INDICATORS: Preliminary list from Class Workshop (number of students recommending issues):

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, composting, purchasing products with recycled content, participation in reuse markets (recycled products, used stores and garage sales), waste output/reduction (14)

Water quality and consumption, water use = precipitation, levels of Nitrogen (11)

Energy use/conservation, % use of renewables vs non-renewables, Use of solar designs, wind power (10)

Transportation, fuel efficiency of vehicles, diversity/balance, traffic speed and volume in city (10)

Sense of community, participation in community service/events, citizen involvement, support for community facilities and daycare(9)

Air quality: an indicator of human and planetary health, CO2 released, Carbon Monoxide released (7)

Education, public awareness of issues (sustainability) (7)

Human ecology, human-environmental connections, ecological diversity (5)

Environmental health and diversity (3)

Human and societal health (3)

Soil quality, erosion (2)

Humanitarian concerns, level of poverty, standard of living, rich vs poor (2)

Cultural diversity (2)

Trees per person (2)

Natural and renewable resources (2)

Affordable housing (2)

Population growth rate (2)

Housing density/clustering (2)

Agriculture (1)

Environmental protection/conservation policies, guidelines (WSU, dept's, community, etc) (1)

Sustainable building practices, guidelines, policies (1)

Parks and playgrounds (1)

Success rate of small/local markets/businesses (1)

Employment % in top ten employers (1)

Library use rates (1)

Pedestrian friendly streets (1)

Driving while intoxicated violations (1)

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