Bloomington Environmental Quality Indicators
Welcome!
The Bloomington Environmental Quality Indicators website is a project of the Bloomington Environmental Commission. The goal of the site is to inform the public about trends in environmental quality indicators in and around Bloomington. We hope that citizens, teachers, students, parents, businesspeople, and policymakers will find the information presented here to be useful in promoting awareness of important environmental issues and guiding positive actions to improve Bloomington's environmental quality. For an overview, download the Executive Summary (PDF 167.90 KB).
Water entering Griffy Creek from the Griffy Lake Dam
The site is organized into six categories: Transportation, Energy, Waste, Air Quality, Water Quality, and Green Infrastructure. Each category has one or more indicators that relate to the quality of our Bloomington environment. Also, each section contains background information about why these indicators are important from an environmental standpoint and the myriad ways in which environmental, social and economic issues intertwine in our daily lives and at every scale of society.
In addition to providing information about the Bloomington environment, we offer ideas and tips for learning how you can reduce your impact on the environment, often while realizing simultaneous social and economic benefits. These resources can be found by following the links in the sidebar of each page and throughout the text. The links lead to other informative sites and documents where you can gain a better understanding of the interdependent environmental, social, and economic issues we face as a society.
We hope you enjoy the site's offerings and learn about our Bloomington environment. Please check back periodically as we will be updating the site throughout the year, and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments.