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World Resources Forum 2017
Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network CEO, is a plenary speaker at WRF 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum consists of two days of plenary debates, partner workshops, scientific sessions, exhibition, press conferences, and more. It is designed to deliver open... Read MoreLe Monde: Depuis aujourd’hui, l’humanité vit à crédit
La date est fatidique, et toujours plus précoce. Depuis mercredi 2 août, l’humanité vit à crédit : elle a consommé, en seulement sept mois, toutes les ressources que la Terre peut produire en une année. Jusqu’à la fin de 2017,... Read More
Expanding Our Calculator’s Footprint
Our biggest feat this year was launching a new mobile-friendly Footprint Calculator just in time for Earth Overshoot Day, which allows users to calculate their Footprint and their personal Overshoot Day. We were blown away by the number of users... Read More
The Huge (or Tiny) Ecological Footprint of Cannabis
What is the Ecological Footprint of pot? Global Footprint Network tackled that question recently in an analysis of the Ecological Footprint of medical cannabis production in three locations—Colombia, Washington, and Colorado—for PharmaCielo, a Colombian medical cannabis producer headquartered in Canada.... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day: Transforming from the Wild West to the Space Age
The earliest Earth Overshoot Day ever, on August 2, was big news in France this year, making the front page of Le Monde and prompting a 3-minute video from Nicolas Hulot, the French Minister of Ecological Transition. Earth Overshoot Day... Read MoreEarth Overshoot Day 2017 Coverage
A roundup of Earth Overshoot Day coverage by media around the world. Read More
On Earth Overshoot Day (Aug. 2), calculate your own Overshoot Day and #movethedate
OAKLAND, CA, June 31, 2017—Global Footprint Network, an international research organization, is marking Earth Overshoot Day with the launch of a new mobile-friendly Footprint calculator at www.footprintcalculator.org. Earth Overshoot Day is the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day 2017 is Aug. 2, the earliest date since ecological overshoot began in the early 1970s
OAKLAND, CA, June 27, 2017—On August 2, humanity will have used nature’s budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint resource accounting metric. Carbon sequestration makes up 60... Read More