Indicators of Sustainability Training Course Outline           Title page       Instructions for Using This Workshop       Setting Your Browser for Optimal Viewing       Introduction to the Workshop       Introductory Exercise       Optional Exercises       Section 1 - What is sustainability?         A new way to look at the world         Training workshop agenda         Let's define some terms             What does sustain mean?             What is development?             What is carrying capacity?             What is community capital?             What are weak and strong sustainability?             How do you define a community?             What is an indicator?         Traditional measures         Interconnected measures         There are many different definitions of sustainability             Brundtland Commission                 Brundtland Commission (continued)             Caring for the Earth                 Indicators from Caring for the Earth             MACED             Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility             Sustainable Seattle             Puget Sound/Sustainable Community Roundtable             Co-op America             MACED Communities by Choice             Hawaii             Northwest Policy Institute             Indicators for sustainable communities         Sustainable business             Lowell Center for Sustainable Production             The Natural Step             Sustainable production indicators         Sustainable agriculture             Indicators for sustainable agriculture         Sustainability is a vision of the future         Recapping         Next ...       Section 2 - What makes a good indicator?         What are indicators for?             Showing Linkages         What makes a good indicator?             Not at expense of others                 Environmental indicators                 Cultural/social indicators                 Economic indicators         Making a better indicator             Examples of national economic indicators                 Gross National Product                 Genuine Progress Indicator                 Ecological Footprint             Making measures that speak to people                 Total water use                 Water use per person                 Water use vs. water available             Measure cause and effect                 Pressure - State - Response         Evaluating indicators             Environmental indicators             Economic indicators             Transportation indicators             Land use indicators         Recapping         Next ...         Exercises       Section 3 - Developing Indicators         Small Group Exercise         Small group exercise             Linking issues             Indicator checklist         Recapping         Next ...       Section 4 - Indicator Projects and Resources         View of Community         Economy, environment, society as interlocked circles         Economy in society in environment         Indicator frameworks             Indicator themes             Issues             Goals         Indicator criteria             Examples             How many indicators do we need?         Data sources             Local and regional data sources             National and international data sources         Who is working on sustainability?             Where are they working on it?             How are they working on it?             Why are people working on it?         Other resources         How do we get there?       It's time to measure what we want to be

 
 
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