Globally, 30% of deaths of children under 5 are caused by under-nutrition.
CSS Factsheets
Start Date:
Jun 1, 2001 Research Team:
Summary:
Development and maintenance of factsheets that illustrate current unsustainable patterns of providing various services to society in the United States (e.g., food, personal tranportation, housing), supplemented by selected CSS research results on the life-cycle environmental impacts in each category, as well as a listing of more sustainable alternatives.
Sponsor:
Alcoa Foundation
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Dow Chemical Company Foundation
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National Science Foundation
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsor:
University of Michigan - Center for Sustainable Systems
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Worldsteel Association Research Area:
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Agriculture
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Greenhouse Gas
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Automobile
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Renewable Energies
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Residential Building
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Resource Consumption
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Solar Energy
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Solid Waste
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Sustainability Indicators
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Waste Generation
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Energy Consumption
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Environmental Impact Associated Publications:
- CSS Factsheets, Biodiversity
- CSS Factsheets, Biofuels
- CSS Factsheets, Carbon Footprint
- CSS Factsheets, Climate Change: Policy and Mitigation
- CSS Factsheets, Climate Change: Science and Impacts
- CSS Factsheets, Commerical Buildings
- CSS Factsheets, Geothermal Energy
- CSS Factsheets, Green IT
- CSS Factsheets, Greenhouse Gases
- CSS Factsheets, Nuclear Energy
- CSS Factsheets, Personal Transportation
- CSS Factsheets, Photovoltaic Energy
- CSS Factsheets, Residential Buildings
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Cities
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Energy System
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Environmental Footprint
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Food System
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Material Use
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Municipal Solid Waste
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Renewable Energy
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Wastewater Treatment System
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Water Supply and Distribution
- CSS Factsheets, Wind Energy