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OAKLAND, CA, USA — AUGUST 17, 2020 — By August 22, humanity will have demanded as much from nature as Earth can renew in the whole year, according to Global Footprint... More ›
Riding horses in Camargue, France OAKLAND, CA, USA — OCTOBER 22, 2019 — Protected Areas and tour operators can now use an industry-specific online calculator to assess and manage the... More ›
Available in additional languages OAKLAND, CA, USA — JULY 23, 2019 — On July 29, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an... More ›
Blog
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“COVID-19 teaches us that we are one biology. Hence our fates are intertwined. You protect everybody, by protecting yourself. The same holds true for climate and sustainability.” Who would have... More ›
By Professor Pat Hanscom, Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., and Nicola Horsburgh Scotland may be close to running a biocapacity reserve, becoming a biocapacity leader in its own right, new research... More ›
Photo Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration By Prof. Pat Hanscom, Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., David Lin, Ph.D., and Jenya Kirsch-Posner The devastating fires of the Black Summer of 2019-2020... More ›
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27 January 2021, 10 am – 11:15 am CET Education is increasingly gaining a central role in easing the transition to a sustainable world. However, too few universities are properly equipped to teach sustainability in a fun and interactive manner, let alone to practice it. Designed for all educators and students at High Education Institutions...
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“Estamos sentados num barco, e há uma tempestade a aproximar-se. Essa tempestade chama-se ‘mudanças climáticas’. Nesta altura, todos dizem: ‘Vamos reunir, vamos decidir quem remenda o barco primeiro’ e ‘não... More ›
The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of... More ›
Anyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is the situation? Our new paper shows the outlook for life... More ›
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