The parliament of Colombia honored Mathis Wackernagel with the “Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar” (Colombian House of Representatives, October 2, 2024) and the Gran Cruz con Placa de Oro” (Colombian Congress, October 16, 2024).
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The Nobel Sustainability Trust just announced the winners of this year’s Sustainability Awards. One of the three awards will be given to Global Footprint Network co-founder Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, recognizing his leadership in implementing sustainability measures. As co-originator of the...
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By Abigail Robinson and Mathis Wackernagel First published on Medium Climate change is not the problem. The future has never been more predictable. This is not a statement that national security experts often make, but in this case it’s...
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par Mathis Wackernagel, fondateur et President, Global Footprint Network Mathis Wackernagel Les Français ont désormais l’habitude. Chaque année à une date précise, les habitants de la planète sont informés qu’ils ont dépassé le budget écologique pour l’année. C’est le Jour...
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We look back at 2019 with gratitude for what was accomplished and greet 2020 with a heightened urge to amplify the impact through the new decade. Here are some highlights from our work this past year: The 14th Earth Overshoot...
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by Mathis Wackernagel, President and founder of Global Footprint Network This article was originally published by GreenBiz on November 7, 2019. The United States is pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. This sets a destructive example. It is especially...
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Mathis Wackernagel, founder and president of Global Footprint Network Why did you write “Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget” now? Bill Rees and I wrote our first Ecological Footprint book in 1995 at a time when our resource-use estimates were...
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Earth Overshoot Day is not just one special day of the year. It is an effort to celebrate biocapacity — our planet’s biological power to regenerate life. This primary productivity of nature is the source for all life, including human...
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By Armando Alves Portugal’s Cities Footprint project, now in its second year, launched the first city Footprint Calculator in Guimarães today. Residents can use it to assess their household’s use of natural resources and compare it with the city average....
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