Sustainability Guide

USGS is the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency. USGS collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems.

EPA has tools to help you learn and understand the issues and help you reduce your environmental footprint.

AirNow reports air quality using the official U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), a color-coded index designed to communicate whether air quality is healthy or unhealthy for you. The site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and world views.

The Office of Federal Sustainability (OFS) coordinates policy to promote energy and environmental sustainability across Federal Government operations, which encompass more than 350,000 buildings, 600,000 vehicles, and $500 billion in purchased goods and services annually.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

This site provides data and analysis describing current forest conditions as they relate to the ecological, social, and economic dimensions of forest sustainability.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options.

The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals express the importance that we achieve them all by 2030.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to fulfill a bold commitment: to create a world where people and the planet thrive. The IISD identifies and champions sustainable solutions that make a difference. It reports on international negotiations, conduct rigorous research, and engage citizens, businesses and policy-makers on the shared goal of developing sustainably.

The European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) is an informal network of public administrators and other experts dealing with sustainable development.

Military activities often have an adverse effect on the environments in which they occur. Damage to the environment from these activities can threaten livelihoods and habitats, and thus breed instability. Part of NATO's responsibility is to protect the physical and natural environments where operations and training take place.

GreenBiz Group is a media and events company that accelerates the just transition to a clean economy. It defines markets and advance opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability. GreenBiz recognizes the inextricable link between climate change and social change and works across its platforms to connect the dots between equity, inclusion and sustainability by centering justice as a cornerstone of a clean economy.

Scientific American covers the advances in research and discovery that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives.