I came across a new study today - the Human Development Index - via Humantific.

The study itself is for sale but there seems to be a lot of info shared through out the site - www.measureofamerica.org. The interactive maps are compelling and well designed.Apparently this is the first study of its kind to focus on a 'developed' country.

The American Human Development Project's mission is to stimulate fact based public debate about political attention to human development issues in the United States and to empower people to hold elected officials accountable for progress on issues we all care about: health, education, and income. The project is a nonpartisan, non-profit initiative established to introduce to the United States a well-honed international approach and tool for measuring human well-being: the human development approach and the human development index.

Curiously, I did the test to see how I stack up on the HDI - 7.9 - which tells me my own personal sustainability levels are doing just fine but of course there is always room for improvement. (: