The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Georgia Center of Innovation for Energy Technology have teamed up with DemocracyLab Volunteers to provide collaborative tools for visualizing environmental and economic impacts in local communities, states and countries using 24 indicators - including job growth, value-added, air quality, energy use, water use, land use, biodiversity, local conservation projects and sustainable development goals.
Supply Chain Inflow-Outflow
State Commodity and Job Totals
Innovative Input-Output Reporting for US and International Trade. Trade Flow impacts using Pymrio and MARIO Input-Output Analysis
Our collaborative tools visualize [economic inflow-outflow](/localsite/info/) using 24 indicators, including job growth, value-added, air quality, energy use, water use, land use and biodiversity using economy-wide input-output models of industries, households and local environments.Samples of reporting tools you can add to your website:
- Georgia Farmers Markets
- Georgia Recycling Directories
- Georgia Supply Chain Inflow-Outflow
- Georgia County Selection
- Georgia Industry Annual Payrolls
- Georgia Land Use Inflow-Outflow
Customize for your state:
- Wyoming Supply Chain Inflow-Outflow
- Robertson County Texas Land Use
- Colorado Industry Impact Comparison
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Create an economic development page for weighing outcomes during community decision-making that includes environmental aspects, quality job creation, land and water use, health impacts and value-added contributions to the state and county tax base.
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Look in depth at your state and community's total footprint while evaluating prospective industries and the potential jobs they could directly and indirectly create, while looking at their potential environmental performance.
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Determine how technological improvements in your community's industries, utilities, or consumption patterns could transform local outcomes in favor of cleaner air, water, land conservation and biodiversity.
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Teaching Tools and Student Research Framework - Use and create applications to learn about the connections between industries, households, and the environment in local communities.
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The Innovation Economy - Economist Mariana Mazzucato talks about Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.
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Community Carbon Cycling - How manufacturers and municipalities are reusing material to capture carbon and generate clean energy.
Our lifecycle tools explore topics of biodiversity, energy innovation, farm fresh produce, waste-to-energy, bioproducts and local product footprints. Community participants include collaborations across organizations, including:
- local government
- educational institutions
- development authorities
- regional commissions
- religious organizations
- local industry groups
- local non-profits
The Location Apps Repo contains starters for local topics including: