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Sustainable Seattle

This non-profit organisation, established in 1991, is dedicated to enhancing the long-term quality of life in the Seattle/King County area in the United States. Sustainable Seattle's aims include creating opportunities to learn about sustainable living principles and practices; developing tools to monitor its community's progress toward long-term sustainability; fostering dialogue among diverse constituencies and their development of local model

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Economy
Children living in poverty
Community reinvestment
Distribution of personal income
Emergency room for non-ER purposes
Employment concentration
Energy use per dollar of income
Health care expenditures
Housing affordability
Unemployment
Work required for basic needs


Environment
Air quality
Ecological health
Impervious surfaces
Open space near villages
Pedestrian and bicycle friendly streets
Soil erosion
Wild salmon


Population and resources
Local farm production
Pollution prevention
Population
Renewable and non renewable energy use
Solid waste generated and recycled
Vehicle miles travelled and fuel consumption
Water consumption


Youth and education
Adult literacy
Arts instruction
Equity in justice
Ethnic diversity of teachers
High School graduation
Juvenile crime
Volunteer involvement in schools
Youth involvement in community service

last modified 19/09/2005 21:44 by Robyn McLean