Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A Handbook for Policymakers, developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), provides a comprehensive introduction to developing policy for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP).

You want to reduce waste in your daily life and make a positive impact on the planet-- ​but without​ making​​ drastic changes in your habits. Mannarino shows how you can have a profound impact on our environment, climate, and health by making some simple changes to your lifestyle. She shares tips for being less wasteful whether at home or traveling. Making eco-friendly choices, such as purchasing clothes with more sustainable fabrics or adopting a "Meatless Monday" regimen can help decrease your carbon footprint. Learn to live a greener, more sustainable life!

Uncovering and communicating a critically important idea--that there is an intentional system behind our patterns of consumption and disposal--Annie Leonard transforms how we think about our lives and our relationship to the planet. From sneaking into factories and dumps around the world to visiting textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for cell phones in the Congo, Leonard, named one of Time magazine's 100 environmental heroes of 2009, highlights each step of the materials economy and its actual effect on the earth and the people who live near sites like these.