human wellbeing

People are an important part of Puget Sound. If we want to help restore and conserve Puget Sound’s ecosystem, we must do so while also caring for ourselves.  Our Human Wellbeing work aims to help everyone live a fulfilling life, including physically, emotionally, socially, and economically.

People are part of nature and the wellbeing of one depends on the wellbeing of the other.

What is Human Wellbeing?

Human Wellbeing is a good quality of life that is supported by a healthy and functional Puget Sound that is not threatened by the changes in our ecosystem.

Two of our six recovery goals in Washington State Statute (RCW 90.71.300) address human wellbeing:

  • A healthy human population that is supported by a healthy Puget Sound and is not threatened by changes in the ecosystem.
  • A quality of human life that is sustained by a functioning Puget Sound ecosystem.

You can read more about how we evaluate Human Wellbeing here.

Human Wellbeing and Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice is an important part of Human Wellbeing. It is applied across all six of our ecosystem recovery goals by applying our Environmental Justice Principles, especially those that help communities involved in recovery efforts. 

You can find more information about Environmental Justice within our Human Wellbeing work:

Human Wellbeing across our work

We focus on Human Wellbeing in three areas of our work. Select one of the work area examples below to learn more.

The Equity & Environmental Justice Program promotes accountability, builds relationships, advances education, and advises across these three work areas and the larger work of the Partnership.

Last updated: 12/6/24

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