*** Hello Do you have a website for the UK indicators? Thank you. Vic D In a message dated 98-11-26 18:52:03 EST, you write: << >To: ECOL-ECON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > futurework <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > gaiapc-list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > GAIA-LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: alt. indicator 'talk' in UK > > > >This was fwd to me from a friend in England. I recall a website was started > >by the UK gov't earlier this year accepting input from the public on these > >sorts of issues. The list responses were skeptical at best at that time. > >Still, I like the 'talk'; it provides some criteria by which to measure the > >'walk'. News coverage should provide details which I look fwd to studying. > > > >Steve > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Labour government in the UK has just initiated a "quality of life > >barometer." > > > >This is a set of indicators as to quality of life, not based on > >conventional indicators such as GDP or economic growth, but on things like > >air pollution levels, quality of the built environment, housing standards, > >the state of the countryside, numbers of songbirds (as an indicator of the > >environment) etc. > > > >A big step in the right direction I think. > > > > > >Kenn > > >> Vic Desotelle InKNOWvate Enabling The Sustainable Learning Organization 2870 S. Palisades Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 408-465-0377 ph 408-465-1852 fx [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.inknowvate.com ----------- And so began the building of the temples of Knowledge.----------- ----------- Sacred places and processes for the creation of Creation.----------- <------------------< Knowledge Domains >-----------------> 1- Sustainable Quality Alliance: Aligning organizations with global driving forces Awareness Program: http://www.ecoquality.com/sqa 2- Encompass: Facilitating organizations with accelerated planning & envisioning Physical: http://www.knowherestore.com || Virtual: http://www.co-i- l.com 3- Emergent Technologies: Innovation incubator & investment opportunities Bringing Sustainable-based Technologies To Market