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4 June 2017

Guimarães Green Week

Alessandro Galli, Director of Global Footprint Network’s Mediterranean-MENA Program, will speak at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, on Portugal’s use of natural resources through the lens of Ecological Footprint accounting. He will be joined by Francisco Ferreira, Presidente, ZERO – Associação Sistema... Read More

12 May 2017

Highlights from the Footprint Explorer Launch Celebration

What are the barriers to sustainability for a city, an airport? What could Google Earth possibly still need in its quest to apply data to environmental challenges? What would you like a conversation on data and sustainability to sound like... Read More

4 May 2017

Ecological Footprint of Countries: Deficit or Reserve?

Global Footprint Network Wins Science Magazine Data Stories Contest

Global Footprint Network won the corporate entity category for Science Magazine Data Stories Contest on May 4. Our 90-second video was created as part of the April launch of our new Ecological Footprint Explorer open data platform. The video was created by Alexandre Magnin... Read More

4 May 2017

Washington Post: We would need 1.7 Earths to make our consumption sustainable

President Trump has acted on his campaign promises to reverse Obama’s environmental policies…The United States is one of the world’s biggest consumers, and U.S. policies can have global environmental effects. As of 2013, the world’s population would need 1.7 Earths... Read More

2 May 2017

International Business Times:
5 Worst And Best Countries For The Environment Ranked By Ecological Footprint

While many countries have made concerted efforts in recent years to reduce their carbon footprint in an attempt to slow global warming, most are still consuming far more than the earth can support and thereby creating an ecological footprint that... Read More

28 April 2017

The Sacramento Bee: Unleashing data to help reduce our carbon footprint

Unlike Gov. Jerry Brown, I don’t “like to think about catastrophe” when considering how the world is addressing climate change. However, I second his statement made at a climate change conference in San Francisco during Earth Week, that “we’ve got... Read More

18 April 2017

Helsinki Times: Finns used year's worth of natural resources in three months

Finns have already drained their share of the planet’s natural resource budget for the year. WWF Finland reported yesterday, citing calculations made by the Global Footprint Network, that the country reached its overshoot day on 3 April, 2017. Read More

14 April 2017

La Vanguardia: La huella ecológica mundial: país por país

Los españoles necesitan de media 3,7 hectáreas para satisfacer sus consumos y absorber sus residuos. Es decir, casi el triple de lo que el territorio español ofrece. Con el ritmo de vida de los españoles, sería necesario que España fuera... Read More

11 April 2017