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. UNITED STATES 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 PROGRAM 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 CANADA Alberta, Canada; Fraser Basin, British Columbia, Canada OTHER COUNTRIES Australia 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. |
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