State Sustainability Report

Living With the Future in Mind

Goals and Indicators for New Jersey's Quality of Life (3rd Edition)

Welcome to the digital edition of Living With the Future in Mind: Goals and Indicators for New Jersey’s Quality of Life, published by the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute (NJSSI).

This report is the core public resource for tracking New Jersey’s progress toward sustainability. It outlines eleven overarching goals and forty-one indicators across economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

Table of Contents

Report Chapters

01

Foreword

Institutional background, project stewardship, and the mandate behind this edition of the report.

02

Introduction: Sustainability & Indicators

The conceptual framework for sustainability, indicator selection, and the report's analytical overview.

03

Living Indicator Library

A browsable reference collection of forty-one sustainability indicators spanning economic, social, and environmental conditions.