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State of the Earth 2010
There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. Together, we consume 1.4 Earths' worth of resources per year.
National Geographic, New York, September 01, 2009
Letting a thousand flowers wither
SEEKING to alleviate poverty, reduce world hunger and protect biodiversity sounds, to your correspondent’s ears, like something a Miss World hopeful might have pledged in the 1980s. In fact, it was what a professor of soil quality at a lesser-known university in the Netherlands promised to a scientific conference that concluded on October 16th.
The Economist, London, October 20, 2009
La Huella de Goldfinger

Caretas, Lima, Peru, July 09, 2009
A demanda e a oferta do capital natural renovável

Desafios, Brasília, Brazil, April 30, 2009
Recursos de um planeta finito

Desafios, Brasília, Brazil, April 30, 2009
G.D.P. R.I.P.
G.D.P. is one measure of national income, of how much wealth Americans make, and it’s a deeply foolish indicator of how the economy is doing. It ought to join buggy whips and VCRs on the dust-heap of history.
New York Times, New York, August 09, 2009
Ecological creditors and debtors
Article by Mathis Wackernagel in United Nations Environmental Programme policy magazine discusses a new context for recognizing natural capital as a core national asset.
UNEP Environment and Poverty Times, , August 01, 2009
A Timely Reminder of the Real Limits to Growth
It has been more than 30 years since a groundbreaking book predicted that if growth continued unchecked, the Earth’s ecological systems would be overwhelmed within a century. The latest study from an international team of scientists should serve as an eleventh-hour warning that cannot be ignored. By Bill McKibben
Yale Environment 360, New Haven, Conn., October 01, 2009
The Other Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis in Global Land Use
As the international community focuses on climate change as the great challenge of our era, it is ignoring another looming problem — the global crisis in land use.
Yale Environment 360, New Haven, Conn., October 05, 2009
Securing human development in a resource-constrained world
The newsletter of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) invited Mathis Wackernagel Ph.D., co-founder of the Ecological Footprint and President of the Global Footprint Network, to share his views on what we should be thinking about as we prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, 7-18 December 2009.
OECD DACnews, , October 01, 2009
Boiling the Frog
Is America on its way to becoming a boiled frog? The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time. And right now, both the economic and the environmental frogs are sitting still while the water gets hotter.
The New York Times, New York, July 12, 2009
Happy Costa Ricans top global list for the good life
Costa Rica, the country of fewer than 5m people sandwiched between Panama and Nicaragua, tops a new global ranking for combining a happy and long life with limited environmental degradation.
Financial Times, London, July 04, 2009
The Happy Planet Index
We’ve written before about alternative measures to gross domestic product. These are generally attempts to take into account how happy, healthy and environmentally friendly a nation is, not just how much it produces in goods and services.
New York Times, USA, July 06, 2009
Uganda likely to lose all forest cover in 50 yrs
Uganda will lose its entire forest cover in the next 50 years if the government does not embark on immediate efforts to halt rapid deforestation. Forests and tree planting can help mitigate the effects of global warming by increasing carbon storage and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Reuters, Nairobi, July 09, 2009
Calculate your eco-footprint
Ahmedabad: On the occasion of World Environment Day, Gujarat Science City (GSC) organised a special game for visitors called 'Calculate your ecological footprint', in order to gauge their knowledge in the area of environmental awareness.
Daily News and Anlysis, India, June 06, 2009
Defining "Total Environmental Impact"
To live sustainably we first have to understand the many different impacts of our consumption – from energy use and CO2, to air and water pollution — and how these impacts affect the planet as whole. Being a modern day homo sapiens is complicated, but fortunately, there are several helpful scientific models that give us a way to measure our environmental impacts directly.
Greendig.net, , June 03, 2009
How Carbon Markets Can Make Both Economic and Ecological Sense
Preserving forests might make economic sense for governments and forest dwellers, and it could also help preserve the habitats of endangered mammals such as orangutans and elephants, according to a study released this week.
Dot Earth (New York Times), , June 05, 2009
Solar power plants planned for Sahara
Today, around a dozen companies launched the Desertec Industrial Initiative. It’s backers claim that within a decade, the initiative could provide Europeans with electricity generated by renewable energy projects in the Sahara. The project will cost €400bn and may one day provide 15 per cent of Europe’s electricity needs.
The Financial Times Limited, Berlin, July 12, 2009
Leben auf zu grossem Fuss

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (New Zuricher Newspaper), Zurich, Switzerland, February 03, 2008
Es droht der ökologische Bankrott

Beobachter Kompakt, , March 01, 2008
Wir bauen ökologische Schulden auf

Der Bund, , December 01, 2007
Let's get real about alternative energy
We need to introduce simple arithmetic into our discussions of energy.
CNN, U.S.A., May 13, 2009
Pick hairstyle, save the world
CNN"s Josh Levs shows how to calculate your impact on the environment using an "avatar."
CNN, U.S.A. , April 25, 2009
Earth Day and the Elephant in the Room
Well, another Earth Day has come and gone. And amid all the articles and blogs, symposia and TV specials about all the things we can do to save the planet, once again it was hard to find any substantive discussion of the single biggest threat to the environment. Namely, the staggering rise in global population.
The Huffington Post, U.S., April 24, 2009
Canada among world's largest consumers
Candles? Check. Flashlight? Check. All set to celebrate Earth Hour? Great. While you're sitting in the dark, let's shine a light on how much of the planet's resources you've been using up.
The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, March 28, 2009
The Inflection Is Near?
What if the crisis of 2008 represents something much more fundamental than a deep recession? What if it’s telling us that the whole growth model we created over the last 50 years is simply unsustainable economically and ecologically and that 2008 was when we hit the wall — when Mother Nature and the market both said: “No more.”
New York Times, New York, March 07, 2009
Ecological Footprints

, , February 28, 2009
Planet Overload
Ecological footprinting measures national and global biological productive capacity (the stuff we live off) against human demand (the “footprint”). The resulting data takes both population and consumption into account and provides what many regard as the best guide yet to measuring sustainability.
New Statesman, London, UK, March 05, 2009
Yet Another 'Footprint' to Worry About: Water
It takes roughly 20 gallons of water to make a pint of beer, as much as 132 gallons of water to make a 2-liter bottle of soda, and about 500 gallons, including water used to grow, dye and process the cotton, to make a pair of Levi's stonewashed jeans. Taking a cue from carbon tracking, companies and conservationists tally hidden sources of consumption...
Wall Street Journal, New York, February 17, 2009
After the Crash: How to be Happy Anyway
Ecological footprint analysis shows it would take more than six Earths to give everyone in the world the level of consumption Americans "enjoy." Of course, we have only one planet, and this one is overheating…
Huffington Post, New York, NY, February 25, 2009
It Is Time to Order a New Economic Order
The evidence is everywhere that continued dedication to 'economic growth,' per se, will destroy the Earth's ability to provide a healthy home for most life forms.
Huffington Post, New York, February 10, 2009
Assessing Northern Australia’s ecological footprint
“The ecological footprint brings home locally responsibility for global impact in a way that is less easily contested than greenhouse gas production,” he said. “In a resource-based economy much of the energy use is undertaken for consumers elsewhere."
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, February 19, 2009
Population: The elephant in the room
Most natural scientists agree our growing numbers and our unchecked impact on the natural environment move us inexorably toward global calamities of unthinkable severity…Just look at the data from the Global Footprint Network group. They estimate that we'll remain in overshoot unless we also address population.
BBC News, London, February 02, 2009
Population growth: the forgotten worry, though crisis continues
The Global Footprint Network, which calculates the effect humans have on the environment and translates it to acres of land and water, estimates it would take more than two Earths to support human needs for food, raw materials and energy by 2050 if the U.N. projections are right...
The Oregonian, Portland, OR, February 06, 2009
Hong Kong: small island, big resource demands
At 4.4 global hectares per person, Hong Kong residents have an Ecological Footprint twice that typical for China as a whole. Hong Kong also has one of the greatest ecological deficits in the world, according to Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report: Living Beyond Our Means. The report details Hong Kong’s resource use and its role in the overall ecological picture of China – a country that now ties with the US as the largest user of the world’s biocapacity.
People & the Planet, London, January 12, 2009
Leave only footprints
The UAE retains its position as the nation with the largest ecological footprint per capita in the WWF's biennial Living Planet Report, released towards the end of 2008. UAE environment and water minister HE Dr Rashid Ahmad bin Fahad tells us what needs to be done.
Arabian Business, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 03, 2009
Don't fix the economy - change it
The financial crisis has brought into sharp focus the need to fundamentally change, not merely repair or rebuild, our economy. Because, quite simply, sticking with an economic model that is driving toward ecological catastrophe will kill us.
Toronto Star, Toronto, December 26, 2008
Renewable Richmond
Do you know your carbon footprint? The author does, and he's not too happy about it. Sustainability means that we are meeting our present needs without jeopardizing the potential of future generations to meet their needs. For the rest of 2008, we will be in the ecological equivalent of deficit spending, drawing down our resource stocks, in essence, borrowing from the future.
The Richmond, Richmond, VA, December 16, 2008
How you can really clean up
We think of hi-tech industries as being eco-friendly. But some are a great deal friendlier than others. It’s all a question of being aware of your ecological footprint...
The Independent, London, December 08, 2008
New Report details environmental degradation across Victoria, AUS
Victoria is getting hotter and drier, is emitting more greenhouse gases and is rapidly losing its native species, a damning report reveals. And the state's ecological footprint - which measures human demand on the world's resources - is three times higher than the global average.
Herald Sun, Victoria, AUS, December 04, 2008
Call for environment bailout
"Unlike the global financial crisis, no bailout can help if we run out of environmental resources simply because we cannot create another planet," said Dr Mathis Wackernagel, executive director of the Global Footprint Initiative, in an interview with Gulf News.
Gulf News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 29, 2008
Too much for the Earth to bear
The global financial crisis that has sent economies teetering from recession toward slump is preoccupying politicians and families worldwide, who see their livelihoods being snatched away by the consequences of the inventive greed of financial whiz kids. But a worse crisis lies waiting — involving the very future health and life of Earth. How long before human beings go the way of the dinosaurs?
The Japan Times, Japan, November 26, 2008
Using only our fair share of planet
The Welsh Assembly Government’s new sustainable development consultation document, "One Wales: One Planet", has set the necessary but ambitious goal of “using only our fair share of the Earth’s resources”. The title of the document is taken from the Ecological Footprint research; this measures Welsh resource consumption as requiring the equivalent of 2.7 planets. If Wales is to live within the environmental capacity of the planet, it will need to reduce its resource consumption by around two-thirds from present levels.
WalesOnline, Cardiff, Wales, November 25, 2008
Want to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint? Think Food.
As I adjusted, I thought there was at least one upside. My new lifestyle would be more benign for the planet. Surely, by not driving and by living in a much smaller space, I had significantly reduced my ecological footprint, a measurement of how much of the earth's resources each of the world's 6.6 billion people are using.
Washington Post, Washington D.C., November 29, 2008
Making Our Mark- Ecological Footprints
Ecological footprints are being used to measure our impact on Earth and the results aren't good. We humans have been changing the face of our planet for thousands of years, clearing forests, damming rivers, draining swamps, ploughing the paddocks, building cities and freeways, creating the world we know.
Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, December 08, 2008
Why sustainability is still going strong
In the wake of the deepening economic crisis, many commentators are warning of the demise of corporate sustainability, the practice of balancing profit with the social and environmental impact of doing business. Companies obsessed with their own short-term survival, they suggest, cannot possibly support long-term, “feel-good” initiatives to protect the environment or invest in community development...
The Financial Times, London, February 12, 2009
We are heading towards ecological credit crunch
The world is heading for an ecological credit crunch, as human demands on the world’s natural resources reach nearly a third more than Earth can sustain...
Merinews, New Delhi, India, January 30, 2009
Earth 'On Course for Eco-Crunch'
The planet is headed for an ecological "credit crunch", according to a report issued by conservation groups. The document contends that our demands on natural resources overreach what the Earth can sustain by almost a third. The Living Planet Report is the work of WWF, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network.
BBC News, London, October 29, 2008
World Threatened by Ecological 'Credit Crunch': WWF
Reckless borrowing against Earth's exhausted bounty is driving the planet toward an ecological "credit crunch", the World Wildlife Fund warned on Wednesday. Growing demands on natural capital -- such as forests, water, soil, air and biodiversity -- already outstrip the world's capacity to renew these resources by a third, according to the WWF's Living Planet Report.
AFP, Paris, October 28, 2008
An Ecological Deficit
Worldwide human activity so far this year has exhausted the resources the planet can renew, absorb or cleanse in a year, according to the California-based Global Footprint Network. The group said the mark was overshot by the second half of September through activities such as timber harvesting, fishing and carbon emission.
Washington Post, Washington, D.C., October 02, 2008
Just like Wall St., the Earth is overdrawn (two weeks ahead of '07)
Just like AIG and a collection of Wall Street luminaries, we, as planetary citizens, are 140% overdrawn today. This means that if we measured all the resources that Mother Earth starts to produce on January 1st— such as oxygen, food, medicine, drinking water, forests, mineral ores, energy resources and acceptable climate,— well before Halloween is upon us, we are overdrawn, using more resources than have been generated.
Marketplace from American Public Media, USA, September 23, 2008
China using up natural resources fast: report
China is drawing on natural resources such as farm land, timber and water twice as fast as they can be renewed in its drive for development, a report from Chinese and international environmentalists said.
ABC News, USA, June 10, 2008
Africa fast running down resources
Many African countries are rapidly running down their natural resources as growing populations push the continent towards its ecological limits, the conservation organization WWF said on Monday.
Reuters, Geneva, June 09, 2008
In California, Building a Town With a Gentle Footprint
An ecological footprint is a way of quantifying human impact on the earth. The originator of the concept, environmentalist Mathis Wackernagel, sees it as a way to help average people wrap their brains around an overwhelming amount of data.
Washington Post, Washington, D.C., May 03, 2008
IS LOCAL ALWAYS BETTER?
From start to finish — from planting seeds to disposing scraps — the food sector accounts for roughly 25 percent of an American’s ecological footprint, according to Susan Burns, a managing director at the Global Footprint Network in Oakland, Calif.
New York Times, New York, April 20, 2008
On Language: Footprint
“The word footprint has taken on meaning,” writes Michel Berger of Oakland, Calif., responding to a recent query in this space, “beyond that of simple circumstantial evidence that someone has walked by...
New York Times, New York, February 17, 2008
How to Save the Planet? It's the Economy, Stupid
The ecological budget – on which all life, and consequently the human economy, depends – is already in dramatic deficit, and balancing it should be a high priority for nations around the world, even as the financial meltdown seizes headlines.
The National, UAE, December 16, 2008
World Watching for UAE Progress on Green Initiatives
The world is watching how effective the United Arab Emirates will be in overcoming the challenge of having one of the worst ecological footprints, construction industry executives were told today (Monday 24 November 2008).
Zawya, Dubai, November 24, 2008
Calling All Teachers
When it came to dreaming up an environmental project last year, Grade 4 teacher Megan Liddell didn't want to start yet another litterless lunch program.
Calgary Herald, Calgary, November 21, 2008
Humans Make Black Mark With Ecological Footprint
Look at what we get from the natural systems around the world – supplying food, keeping the growing world working, reducing the effect of weather on our lives and even helping to keep us happy.
Southern Reporter, Scotland, November 20, 2008
Wales Pledge to Use Only Fair Share of Resources
Wales today pledged to become a "one planet nation" and use only its fair share of the world's resources.
News Wales, Wales, November 19, 2008
Green Challenge Tougher Than Economic Crisis
Environmentalists can draw lessons from the global financial crisis to deal with the looming ecological credit crunch, says Chief Emeka Anyoaku, the president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International.
The Sunday Independent, South Africa, November 16, 2008
Got A Spare Earth Anywhere?
If the world continues to pillage and plunder Earth's natural resources at the rate we are now, by 2030 we will need two planets to support us. If everyone on Earth consumed the equivalent resources of Canadians, it would take three Earths to meet the demand.
Toronto Sun, Toronto, November 15, 2008
Country Scores Poorly in Global Eco Report
Based on energy consumption levels, the Czech Republic leaves behind the biggest “ecological footprint” in Central Europe, according to a new report.
The Prague Post, Prague, November 12, 2008
Southern Cities 'Are More Green'
The Forum For The Future think-tank has rated British cities by air quality, green spaces and quality of life in order to judge the 20 most sustainable ones.
The Telegraph, London, November 10, 2008
Saving the Planet Through Regulations
The WWF's Living Planet Report 2008 saw the UAE retain its top spot in the ecological footprint per capita table. Developers are certainly willing to talk of going green, but will the financial crisis see them less able?
Arabian Business, UAE, November 08, 2008
Czechs Rank Among World's Biggest Polluters
A study published by the World Wildlife Fund ranks the Czech Republic 14th on a list of states whose consumption levels outstrip environmental renewal.
Radio Praha, Prague, November 03, 2008
WWF Study: Chile Has Small "Ecological Footprint"
Chile is among the top five Latin American countries to have a favorable balance between the natural resources it consumes and the ones it produces, according to the 2008 Living Planet Report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The Santiago Times, Santiago, November 04, 2008
Global Footprint Network Reports: Africa, India, China
Earlier this year, NNC attended a Global Footprint Network event at Swissnex to celebrate the completion of their recent Global Footprint Africa report. Since then, they have completed a global footprint report on China and, collaborating with the Confederation of Indian Industry, released a business perspective report on India’s Ecological Footprint.
Next Now Collaboratory, California, November 01, 2008
Two Planets For Greed
As early as 1726, satirist Jonathan Swift had pointed to the pressure of meeting human demands on the environment in what is arguably his best work, Gulliver’s Travels. Nearly three centuries later, the problem has intensified.
Mint, New Delhi, October 31, 2008
Global Trade Contributes to Natural Resource Overdraft, Pollution
Two new reports by environmental groups highlight the burden human consumption is putting on global natural resources and the pollution legacy left behind. Both reports stress that industrialised countries with high consumption levels directly draw on resources and pollute the environment in developing countries through their imports.
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva, October 31, 2008
Wales Warned Over "Ecological Credit Crunch"
Welsh citizens have an ecological footprint three and a half times greater than their African counterparts, according to a new report.
WalesOnline, Wales, October 30, 2008
Clarion Call: Focus on Ecological Footprint
Each person in the UAE requires an average of 9.5 global hectares (gha) to sustain current rates of consumption and carbon emissions, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Nature’s 2008 Living Planet Report said.
XPress, Dubai, October 30, 2008
Second Planet Needed By 2030, Says WWF
While at first glance SA does not look like a major culprit, with an “ecological footprint” per citizen below the global average, that is largely because the country’s poor consume so little, said WWF SA CEO Morné du Plessis.
Business Day, Cape Town, October 30, 2008
Global Footprint Co-Publishes Living Planet Report 2008
Skoll social entreprenuer Global Footprint Network has just co-published, along with the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London, the Living Planet Report 2008 (PDF).
Skoll Foundation, California, October 29, 2008
Conservationists Warn of Ecological Credit Crunch
The report is simple and stark. Our demands on natural resources overreach what the Earth can sustain by almost a third.
Voice of America, London, October 29, 2008
Another World
It’s just as well that India has sent something to the moon, and that Mars is being scrutinized for water, for in little more than a couple of decades, human beings will need another earth, with all its resources, to sustain themselves.
The Telegraph, Calcutta, October 30, 2008
UAE Tops League of Wasteful Countries
A global report compiled with the help of the Government has ranked the UAE as the worst in the world for its per capita environmental footprint.
The National, UAE, October 30, 2008
Kiwis Sixth Among Worst Enviro-Guzzlers
If the rest of the world gobbled up resources at the same rate as Kiwis, the equivalent of three-and-a-half extra planets would be needed just to keep pace.
The Dominion Post, Fairfax, New Zealand, October 30, 2008
Humanity Has Moved to 'Ecological Deficit': WWF Report
Global demand for energy, water and other natural resources is pushing humanity towards an "ecological credit crunch" with Canadians among the biggest culprits, warns a new international report to be released Wednesday.
Canada.com, Ottawa, October 28, 2008
WWF Ranks Australia Fifth Worst for Environmental Performance
Despite growing awareness about the environment and a push towards greener living, Australians now use more water and land per person than most other countries in the world, the WWF Living Planet Report 2008 shows.
Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, October 29, 2008
Global Footprint Network Measures India's Sustainability
India has reached a stage where it now requires two Indias to meet the resource and waste absorption requirements of its citizens, according to new research from Global Footprint Network, a 2007 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
Skoll Foundation, California, October 17, 2008
Fast Growing India Faces Ecological Crunch
As the world grapples with the escalating effects of the financial crisis, ecologists are pointing to another mounting – and unsecured – debt: a growing gap in India between the amount of natural resources the country uses and how much it has.
People and the Planet, London, October 15, 2008
India Now Consumes Two Indias
India's consumption of natural resources is now almost double of what the country's land, air and water can provide, an overshoot equivalent to what has led to the current global economic meltdown, says a report released here on Monday.
India's Economic Times, Haryana, India, October 13, 2008
Crisis Leads To Ecological Crossroads
The current financial crisis presents an opportunity to re-examine the strain on natural resources, according to a Swiss expert. Environmental economist Mathis Wackernagel tells swissinfo that it is time to rethink the concept of continuous growth.
Swissinfo, Bern, Switzerland, October 13, 2008
98 Months, And Counting
Demand on nature's services is exceeding supply. Taking a typical calendar year, the date at which humanity goes into the environmental red has been creeping ever forward. Comparing like with like (the data sources and methodology are continually being improved), this year the world ran into ecological debt on September 23, five days earlier than last year.
The Guardian, London, October 01, 2008
Planet in Debt at Earliest Day Ever
The world slides into 'ecological debt' today, having used up all the natural resources the planet can provide this year, according to the New Economics Foundation.
The Metro U.K., London, September 23, 2008
September 23 is Earth Overshoot Day
On September 23, humanity will have used up all the resources nature will provide this year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, a research organization that measures how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what.
AME Info, Dubai, September 24, 2008
World Consumption Exceeds Resources After Today
On Sept. 23 -- two weeks earlier than last year -- the world will have consumed all the natural resources the Earth will provide for this 12-month calendar year.
The Daily Green, USA, September 22, 2008
The Business of Saving the Earth
Sometime in mid-September, our species will blast through “Earth Overshoot Day,” the date when we will have consumed all of the natural goods and services, from fish to trees, that our planet takes twelve months to produce. For the remainder of 2008, we will live off the dwindling stock of earlier years’ production.
The Walrus Magazine, Toronto, Canada, September 23, 2008
Overshooting the Earth
Most of us are familiar with Earth Day, the annual celebration on April 22, held to promote protection of the planet's environment. Much less well known is Earth Overshoot Day, a tradition started in 1986 to mark the moment each year when human consumption goes into global deficit.
Sonoma News, California, September 22, 2008
Finn's Ecological Footprint Third-Largest in the World
The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) said Tuesday that it backed Global Footprint Network figures dating back to 2006 according to which Finns´ average ecological footprint was the third-largest in the world and the largest in the EU.
STT Finland, Helsinki, September 23, 2008
'Earth Overshoot Day' to Mark Overuse of Resources
Green groups will stage "Earth Overshoot Day" on Tuesday to draw attention to estimates that people are gobbling up 40 percent more in resources than the planet can currently replenish.
AFP, Paris, September 22, 2008
Nature's Budget 'Has Run Out'
The world has slid into "ecological debt", having used up all the natural resources the planet can provide this year, according to the New Economics Foundation.
The Press Association, UK, September 22, 2008
Consumption Patterns Need to Change to Cope With Growing Cities
Urban areas are spreading, minimising the time and distances between and in-and-out of cities. The International Planning Congress in Dalian, China, addressed this ‘urban sprawl’ and sought ways to achieve sustainable urbanisation.
European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, September 20, 2008
Growing Footprints
Two recent reports from the Global Footprint Network provide striking evidence of the global overshoot in both population and consumption, which threatens to overwhelm our planet by eating up its natural capital while frying what is left of habitable land in excessive atmospheric heat.
People and the Planet, London, September 20, 2008
A Future of Less
Miller-McCune magazine exclusive: Here's how government can help curb America's seemingly endless appetite for "more."
Miller-McCune, Washington, D.C., August 15, 2008
Africa Faces Rising Ecological Deficit
In June, WWF International released Africa – ecological footprint and human well-being, a report commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and prepared by the Global Footprint Network.
Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C., August 01, 2008
Welsh Ecological Footprint Grows as We Prosper
Wales’ most deprived areas are using fewer natural resources than any other part of the UK, according to new research.
WalesOnline, Wales, May 28, 2008
UAE Research Team Attends International Workshop on Ecological Footprint
A UAE research team representing the Al Basama Al Beeiya (Ecological Footprint) Initiative has attended an international workshop on the Ecological Footprint at the Global Footprint Network office in Oakland, California.
UAE Interact, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 28, 2008

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