Articles about the 7th Generation Initiative and the Canada Well-Being Measurement Act

and Genuine Progress Indexes in general.

Article published in the Atkinson Charitable Foundation's news letter "Reality Check" which reports on the development of Indicators, February 2001 - 839 words.

Letter to the Editor; Orillia Packet and Times February 14, 2001 - 254 words.

Article published in the Kingston Whig-Standard Thursday, February 23 , 2001 - 734 words.

Article published in the Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 473 words.

Article published in the Edmonton Journal Thursday, April 24, 2001 - 1317 words.

Article published in the London Free Press Thursday, May 3, 2001 - 726 words.

Article published in The Niagara Falls Review and The Belleville Intelligencer May 4, 2001 - 891 words.

Article in Canadian Business magazine on May 28, 2001 - 578 words.

100 Word Announcement

470 Word Announcement ; Decision Making as if Society and Environment Matter. A look at how the act might change the decision making process.

400 Words: A Popular View of Progress.

360 Words GDP is inadequate for measure of well-being. The "Canada Well-Being Measurement Act" would work better.

Campaign Summary
"Key points for introducing the Canada Well-Being Measurement Act"

Operating principles and key points of the Act and the campaign to have it passed. 671 words

To Measure is Human by Jamie Linton
Reproduced from the Ottawa Citizen as: The GDP is not God, May 5, 2000. 800 words.

How Are We Doing?
People, Communities and Ecosystems 1001 words

A Better System 466 words

A System Tune-Up for the Coming Era 702 words

From the News:

The Grit and the Greens; Quesnel Cariboo Observer. 920 words

Kingston Whig-Standard, February 21, 2001. 708 words
MP looks for better method to measure Canada's success

Measuring Well-Being in Canada;
Natural Disasters, crime, illness "good" for the economy. 1500 words From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative's Monitor