Which of the following innovations would you push your government to support this year?


Carbon markets
20% (339 votes)
Manufacturing methods that imitate nature
8% (133 votes)
Efforts to hugely increase resource efficiency
31% (521 votes)
New, more accurate measures of wellbeing than GDP
12% (198 votes)
Sustainable communities
23% (386 votes)
Other (Leave a comment)
6% (94 votes)
Total votes: 1671

Many economic indicators, like GDP, don’t measure the environmental and social aspects of progress. Which do you prefer?


Ecological Footprint (land and ocean area needed for our consumption patterns)
65% (759 votes)
Genuine Progress Indicator (values parenting and volunteer time)
14% (158 votes)
Access to Improved Water and Sanitation (percent of population)
11% (126 votes)
None—what’s wrong with GDP and trade volume?
2% (29 votes)
Other (leave comment)
8% (95 votes)
Total votes: 1167

Which approach to rethinking production (from State of the World Chapter 3) most inspires you?


“In nature there is no waste”
52% (599 votes)
“No two things are alike...yet there is a pleasant orderliness in this chaos”
6% (66 votes)
“Achieve profit but also protect people and the planet”
10% (119 votes)
“Without eco-efficiency, no system of production can be said to be sustainable”
28% (326 votes)
Other (leave comment)
4% (49 votes)
Total votes: 1159

What would you ask your community leaders to do to encourage sustainable lifestyles?


Organize community forums on “downshifting” or living more simply
25% (236 votes)
Fund public transportation, recycling, and reuse programs
45% (428 votes)
Regulate advertising and mandate energy efficiency
18% (173 votes)
Other (leave a comment)
13% (121 votes)
Total votes: 958

What do you think is the best way to minimize the environmental impacts of eating meat and seafood?


Eat only what is available in season locally
24% (610 votes)
Choose "heritage" breeds to conserve genetic diversity
2% (45 votes)
Choose safe, humane, and certified sustainable meat and seafood
31% (783 votes)
It is impossible to minimize the impacts; we must stop eating meat and seafood
43% (1066 votes)
Total votes: 2504

What do you think has most influenced the increasingly favorable market for renewable energy technologies?


Rising energy prices
57% (569 votes)
Advancing technologies
7% (67 votes)
The growing movement to place a price on carbon in many parts of the world
12% (125 votes)
National and state policies and programs to promote renewable energy
17% (169 votes)
Other (leave comment)
7% (75 votes)
Total votes: 1005

What do you think of carbon trading?


What do you think is the best example of commons management today?


What do you think is the most effective way to encourage sustainable water use?


What do you think of conservation banking (e.g. wetland mitigation banking or species banking)?