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Measuring
Progress -- Indicators in Action
The communities, states, nations, and international
organizations listed below are leading the way in the implementation
of sustainability indicators. What follows are compiled synopses
of programs and reports, a link to sustainable indicators program
websites (if available), and contact information. The full reports
and websites of each program provide detailed, in-depth information
on specific sustainability indicators.
LOCAL COMMUNITIES (U.S)
Baltimore, Maryland
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jacksonville, Florida
Kalispell, Montana
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Missoula, Montana Pasadena, California San Francisco, California San Jose, California Santa Barbara South Coast, California
Santa Monica, California
San Mateo County, California
Seattle, Washington
Silicon Valley, California
Tucson, Arizona Willapa Bay Watershed, Washington NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS Urban Ecology Coalition--Minneapolis, MN STATE PROGRAMS Minnesota Oregon Maine
New Jersey
North Carolina
NATIONAL PROGRAM
Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development
Indicators
REGIONAL PROGRAMS
Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project
Greater Washington Research Program
Northwest
Rocky Mountain States
Southern California Environmental Report Card
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson District Planning Commission
US-Mexico Environmental Indicators
OTHER COUNTRIES Alberta, Canada Australia
Fraser Basin, British Columbia, Canada
GLOBAL INDICATORS
Agenda 21
Earthwatch
Environmental Sustainability Index
Worldwatch Institute 
The
Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives
and Publications provides an overview of initiatives
on sustainable development indicators being carried out at the
international, national and provincial/territorial/state levels.
The on-line compendium is a joint project of the International
Institute for Sustainable Development, Environment Canada, Redefining
Progress, and the World Bank.
The International
Sustainability Indicators Network offers a list of communities
and others working on sustainability indicators.
National Strategies
for Sustainable Development includes a section on Indicators
within the "Sustainable Development: Concepts and Approaches"
portion of its References heading. The section includes discussion
of indicator systems and indicator documents developed by various
groups.
Redefining Progress
has a project on community indicators that includes the
RP-CINet listserve, an e-mail based discussion group intended
for organizations and individuals who are currently implementing
community indicator projects, or are in the process of developing
an indicators project.
Last updated January 10, 2005
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