In a new study authored by Dr. John Talberth and Michael Weisdorf of Portland State University, CSE has demonstrated a new methodology for the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) that promises to accelerate its adoption by … Read more
In December 2014 the City of Baltimore released an ambitious management plan for reducing stormwater pollution from nearly 24,000 acres of pavement within City limits. Nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediments contained in this stormwater are responsible … Read more
All too often we hear how climate action will put a drag on economic growth. But in a new analysis of Baltimore’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), Center for Sustainable Economy demonstrates just how wrong that … Read more
In the first city-level analysis of its kind in Maryland, the Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) found Baltimore’s economy well on the way to economic recovery taking into account social and environmental costs as well … Read more
Raising the minimum wage is a big win for workers, communities, and business. Decades of experience with state-level wage increases bears this out well, but often this reality is drowned out by the clamor of … Read more
For the vast majority of human evolution ethnobotanical knowledge has been an essential component of human capital relied upon for nutritionally balanced, stable, and locally adapted supplies of foods and medicines from wild plant sources. … Read more
Most Americans didn’t see it coming. Back at the end of 2004, our nation’s leading economic indicator, the Gross Domestic Product, was soaring along at a robust rate of over 4 percent per year. The … Read more
For San Jose State University, CSE developed a customized on-line footprint calculator for students, faculty and staff as well as a competition for the lowest footprint score and greatest footprint reduction. Participants will take a … Read more
CSE President John Talberth prepared Chapter 2 in Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2008. The Chapter, entitled “A New Bottom Line for Progress,” calls for a new set of economic indicators that measure progress … Read more
At the recent Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) member states of the United Nations System called for new indicators of progress to complement or replace GDP. This echoes over two decades … Read more