MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE:
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THIS STUDY:
Why Social Indicators?
“The gross national product
includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to
clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and
jails for the people who break them.
The gross national product
includes the destruction of the Redwoods and the death of
And if the gross national product
includes all this, there is much that it does not comprehend. It does not
allow for the health of our families, the quality of their education, or the
joy of their play. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the
safety of streets alike. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the
strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the
integrity of our public officials....
The gross national product
measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our
learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to country. It measures
everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile; and it can
tell us everything about
—Robert F. Kennedy (featured in Sustainable Seattle 1998)
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