Economic Productivity: Changes in economic activity and the expansion of overall wealth
Economic Satellite Accounts: Integrating the valuation of environmental resources into the national economic accounting system
Economic Well Being: Changes in the relative economic status of individuals
Environmentally Dependent Industry: Industries that depend upon the proper functioning and productivity of specific ecosystems
Global Economy: The effects of the global economy on the United States
Labor Time Productivity: Changes in the productivity of the individual
National Debt: Debt accumulation for the United States
Trade Deficit: Differences between national imports and exports
Unemployment: Unutilized or underutilized labor
Capital Investment: Investment in public and private infrastructure to maintain sufficient capacity, research and development, technology innovation
Justice: The ability of the legal system to quickly and fairly prosecute criminals and dispense justice
Poor Sanitation: Lack of sewage disposal or other measures designed to protect public health
Public Infrastructure: Adequate physical and social infrastructure for the efficient functioning of society.
Runaway Litigation: Increase in lawsuit number, frequency, and damages within the United States Court System
Income Equity: Fair and impartial distribution of income and access to natural resources regardless of economic or social status
Personal Wealth: Savings and debt accumulation for individuals
Welfare: Dependency on the public dole for sufficient food, shelter, and material needs
Energy Efficiency: Optimal use of energy resources during economic production and consumption of goods and services
Erosion: The loss of soil or productive capacity due to erosion
Food Production Capacity: The land, ability, resources, and infrastructure to produce and distribute food
Materials Consumption: The consumption of raw materials during the production of economic goods
Over Irrigation: The buildup of salts and minerals in agricultural land due to excess water during irrigation
Pesticide Use: Runoff of pesticides and related chemicals due to excessive use in agricultural land
Production Efficiency: Inefficient use of energy and raw materials during economic production of goods and services
Renewable Energy : The use of renewable energy resources (non-fossil and non-nuclear) during economic production and consumption of goods and services
Hazardous Waste Production: The production of waste products
Nuclear Waste: The production of radioactive waste
Waste Handling: The collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of all man-made waste products, including nuclear waste.
Changing Biodiversity: Undesirable changes in the variety of biota, and ecosystems
Ecosystem Health: Decline in the overall health of ecosystems
Exotic Species: Introduction of non-native species into an ecosystem
Genetic Diversity: Undesirable changes in the genetic variety within specific species or for ecosystems as a whole
Habitat Change: The conversion of one type of ecosystem to another; habitat destruction; the alteration of a specific characteristics of an ecosystem
Species Extinction: The complete elimination of species
Desertification: The conversion of ecosystems into barren land
Drought: The decline in rainfall and water resources
Global Climate Change: The United States contribution to large scale changes to the global climate
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Depletion of stratospheric ozone
Acidification: Buildup of excess sulfuric and nitric acids into soils, waters, and air
Air Quality: Buildup of pollutants in air
Contamination of Biota : Buildup of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals in biota
Contamination of Soil: Buildup of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals in soil
Contamination of Water: Buildup of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals in water and sediments
Environmental Technology: Development of environmentally safe or benign technology
Eutrophication: Buildup of nutrients in water
Man-Made Disasters: Destruction of public and private infrastructure and property by man-made disasters disasters
Natural Disasters: Destruction of public and private infrastructure and property by floods, storms, earthquakes, and other natural disasters
Toxic Chemical Releases: Release of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals into water, air, or soil
Water Quality: Buildup of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals in water
Arable Land: Adequate land suitable for agriculture
Deforestation: Loss of forest land due to logging, disease, or infestation
Outdoor Recreational Services: Sufficient recreational land, including within urban ecosystems
Traffic Congestion: Insufficient transportation infrastructure to handle traffic volume
Urban Decay: Decline in the economic and social resource base for specific areas within the urban ecosystem
Urbanization: Conversion of land to urban land
Declining Fisheries: Changes in the stocks and productive capacity of estuarine and marine fisheries
Energy Resources: Changes in the stocks and use of energy resources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric reserves.
Mineral Reserves: Changes in the stocks and use of metal and mineral reserves
Renewable Resources: Changes in the stocks or productive capacities of renewable resource reserves
Soil Quality: Changes in the productive capacity of soil
Water Resources: Changes in the stock, capacity, or use of water resources
Education Equity: Fair and impartial access to education regardless of economic or social status
Education Infrastructure: Systematic provision of a society for the transmission of knowledge, information, and technologies
Education Quality: The amount or quality of knowledge, information, and and skills acquired by the individual
Information Access: Fair and impartial access to information regardless of economic or social status
Environmental Equity: Fair and impartial access to clean air, water, and soil regardless of economic or social status
Gender Equity: Fairness or lack thereof related directly to sexual identification
Homelessness: The lack of a place to reside; lack of a refuge
Housing: Fair and impartial access to adequate shelter regardless of economic or social status
Inter-Generation Equity: The inequitable investment and support of older generations more than younger generations
Social Discrimination: Unfair or partial treatment of one socioeconomic group by another
Social Equity: Fair and impartial access to social or public services regardless of economic or social status
Conservation: The protection of land from damage, development, or destruction
Environmental Protection : Sufficient laws and regulations to ensure protection of the environment
Freedom: Individual freedom of choice movement, speech, etc.
Government Effectiveness: The inclusiveness, responsiveness, and effectiveness (or lack thereof) of Federal, state, and local government processes, especially with regard to resolving sustainable development issues
International Cooperation: Joint agreements, programs, policies, and laws between the United States and other countries to address sustainable development
Nuclear and Genetic Safety: The integrity of government infrastructure to prevent nuclear accidents
Public Policy: Adequate infrastructure to define public policy with respect to sustainable development
Social Security: Depletion of government sponsored retirement benefits
Sustainable Development Education: Adequate education of the concepts involved in sustainable development
Sustainable Development Programs: The existence (or lack thereof) of local, state, and federal programs to promote sustainable development
Sustainable Development Spending: Adequate expenditures on research and development related to sustainable development
Disease Eradication: The complete elimination of specific diseases, the unequal exposure to specific diseases by socioeconomic status
Health Care Equity: Fair and impartial access to physical and physiological health care regardless of economic or social status
Health Care Infrastructure: Systematic provision of a society for the optimal well-being of its members
Malnutrition: Poor nourishment resulting from an insufficient or poorly balanced diet
Population Health: The physical or physiological health of individual members of society
Drug Abuse: Unlawful, medically unsupervised, or excessive ingestion of medications or other chemicals. This includes Alcohol.
Recreation: Adequate refreshment of the mind or body after work through an amusing or stimulating activity; restoration of strength, spirits, or vitality
Illegal Immigration: Unlawful entry into and settling in the United States
Population Shifts: Changes in patterns of migration, growth, distribution, and dispersal of people within the United States
Refugee Population: People displaced by social strife, war, oppression, or prosecution
Teen Pregnancy: Pregnancy, having a fetus in the uterus, in females aged thirteen to nineteen years
Unwanted Pregnancies: Carrying fetuses in the uterus that are unplanned or undesirable
Alienation: A state of estrangement between a person and the objective world
Arms Reduction: The reduction or elimination of certain classes of weapons of war, specifically nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
Crime: An increase in the acts committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction; a serious moral offense; an unjust, senseless act
Family Domestic Violence: The physical or mental abuse of individuals, especially women and children, by another family member
Family Functioning: The reliability and dependability of human groups related by blood or marriage; unwanted changes in the traditional family structure (as defined by the local community)
Happiness: The experience (or lack thereof) of enjoyment or pleasure
Hopefulness: The wish for something with and expectation (or lack thereof) of its fulfillment
Humility: The dominance of the anthropomorphic or human centered point of view
Motivation: The incentive or willingness (or lack thereof) for action
Participation: The ability or willingness (or lack thereof) of people within a community to work or act together towards a common goal or mutual benefit; cooperation; community capacity, community building, volunteerism, "village"
Safety and security: Freedom from fear of victimization by crime, war, terrorism, or civil disturbance
Suicide: The purposeful taking of one's own life
Terrorism: Systematic use of violence, overwhelming fear or intimidation to achieve an end
Tolerance: Recognition of and respect for (or lack thereof) the opinions, practices, or behavior of others; willingness to accept and adapt to new ideas, beliefs, and practices; resistance to external stimuli or stress
Transformation and Adaptability: The ability or inability of an individual or society as a whole to change beliefs, behavior, and attitudes
Trust: Total confidence (or lack thereof) in the integrity, ability, and good character of another individual or organization
War: A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties