Sustainable Development “Meeting the Needs of Today without Compromising the Ability of Future Generations to Meet their own Needs” Government/Community Alternative Measures of Wealth Environmental Debt Forgiveness Community Indicators Micro-lending Eco-feminism Commerce/Industry Industrial Ecology By-Product Synergy ISO 14000/9000 The Natural Step Free Market Environmentalism Redefining Progress Ecoefficiency

The Community Indicators Measuring progress toward healthy and sustainable communities

The Community Indicators Measuring progress toward healthy and sustainable communities

Form Working Group Clarify Purpose, Values and Vision Review Existing Models Proposed Indicators Technical Review Selection Process Publish and Promote Start with a vision: help the city that care forgot Professors, students, community members Design a sustainable development plan for the city of New Orleans Research cities with indicators program and local organizations Talk to community members Research data for indicators Review potential indicators and select the most suitable Update report and incorporate new community members

Timeline Legend The Community Indicators Process - where it’s happening

Greater New Orleans: A Place of Promise

Pollution and health concerns Fluctuating economic conditions Traffic, crime and urban squalor Vanishing wetlands and flood risk Pollution and health concerns Fluctuating economic conditions Traffic, crime and urban squalor Vanishing wetlands and flood risk Greater New Orleans - Our Challenges

Potential Indicators Cancer Rates: Incidence and Mortality The number of people who die more than 10 years before life expectancy Flood Insurance Claims Personal bankruptcy claims Number of people content with their careers Average week-day public transportation riders Total green space per capita Percentage of voting age population registered to vote Number of working poor Number of people content with their “living environment” Daily cost to purify water Weekly cost to prevent flood levels Graduation / drop-out rates Violent crime rates Cancer Rates: Incidence and Mortality The number of people who die more than 10 years before life expectancy Flood Insurance Claims Personal bankruptcy claims Number of people content with their careers Average week-day public transportation riders Total green space per capita Percentage of voting age population registered to vote Number of working poor Number of people content with their “living environment” Daily cost to purify water Weekly cost to prevent flood levels Graduation / drop-out rates Violent crime rates

Indicators Indicators being developed by Tulane Bankruptcy Cancer Risk Premature Death by Brian Fink Psychology and Environmental Studies Urban Water Balance Water-related Energy and Chemical Use Flood Damage and Property Loss by Emery Myers Environmental Engineering

Charting a Course for Greater New Orleans Using Community Indicators - Health and Personal Economics by Brian Fink Charting a Course for Greater New Orleans Using Community Indicators - Health and Personal Economics by Brian Fink

Personal Bankruptcy Claims (New Orleans area) New Orleans data includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrrebonne, and Washington.

Annual Percent Change in the Number of Personal Bankruptcy Claims (New Orleans vs. National) New Orleans National New Orleans data includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrrebonne, and Washington.

Cancer Mortalities (New Orleans area) New Orleans data includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrrebonne, and Washington.

Extra Cancer Mortalities: New Orleans Orleans Parish New Orleans data includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrrebonne, and Washington.

Extra Cancer Mortalities: Orleans Parish

Cancer as a Percentage of all Deaths Orleans Parish New Orleans Area Louisiana New Orleans data includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrrebonne, and Washington.

Using Community Indicators to Understand and Improve the Ecoefficiency of Water Management in Greater New Orleans by Emery Myers

Present Water Supply System in Greater New Orleans Rainfall/RunoffMississippi River Subsurface drainage Lake Levee Water Treatment Public Use Wastewater Treatment River Levee Mississippi River Lake Pontchartrain

Rainfall/Runoff Water Treatment Wastewater Treatment Mississippi River Ecoefficient Water Supply Public Use Domestic Cisterns Subsurface drainage River Levee

Benefits of Community Indicators & Consensus Building The process is as important as the result Forges partnerships toward a common end Operates at any scale…any pace Funding not required (though helpful)

The Track Ahead Pending Regents’ and EPA Grants Grass roots involvement Political Support –“Seeing is Believing” –Mayor’s Earth Day Exhibition Organizational participation Media coverage - regular display of indicators The transition to sustainability