Be Maryland’s Sustainability Czar!

By using our new MD-GPI Statewide Calculator, YOU can chart a path for Maryland’s Sustainable future. Simply change the inputs of the indicators and see the results. Want to focus on reducing crime, go ahead! Want to reduce loss of environmental damage, go for it! Just change the numbers you want and click “Calculate”. If you want to start all over, click “Reset”. One quick thing: the indicators do not affect each other. That is, reducing commuting will not change air pollution, even though it would in the real world. So be creative and set values you think are related to create sustainable scenarios. Enjoy!

ECONOMIC INDICATORS		Info	Enter Your Number Here	Resulting Value	2010 Value	% Change	Web Link
Personal Consumption Expenditures					185.064
Income Inequality	Enter number between 0 and 1	?			0.451
Adjusted Personal Consumption	(Personal Consumption / Income Inequality)				144.686	%
Services of Consumer Durables	Enter average years appliances last	?			33.011	%
Cost of Consumer Durables					19.607
Cost of Underemployment	Enter Underemployment Rate	?			5.962	%
Net Capital Investment					5.608
ECONOMIC ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					157.735	%
ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS		Info	Enter Your Number Here	Resulting Value	2010 Value	% Change	Web Link
Cost of Water Pollution	Percent of streams, rivers and bay waters degraded:	?			0.196	%
Cost of Air Pollution	8-hour ozone exceeding days:	?
	Value of zero overall air pollution:	?			0.785	%
Cost of Noise Pollution	Percent change (+/-) in aggregate noise pollution:	?			0.433	%
Cost of Net Wetland Change *	Net change (+/-) in acres:	?
	Value of one acre of wetland:	?			0.242	%
Cost of Net Farmland Change *	Net change (+/-) in acres:	?
	Value of one acre of farmland:	?			1.009	%
Cost of Net Forest Cover Change	Net change (+/-) in acres:	?
	Value of one acre of forest cover:	?			1.002	%
Cost of Climate Change	Percent change (+/-) of CO2 emissions from consumption:	?			8.116	%
Cost of Ozone Depletion					8.956
Cost of Nonrenewable Energy Resource Depletion	Percent change (+/-) of nonrenewables consumed:	?			20.309	%
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					-41.048	%
* Because of the relatively small impact of these Indicators, you will have to make big changes to see new values.
SOCIAL INDICATORS		Info	Enter Your Number Here	Resulting Value	2010 Value	% Change	Web Link
Value of Housework	Total hours of housework per person:	?			32.687	%
Cost of Family Changes	Daily hours spent watching television per household:	?			1.578	%
Cost of Crime	Percent change (+/-) in overall crime rates:	?			1.345	%
Cost of Personal Pollution Abatement	New vehicles:	?
	New septic systems:	?
	Tons of waste produced:	?			1.228	%
Value of Volunteer Work	Total hours of Marylanders volunteering:	?			3.297	%
Cost of Lost Leisure Time	Hours of leisure time lost per worker:	?			12.589	%
Value of Higher Education	Percent of MD Citizens with a Bachelor's degree or higher:	?			21.597	%
Services of Highways and Streets					1.348
Cost of Commuting	Total hours Marylanders spent commuting to work:	?			9.247	%
Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes	Percent change (+/-) in number of motor vehicle crashes:	?			2.677	%
SOCIAL ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					30.265	%
Summary Total				Resulting Value	2010 Value	% Change
ECONOMIC ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					157.735	%
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					-41.048	%
SOCIAL ELEMENTS SUBTOTAL:					30.265	%
GENUINE PROGRESS INDICATOR TOTAL:					146.952	%