COLE BAY―A lack of local food production, unrestricted and uninspected development, insufficient use of renewable energy, solid waste issues, no terrestrial conservation areas, and ineffective public transport have resulted in St. Maarten running at an ecological deficit,”says environmental agency St....
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A mediados de año pasado la prestigiosa organización no gubernamental Global Footprint Network reveló un curioso indicador: el 2 de agosto de 2017 la humanidad ya habría consumido la totalidad de recursos que el planeta podía renovar en un año....
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Our ecological footprint exceeds the Earth’s capacity to regenerate. A number of useful indicators and frameworks have been developed to measure the ecological impact that humanity and its dominant economic system with its patterns of production, consumption and waste-disposal are...
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Every year for the past few years, the ecomotive team at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands has built an electric concept city car of the future. This year’s project is called Noah, and is being billed as...
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To bring the natural system into balance, a new economy that is sustainable and respects the limits of natural resources and the functions of ecosystems is fundamental. This requires a shift in how we value, use and dispose of resources,...
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Todos hemos contemplado alguna vez cómo aparatos que deberían tener todavía un buen funcionamiento se estropean sin motivo aparente. No los hemos maltratado ni dado un mal uso. Tampoco los hemos lanzado al vacío desde una altura considerable ni los...
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MPs are asking the Government to introduce a 25p charge on disposable coffee cups to be paid for on top of the price of a hot drink. Waste cups are “an unsightly and damaging blight on the environment,” said the...
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Taking the Footprint Calculator test, to me, is a great way to make the topic of sustainable living a personal one instead of just cold numbers floating up there on the internet or in a science textbook. Because the number...
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Mother Nature seems to be in full revolt. A stone’s throw from the city of Oakland, where Global Footprint Network is based, the seasonal Diablo winds recently reached record intensity, fanning the worst fires that the famous wine-producing region of Napa has...
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For every innovation, we need to include in our assessment some questions of the form: “What if this catches on?” Not merely the Dragons’ Den question of “Can this business scale?” – but the Global Footprint Network question of, “Can...
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