In the October issue of the monthly journal I edit, The Information Advisor, we published an extensive piece on the subject of sustainability and the sustainable business. Part of that article included a selection of our favorite resources for finding more information, though we noted that the Web based ones would be listed here on this blog.

So here they are below: provided both to Information Advisor readers, and for all blog visitors that would like my recommendation for learning about sustainability and business:

Web Sites

Library Subject Resource Pages

These three libraries have created excellent guides for students and faculty looking for online and offline resources on sustainability:

University of Southern Maine, USM Libraries, Subject Guides: Sustainability

University of Washington Libraries, Foster Business Library, Sustainable Business

Christchurch, NZ City Libraries: Sustainable Business

Other Recommended Web Sites
Greenbiz.com
(You can find many resources and articles if you do a keyword search on sustainability or business sustainability on this site)

Thwink

EcoEarth.Info Environmental Portal

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

The Worldwatch Institute

Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development

NASA: The Global Change Master Directory

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

See in particular: What is Sustainable Development?

Blogs

Earth Blog

How to Save the World
Note: How to Save the World author Dave Pollard previously served as Chief Knowledge Officer for Ernst & Young Canada and as Global Director of Innovation and Content Management in E&Y’s Global CBK (Centre for Business Knowledge) in Toronto.

sustainablog

treehugger

Triple Pundit

Technorati Tags: Sustainability

Technorati Tags: Sustainable Business

I was recently writing a round up for The Information Advisor, on company directory databases that do the best job in providing a deep level of executive names. I covered the usual suspects–D&B, OneSource, various Dialog databases, and some alternative Web ones too like ZoomInfo.

But I was pleasantly surprised when I tested a database I had not come across before, and found that it did the best job of providing the most names and titles. And the names provided were not just at the executive level, but down to senior managers too, like HR contacts, libraries and information centers, training and development departments, purchasing, corporate contributions, and government affairs personnel. And for some of the contacts listed, there were direct phone numbers, and sometimes even emails.

The database is called Leadership Library on the Internet and it is the online equivalent of those oversized yellow print “Leadership Directories” you probably have come across at some time in the library. One really nice feature about this one too is that the Web site allows you to do a search absolutely free of charge to see if the person or organization you are researching is included in the database.

Like all professional databases, it’s not cheap to subscribe (though not completely unreasonable either), but if you regularly need deep and timely information on people in companies–or in other types of organizations too for that matter–this one looks like a winner to me.

According to a survey released today by LexisNexis, “…when faced with major events that significantly affect their lives” consumers told the polling:

“…half of those surveyed said that they would turn to network television for immediate news information in such situations, while the next most popular source was the radio (42%)… approximately a third of consumers (37%) would use daily local newspapers or cable news or business networks (33%), and a quarter of those interviewed would rely on Internet sites of print and broadcast media. In contrast, emerging media like Internet user groups, blogs and chat rooms would be used by (6%) surveyed.

LexisNexis headlines this survey that “Consumers Trust Traditional Media Sources the Most”. It survey consisted of 1,500 Americans between the ages of 25-64.

I’d be interested in digging a bit to determine how the survey identified and defined the concept of “trust”. (And on that topic, I’m always wondering how and why CNN can call itself “the most trusted” network in the country–again, what is the definition and where is the data?)…It would also be quite interesting of course, to see a breakdown of media usage and trust (AND how trust is defined) for those who are UNDER age 25.

Technorati Tags: LexisNexis

Technorati Tags: Trust