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One-Planet Cities
UPDATE: Watch Dr Wackernagel’s lecture Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network Founder and CEO, will be speaking at the Oskar von Miller Forum in Munich at 6:30 pm on 18 January 2018. For details in German, visit the Oskar von Miller... Read MoreMother Earth Living: Tracking Our Ecological Footprint
This discovery about ecological footprints, for me, happened in my senior year of college when I enrolled in an introductory environmental science class. I loved it because most of our labs consisted of us taking field trips to different off-site... Read More
Ecological Footprint: Unleashing Data for Sustainability
Program Director Laurel Hanscom will give a talk on the Ecological Footprint, our Footprint Explorer open data platform, and Earth Overshoot Day on Nov. 28 at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The event is being hosted by the Berkeley... Read MoreThe Guardian: Humanity uses 70% more of the global commons than the Earth can regenerate
Households and governments who want to succeed track both expenditure and income. Businesses similarly keep a keen eye on their balance sheets. So what does the physical balance sheet of our biggest household – the Earth – look like? The... Read More
How Ecological Footprint accounting helps us recognize that engaging in meaningful climate action is critical for our own success
The Ecological Footprint is a simple metric. It is also uniquely comprehensive. Not only does it measure humanity’s demand on our planet’s ecosystems, but it is also key to understanding the inter-related pressures of climate change on the natural ecosystems... Read MoreLa Vanguardia: “La Tierra tiene un límite, pero la avaricia de algunos, no”
¿Cuánto tardaremos en destruir el planeta? ¿Sabe quién es Justin Bieber? ¡Qué remedio! Pues tiene 23 años y durante su corta vida, la humanidad ha quemado el 41% de todos los combustibles fósiles que ha consumido en su historia. Pues... Read More
Blue Planet Prize Laureates Statement: Planetary Prosperity Means Zero Carbon
Nov. 4, 2017, is the the first anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement entering into force. Nov. 6 – 27 is the UN COP23 Climate Conference, hosted by Fiji in Bonn, Germany. Dec. 12 is the two-year anniversary of the... Read More
How Many Earths Does It Take to Support Your Lifestyle? Footprint Calculator Teaches Valuable Sustainability Lessons
Imagine if there was a way to find out how many resources you, your school, city, or country use. At Global Footprint Network, we don’t just imagine it—we dedicate our work to doing just that, in the most accurate way... Read More