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The Ecological Footprint is the only metric that compares the resource demand of individuals, governments, and businesses against what Earth can renew.

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Events in Portugal publicize
first city Footprinting projects
in the country

On October 26, Global Footprint Network founder and president Mathis Wackernagel and director of the Mediterranean program Alessandro Galli were in Almada, Portugal, as the city publicly released the findings of its first-ever Ecological Footprint report. The public event kicked off the six-day road tour of the Ecological Footprint of the Portuguese Municipalities Project with... View Full Blog

Country Overshoot Days

A country’s overshoot day is the date that Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country.

Country Overshoot Days are calculated with Global Footprint Network’s National Footprint Accounts. More ›
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Since we were founded in 2003, we’ve been striving to bring Ecological Footprint data to the world. We believe that policy making for sustainable development is blind without knowing how much nature we have and how much we use. But governments and institutions move slowly, we’ve learned. To strengthen Ecological Footprint accounting, and broaden its reach, we recently launched an academic network in partnership with York University in Canada. Once the academic network is up and running, Global Footprint Network can double down on outreach and movement-building for one-planet thriving. The task is enormous and more pressing than ever. And we largely depend on you, our visitor, to help us. So please consider contributing to our work for as little as $5 (or more!) Fifty dollars allows us to keep engaging with 1,000 people, like yourself, or compile a newsletter story. Thank you!  

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