Sustainable development has been in an experimental, invent it as we go state for about two decades.  The good news is that the model has been experimented with.  The less good news is that the progress of those experiments is outpaced by less sustainable development.  Nonetheless, half glass full, it is heartening to see a bit of progress in a developed economy, especially in tough economic times.  Measurement: what a concept!

Measures of ‘capital’ will show how much natural resource – such as fish – is left, rather than just how much is being used. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/PA

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The state of England’s natural world and the sustainability of its society and the economy is due be published on Tuesday, tracking everything from bees, butterflies and birds to long-term unemployment, social mobility in adulthood, and knowledge and skills.