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Ecotourism Footprint Calculator launches today
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 ›
Global Footprint Network promotes real-world solutions that #MoveTheDate, accelerating the transition to one-planet prosperity
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 ›
Lessons from the Coronavirus?
“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 ›
Scotland, new biocapacity leader?
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 ›
Australia Wildfires 2019-2020: Running a biocapacity deficit for the first time in its history
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 ›Events
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The Daring Cities 2020 global virtual forum will run from October 7-28. Daring Cities is a three-week event comprising of high level and visionary speakers, a series of informative workshops and personal networking opportunities in a variety of virtual formats to accommodate different topics, time zones, internet bandwidth limits, and languages. The event will help...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Daring Cities 2020
The Daring Cities 2020 global virtual forum will run from October 7-28. Daring Cities is a three-week event comprising of high level and visionary speakers, a series of informative workshops and personal networking opportunities in a variety of virtual formats to accommodate different topics, time zones, internet bandwidth limits, and languages. The event will help...
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KOMMERSANT: Вирус обеспечил природе передышку
По данным GFN, международной экспертной организации, с 2006 года на ежегодной основе подсчитывающей нагрузку, оказываемую мировой экономикой и отдельными странами на экосистемы планеты, к 22 августа человечество использует такое количество... More ›THE GUARDIAN: Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020
The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth’s resources declined sharply this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers. Consequently, Earth Overshoot Day, the point... More ›THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ Is This Week
Saturday is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity will have used “all the biological resources that Earth can renew during the entire year,” as calculated by Global Footprint Network,... More ›
Resilience and Possibility Conversation with Dr. Mathis Wackernagel
The global Pachamama Alliance community came together with Co-founders Lynne and Bill Twist and Dr. Mathis Wackernagel on June 1, 2020,... More ›
RAI: Milano il cibo del futuro giusto e sostenibile
E’ possibile un consumo di cibo più giusto e sostenibile? Andiamo a Milano al Food Economy Summit e scopriamo questo... More ›
