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The Cascadia Scorecard project

How the Pacific Northwest stacks up in seven key trends shaping the region, including sprawl, energy, pollution, economy, forests, population, and health.

Cascadia Scorecard 2007 Cover 125w**The 2007 Scorecard is out! Go here to buy a book, and here to see a full press kit.

Launched in 2004, the Cascadia Scorecard is Sightline Institute's index of sustainability for the Northwest. Developed by Sightline's research team, the Scorecard tracks the region's performance on trends critical to the region's future--and estimates how many years the region is from reaching a real-world model for each indicator.

The Scorecard is updated in an annualĀ book, and throughout the year in reports on individual indicators. We also have extraordinary graphics from the Scorecard for you to download and use.


Research & Publications
Fact sheet
The Cascadia Scorecard: Why These Measures Matter
Why Sightline chose to track pollution, sprawl, health, and other key trends.
Fact sheet
Cascadia Scorecard - The 2007 Score
A summary of the Northwest's performance on seven key social and environmental trends--from sprawl and pollution to energy--and how long it will take the region to improve.
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Scorecard Design
The Cascadia Scorecard Design
The details and methodology on how Sightline created the project to track seven key trends for the Northwest.
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Resources
Periodical
Puget Sound Trends
Puget Sound Trends is a monthly report of demographic, economic, transportation and other planning data of interest to government, business and industry in the Puget Sound region. http://www.psrc.org/datapubs/pubs/trends Puget Sound Regional Council; 12 / yr.;
Book
Our Ecological Footprint
This book presents an internationally-acclaimed tool--the Ecological Footprint--for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations. Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees; 1996; New Society Publishers; 176 pp.;
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