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Canadian Eco-Industrial Network – An association of public and private organizations that serve as an information clearinghouse for eco-industrial network developers and practitioners in Canada. www.cein.ca/cein/index.html

Cape Charles Sustainable Technology Park (Cape Charles, Virginia USA). www.sustainablepark.com/park.html

Eco-Industrial Development Council – A non-profit, membership-based organization that promotes eco-industrial development, engages in outreach, education, technical assistance and research. www.eco-industry.org

Environment Canada – A description and examples of eco-industrial parks in Canada. www.ec.gc.ca/energ/industry/indus_ecol_e.htm

International Society For Industrial Ecology – A society that promotes industrial ecology as a way to find innovative solutions to complex environmental problems and facilitates communication among practitioners of industrial ecology looking to better integrate economic activities and environmental concerns. www.is4ie.org

Journal of Cleaner Production – Published by Elsevier Science, this journal serves as an interdisciplinary, international forum for the exchange of information on the technologies, concepts and policies designed to help ensure progress towards sustainable societies. www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/3/0/4/4/0/index.htt

Journal of Industrial Ecology – Available from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press www.mitpress.mit.edu Click on “Journals”, then scroll down to “Journal of Industrial Ecology” (subscriptions are required for electronic/print copies, however, some references are available free of charge).

Smart Growth – A website of the Sustainable Communities Network (U.S.). The site provides an introduction to eco-industrial ecology and case studies of a number of eco-industrial parks in the United States and Canada. www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html

Suggested Reading Material on Industrial Ecology

Braden, R. Allenby: “Achieving Sustainable Development Through Industrial Ecology.” International Environmental Affairs 4, No. 1 (1992): 56-58.

Robert U. Ayres: “Industrial Metabolism: Theory and Policy.” The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems, edited by Braden R. Allenby and Deanna J. Richards, 23-27. Washington. National Academy Press. 1994.

Robert A. Frosch: “Industrial Ecology: A Philosophical Introduction.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 89 (February 1992): 800-803.

Greg Keoleian and Dan Mernerey: “Sustainable Development by Design: Review of Life Cycle Design and Related Approaches. ”Air and Waste 44 (May 1994): 645-668.

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