General Readings
Mentoring Materials
Additional Readings

"From One Earth to One World" from Our Common Future, 1987.(PDF File)
Overview of the World Commission on Environment and Development

"Characterizing and Measuring Sustainable Development" Thomas Parris and Robert Kates, 2003 (PDF File).Reviews several methods develop quantitative indicators of sustainable development.

"Sustainability Science and Engineering: Emergence of a New Metadiscipline" James Mihelcic et al., 2003. (PDF File) Describes the new metadiscipline of sustainability science and engineering that integrates industrial, social, and environmental processes.

Engineering Sustainable Development: A Global Look at the Issue, James R. Mihelcic, 2005
Reviews the situation in delivering safe water and sanitation to the global community and evaluates whether the world is currently living in a sustainable manner. It also reviews the global discussion on sustainability over the past 35 years, highlighting key works and how they relate to solving some of the world’s problems.

"Design through the 12 Principles of Green Engineering" Paul Anastas and Julie B. Zimmerman, 2003. (PDF File) Provides a framework for scientists and engineers to engage in when designing new materials, products, processes, and systems that have minimal impact on human health and the environment.

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, is the first book to explore the lucrative opportunities for businesses in an era of approaching environmental limits. Read selected parts of the book

Sustainable Consumption, What does it Mean?
United Nations Environment Programme
Sierra Club

Sustainability and Social Justice (PDF File)
Overview of compatibility between sustainable development and social justice