C CAIT ▶ Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Calgary, Sustainable Noel Keough Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada Definition Sustainable Calgary (SC) is a citizens’ organi- zation founded in 1996. Between 1996 and 1999, over 2,000 Calgarians selected 36 social, ecological, and economic indicators of the well-being, quality of life, and sustainability of Calgary. To date, SC has produced four State of Our City reports (1998, 2001, 2004, 2011). Description Sustainable Calgary (SC) is a citizens’ organi- zation founded in 1996. Between 1996 and 1999, over 2,000 Calgarians selected 36 social, ecological, and economic indicators of the well-being, quality of life, and sustainability of Calgary. To date, SC has produced four State of Our City reports (1998, 2001, 2004, 2011) (Keough, 2011). SC is guided by five principles. A sustainable community maintains or enhances its ecological integrity; promotes social equity; provides the opportunity for meaningful work and liveli- hood for all citizens; encourages democratic par- ticipation of all citizens; and acts responsibly in its relations with all other communities wherever they may be (Keough, 2005). A key element of SC’s public process has been the invitation for people to participate as citizens. John Ralston Saul has written extensively on the importance of acting as citizens in what he describes as a very corporate world, where individual action, corporate allegiance, or iden- tity group is the norm (Ralston Saul, 1999). Important findings to emerge from an analysis of the indicators are the unsustainable rates of resource consumption demanded by the growth economy, the built form of the city, and current lifestyles; the growing economic and social marginalization faced by vulnerable groups; and the realization that solutions to these twin dilemmas are synergistic (Keough, 2011). What has made SCs work effective is a determination to involve as many people as possible through participatory methodolo- gies including participatory action research, participatory appraisal, and popular education and popular theater techniques (Arnold, Burke, & James, 1991). In 2004, a Sustainable Calgary Indicators Project (SCIP) outcomes research initiative was undertaken. In-depth interviews were conducted with 36 of the approximately 1,000 people A.C. Michalos (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5, # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014