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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
UW Landscape Architecture Department | This department features Master and Bachelor degree programs focused on urban ecological design including research and studio projects on ecological infrastructure, culturally-based place-making, design for ecological literacy and human and environmental health.
Urban Ecology Research Lab | This research lab focuses on assessing the environmental implications of alternative urban development patterns including human and natural systems, human health and oceans, land change cover models and landscape patterns, using GIS and remote sensing techniques.
Urban Form Lab | The Urban Form Lab (UFL) is a research center at the College of Built Environments focused on urban morphology including relationships between transportation and urban form, and between physical activity (walking and biking) and environments, land supply monitoring for infill and redevelopment, compact development patterns in suburban areas, the development of housing typologies.
UW-Seattle Integrated Design Lab | The integrated Design Lab (iDL) is an extension of the University of Washinginton's College of Built Environments. The iDL assists design teams on how to design, construct and operate healthier, productive and energy efficient buildings.
UW Construction Methods and Materials Collection (CMMC) | Part of the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID) of the Visual Resources Collection at UW, this resource features images and research on construction materials and methods.
SEATTLE
Seattle Office of Sustainability | The purpose of this site is to inform and inspire individuals and organizations--both within and outside City government--to take actions that help make Seattle a model of healthy, ecologically sustainable urban living.
Seattle Green Factor
Seattle Audubon Society
City of Seattle Green Building
Seattle Great Cities Initiative
Seattle Urban Nature | Local organization dedicated to restoring urban habitat. A great resource for GIS maps.
PUGET SOUND
Puget Sound Regional Council | The Puget Sound Regional Council is an association of cities, towns, counties, ports, and state agencies that serves as a forum for developing policies and making decisions about regional growth and transportation issues in the four-county central Puget Sound region.
Cascade Land Conservancy | The Cascade Agenda Cities Program works with local communities to make them more livable.
Puget Sound Partnership: Stormwater Resources | A well-maintained list of resouces dealing with different aspects of urban stormwater issues.
WASHINGTON STATE
Washington Department of Ecology
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Portland Office of Sustainability Development (OSD)| The Portland OSD office provides information, training, incentives and technical assistance to encourage sustainable building and remodeling practices in residential and commercial buildings.
Sightline Institute | Sustainability approaches searchable regionally within Cascadia (British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) or by topics including (sprawl and transportation, energy and climate, pollution and toxics, forests and wildlife, human health, population, economy, green taxes.
NATIONAL
EPA Green Infrastructure Website | Site features information of green infrastructure: policy, benefits, resources, articles, tools, case studies of innovative projects and programs around the country, funding information, partnership contacts and performance data including reports, publication, predictive models and calculators.
Center for Watershed Protection
INTERNATIONAL
International Sustainable Institute | Resource library of publicly available sustainability materials including topics on the following: built environment, energy, mobility, social sustainability, waste and water management.
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