on Sustainability
Indicators
1. High Level of Civic Engagement
"150 Things You Can Do to Build Social Capital," BetterTogether.org, Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
See also in the Larson Report Politics, Civic Engagement; BarnRaisers, Civic Renewal; and Newsstand, References, Community.
2. Accessible, Affordable, and Ample Health Care Resources
Health Care For All
Massachusetts Cultural Council Health Care for Artists
Massachusetts Division of Insurance
Health Care for Massachusetts Campaign
Massachusetts Legislature Joint Committee on Health Care
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School:
Americans have become increasingly preoccupied with all aspects of the financing and delivery of health care, and their concerns about quality and cost have risen significantly over the past few years. In 1989 Harvard Medical School founded the Department of Health Care Policy in order to study important questions in these areas with the ultimate aim of improving the nation's health care system.
The new department tried an innovative approach: bringing social scientists together with physicians from one of the country's leading medical schools. More than 10 years later, the important work produced in this department underscores the success of this approach. Today social scientists work hand in hand with physicians from a variety of medical specialties who practice at Harvard's major teaching hospitals. This synergistic relationship allows us to address problems with the number-driven techniques of economists and statisticians, the patient-centered focus of sociologists, and the insight of physicians involved in clinical practice. We believe that this combination is essential to helping patients receive—and physicians deliver—better care. (continued)See also in the Larson Report the Newsstand, References.
3. Accessible, Affordable, and Ample Preventive-Medicine Resources
Cape Cod Pathways
Cape Cod Trails Conference
Community Health Centers (CLHs) in Massachusetts, nonprofit community-based organizations that "Offer comprehensive primary and preventive health care, including medical, dental, social and mental health services to anyone in need regardless of their medical status, ability to pay, culture or ethnicity"
Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Unite for Sight, Inc., a national nonprofit whose purpose is to "empower communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness." (See especially the free health coverage program portal.)
See also in the Larson Report the Newsstand, References.
4. High Level of Youth Wellness
A Baby Center, Hyannis
America's Promise, the Alliance for Youth
Dream Day on Cape Cod
Massachusetts Citizens for Children
5. No Polluted Coastal Water
Barnstable County Directory of Beach Location and Water Quality,
Water Quality Testing Information PageStephen Hall, "Cape Bucks National Trend in Keeping Our Beaches Safe," Barnstable County Report, in To Your Good Health, Cape Cod Health Care Newsletter.
6. No Polluted Drinking Water
Barnstable County Water Quality Testing Laboratory
Massachusetts Title V Regulations
7. Ample Supplies of Drinking Water
Nature Conservancy, "Everyday Ways to Conserve Water."
Cape Cod Commission Water Resources Office
U.S. Geological Survey Observation Wells, current readings posted by the Cape Cod Commission
8. High Air Quality
Cape Wind
Massachusetts Daily Air Quality Forecast
New England Climate Coalition
9. Large Amount of Open Space for Passive Use and Recreation
Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC)
Cape Cod Commission
Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts
Low-Impact Development Center
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Low-Impact Development
Trustees of Reservations, Property Directory
Trust for Public Lands
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Woods Hole Research Center, Electronic Atlas of the Cape's Environment
10. Solid-Waste Disposal Management That Prevents Soil and Groundwater Pollution
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs State Sustainability Program, Recycling Home Page
Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
11. Diverse and Renewable Sources of Energy
"New Energy for America, Jobs, Security & Prosperity for the 21st Century" (pdf), a forum report released by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions (CERC), the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the Apollo Alliance, and the Coalition for Environmentally Sound Economies (CERES), October 16, 2004.
Cape Cod Community College Renewable Energy Curriculum summary
Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIREC)
Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation
Cape Light Compact
Home Energy Saver
Renewable Energy Trust
12. Very Few Roads That Are Habitually Congested with Traffic
Cape Cod Transit Task Force
Car-Free Travel on Cape Cod
"Just How Walkable (or Bikable) Is Your Community?" by walkinginfo.org, part of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
Less Traffic
13. Affordable and Diverse Education and Training Opportunities for People of All Ages
Jack Jennings and Madlene Hamilton, "What's Good about Public Schools," Center for Education Policy (CEP), Washington, D.C., and the National Parent-Teachers' Association (PTA), April-May, 2004.
14. Good Supply of Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing Design Advisor
Citizen Housing and Planning Association
Massachusetts Government's List of Capacity Building Resources
National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Homes and Communities, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
15. Diverse Business Base
The Information Economy, a Web site with an exhaustive list of Internet resources on "the economics of the Internet, information goods, intellectual property, and related issues," by Professor Hal R. Varian, School of Information Management and Systems, Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Help for Massachusetts Entrepreneurs
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Scorecard
Last updated March 08, 2006 .