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
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
“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
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
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
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
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