Environmental sustainability

This book aims to help development organisations to consider the impact of the environment on their work and the impact of their work on the environment.

It looks at how projects, organisational practices and lifestyles can be made more environmentally sustainable. A basic environmental assessment tool is included which can be used to ensure that most development projects are not harming the environment or being adversely affected by environmental issues.

Entire book

• ROOTS 13 – Environmental sustainability (PDF 800 KB) 

Separate sections:

• Contents (PDF 33 KB)
• Introduction (PDF 35 KB)
• Section 1 – Principles and definitions of environmental sustainability (PDF 331 KB)
• Section 2 – A biblical perspective on the environment (PDF 86 KB) 
• Section 3 – Sustainable energy (PDF 89 KB)
• Section 4 – Organisational environmental sustainability (PDF 59 KB)
• Section 5 – Environmentally sustainable projects (PDF 190 KB)
• Section 6 – Using advocacy to help protect the environment (PDF 70 KB)
• Section 7 – Personal lifestyle (PDF 64 KB)
• Resources and contacts (PDF 40 KB)
• Glossary (PDF 36 KB)
• Index (PDF 33 KB)
• Templates (PDF 45 KB)