign languages.