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VIDEO: Mathis Wackernagel at the 2018 Saint Louis Climate Summit
Mathis Wackernagel, Founder and CEO of Global Footprint Network, was a featured speaker of the Saint Louis Climate Summit in April 2018. Read More
Three Visualizations of Footprint Trends, 1961-2014
We used the Google data platform to create visualizations of three trends from our new National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts 2018 Edition, which launched Monday, April 9, in Europe and will launch Monday, April 16, in the United States. In... Read More
Has humanity’s Ecological Footprint reached its peak?
Humanity’s total Ecological Footprint—a measure of global demand for natural resources—remained virtually constant in 2014 compared to 2013, according to new data released by Global Footprint Network today at an event at Oxford University. In another positive sign, the global... Read More
5 Things you didn't know about Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! With Ireland on our minds, we wanted to share a few Footprint facts about the Emerald Isle. We would need 2.8 planets if everyone in the world used natural resources at the same rate as Ireland.... Read More
Save the date:
Webinars on new Footprint data and city Footprinting
We’re proud to announce the launch of the National Footprint Accounts 2018 Edition on our Footprint Explorer open data platform on Wednesday, March 28! We would like to invite you to two webinars to learn about our latest Footprint data and...
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Footprint Calculator is an eye opener - Project Green Challenge Winner
This is a guest post from our partners at Turning Green, a global student-led movement devoted to cultivating a healthy, just and thriving planet through education and advocacy around environmentally sustainable and socially responsible choices. Our Footprint Calculator is Day... Read More
Q&A with Xavier Houot: Schneider Electric’s business model aims to #movethedate
Schneider Electric initiated a broad partnership with Global Footprint Network on metrics, innovation and stakeholder engagement. It also includes sponsoring the new Footprint Calculator. We partnered because Schneider Electric’s business model is closely aligned with getting humanity out of ecological... Read More
Olympics Data Story: North & South Korea
As the PyeongChang Olympics come to a close, we thought it would be interesting to explore the Ecological Footprints and biocapacities of North and South Korea. Watch the latest installment of our Data Stories series. And please subscribe to our YouTube... Read More