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Tackling Ecological Overshoot: The food system’s 10 “impossible imperatives”
Global Footprint Network and its partners characterize the food dilemma through a set of ten tough challenges we call the “impossible imperatives.” The imperative to use no more fossil fuels. The food system, and particularly farms, will have to produce all... Read More
The future of food: 10 “impossible imperatives”
by Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., co-founder, and Marta Antonelli, Ph.D., Food Systems Project Lead, Global Footprint Network We are excited to initiate a multi-year collaboration exploring how to make the food system one-planet compatible. Our partners are Wageningen University and the Research Institute of... Read More
Ecobytes: Going nuts about cashews
This blog post is part of the Ecobytes series, where we explore interesting topics from Ecological Footprint and biocapacity data conducted and authored by our wonderful interns. This week, Samaya Rubio dives into data on cashews. Samaya is a blended... Read More
Ecobytes: What difference do electric vehicles truly make?
This blog post is part of the Ecobytes series, where we explore interesting topics from Ecological Footprint and biocapacity data conducted and authored by our wonderful interns. This week, Meghan Pletsch dives into data on electric vehicles. Meghan is a... Read More
Partnership with Intrepid Travel brings DestiMED ecotourism experiences to wider markets
Arising from the DestiMED project, ecotourism experiences will now be available to a wider global market thanks to an exclusive new partnership with Intrepid Travel, a global travel brand certified as a B corporation. The MEET Network´s multi-day experiences aim... Read More
Ecobytes: Beef and Brazil’s declining biocapacity
This blog post is part of the Ecobytes series, where we explore interesting topics from Ecological Footprint and biocapacity data conducted and authored by our wonderful interns. This week, Camille Kawawa-Beaudan dives into data on Brazilian beef. Camille, a recent... Read More
Ecobytes: What can data tell us about the world’s natural resource producers and consumers?
By David Lin, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Global Footprint Network This is part of the Ecobytes series where we explore interesting topics from Ecological Footprint and biocapacity data. Future installments will cover a wide range of topics. This first blog,... Read More
Forget about Climate Commitments…
By Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network In the third installment of our ongoing series “Three Decades & Counting: Insights from successes and failures in 30+ years of communicating about sustainability,” Mathis Wackernagel discusses the importance of making human wellbeing and... Read More