Sustainable Indicators Resource Websites

Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - An excellent resource for many sustainable topics. Created by the Department of Energy.

Cincinnati Earth Institute - Great resource devoted to exploring habits and attitudes, and how our actions affect the ecology of our region.

City of Santa Monica - Details a ten-year study of the Santa Monica area and the sustainability policies the city follows.

Clermont County League of Women Voters

Co-op America - Practical steps for using your consumer and investor power for social change.

Dana Report on Smart Growth - Steve Dana, a local citizen who is heavily involved with issues of sustainability and urban growth reports on what's happening in the tristate area.

EPA: Green Communities - A site that provides information about how to select, use, and report the results of indicators.

Measuring Up - Alberta, Canada - A broad accounting of progress achieved using 26 core government performance measures.

Miami University Center for Sustainable Systems Studies - Studying all aspects of movement toward a healthy and environmentally benign industrial base.

New Jersey Future - A statewide initiative directed by a non-profit research agency to define New Jersey's future through sustainable indicators.

Redefining Progress - A searchable database of more than 150 community indicator projects from around the world.

Rescue Mission: Sustainability Indicators Project - Explains Agenda 21 and develops an action plan for creating community indicators.

Rocky Mountain Institute - An entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world.

Sierra Club - The icon of environmental awareness and activism.

Sustainable Communities Initiative - This site provides a step-by-step plan for introducing the importance of sustainability indicators and describes community audit protocols.

Sustainable Measures - A website developed by Maureen Hart to help communities develop indicators.

Sustainable Seattle - Seattle's indicators project has been the model for many other communities.

The Natural Step - An international, science-based systems framework to help organizations and communities understand and move toward sustainability.

University of Wisconsin/Community Sustainable Development - Provides examples of the type of information to develop broad-based indicators.