---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 04:37:20 -0800 (PST) From: MichaelP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Redifining progress - Indicators for Sustainable Development [Sent via non-mmsubscriber email address) FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:02:08 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From this site http://iisd.ca/measure/compindex.asp comes a collection of alternative indicators of progress, the site is part supported by the World Bank! and also by Redefining progress: http://rprogress.org/ REDEFINING PROGRESS People know progress when they see it. Progress, for most people, enhances their quality of life -- for their families, their communities, and their future. Economic factors are important, but somehow we have settled on measuring only economic growth and calling that growth progress. "The official definitions of progress confuse more with better, costs with gains, borrowing with earnings, and means with ends. To achieve real progress we must learn to distinguish these again." -- Redefining Progress in the Atlantic Monthly, 1995 We think and act as if our economy, our environment, and our society's needs are at best unrelated realms. Sometimes we put them at odds with one another. We act as if environmental gains must bring economic losses, as if social gains must limit economic growth. Redefining Progress seeks to shift the prevailing definition of progress, from one based exclusively on a growing economy, to one that resonates with people's sense of the quality of their lives. We believe that, as it stands today, our society faces a troubling future. By using traditional financial measures as our primary compass, we steer society on a course that all too frequently points us away from progress. We believe real progress is possible--but first we have to clear away the false notions about economic progress that stand in the way. *** CALL for SUBMISSIONS *** What are you doing in the field of sustainability indicators? <http://iisd.ca/measure/compindex.asp> The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is conducting a major update of the online Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives and Publications. Jointly funded by Environment Canada, the World Bank, and IISD the Compendium is recognised worldwide as a primary source of information on integrated socio-economic and environmental performance measurement. *** ADD your initiatives!*** Those who wish to include descriptions of their work, or the work of others in the Compendium, can easily do so by using our online form available at: <http://iisd.ca/measure/compsub.asp> Available in electronic format only, the Compendium is an easily accessible information tool that includes over 140 different initiatives detailing measurement methods, indicators, experts and publications, ranging from local to global. The purpose?...to promote mutual learning, synergies and alliances in the field of INDICATORS of Sustainable Development. Please visit and add your initiative(s) or send us your feedback. All submissions are reviewed before inclusion in the Compendium. New entries are added regularly. *** For more info contact *** Andrew Hay, Research Associate International Institute for Sustainable Development Tel: +1 (204) 958 7746 Fax: +1 (204) 959 7710 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://iisd.ca/ -- For MAI-not (un)subscription information, posting guidelines and links to other MAI sites please see http://mai.flora.org/
