The Worldwatch Institute was a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. founded by Lester R. Brown Worldwatch was named as one of the top tensustainable development research organizations by Globescan Survey of Sustainability Experts. World watch Europe website ceased in 2017 and Worldwatch.org is unreachable as of January 2020.
Mission
The mission of the Institute reads: Through research and outreach that inspire action, the Worldwatch Institute works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world that meets human needs. The institute's top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and development, transformation of cultures from consumerism to sustainability, and an early end to population growth through healthy and intentional childbearing. The Worldwatch Institute aims to inform policymakers and the public about the links between the world economy and its environmental support systems. Research conducted by the institute is integrative or interdisciplinary and global in scope. Worldwatch's priority programs include:
Nourishing the Planet researches methods that create a sustainable food production system that provides a healthy, nutritious diet for all while sustaining the land, water, and biological resources on which life depends. The project resulted in the Worldwatch Institute's flagship publication, State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet.
Transforming economies, cultures, and societies that meets human needs, promotes prosperity, and is in harmony with nature.
Worldwatch Institute publications have been published in more than three dozen languages by its global partners in 40 countries. Worldwatch publications include:
The State of the World report is an annual assessment of urgent global environmental problems and the innovative ideas proposed and applied across the globe to address them.
Vital Signs tracks social, environmental and economic trends and publishes data and analysis.
