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26 October 2015

New Study: Mediterranean countries fall short of achieving region’s vision of sustainable development

BARCELONA, SPAIN—No country in the Mediterranean region meets two key minimum conditions for global sustainable development: living within the planet’s natural resource budget and satisfactory well-being for its residents, according to a new brief to be launched at the SwitchMed... Read More

17 October 2015

El Mercurio: La seguridad de los recursos se esta transformando en un parametro de exito economico

“Resource security has been transformed into a parameter of economic success.” —Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, President of Global Footprint Network Read More

16 October 2015

CounterPunch: Capitalism and Sustainable Development

The belief that we can achieve sustainable development in wealthy nations such as the US without dramatically diminishing our levels of material comfort is a form of denial that suggests we can have our cake and eat it too. Read More

23 September 2015

Only eight countries meet two key conditions for sustainable development as United Nations adopts Sustainable Development Goals

OAKLAND, CA, USA—Eight countries in the world currently meet two key minimum conditions for global sustainable development: satisfactory well-being for their residents, as measured by the U.N., and living within the planet’s resource budget, according to Global Footprint Network, an... Read More

22 September 2015

Committing to a New Future

The United Nations launches global goals to achieve humanity’s collective dream: sustainable development Download Our Sustainable Development Poster This week marks an extraordinary moment for humanity. Representatives of 193 nations are convening in New York at the United Nations to... Read More

20 September 2015

China

View page in Chinese As a leading global economic power, China is undertaking a transformation to become an ecological civilization, a human civilization living in harmony with nature. Guizhou Province is at a crossroads that exemplifies the challenge of constructing... Read More

19 September 2015

Inquirer: Aquino adviser Acosta meets with enviro think tank in California

OAKLAND, California—A new cluster added to the five in President Benigno Aquino III’s cabinet is one that no other administration had considered before, the cluster on environmental protection. Read More

25 August 2015

Philippines

For the past half-century, the Philippines has run an ecological deficit, with its population demanding more renewable resources than the nation’s own ecosystems can provide. Although per capita demand on the country’s productive ecosystems has remained relatively stable, the Philippines’... Read More

20 August 2015

Earth Overshoot Day 2015 Media Coverage

A roundup of Earth Overshoot Day coverage my media around the world. Please visit overshootday.org for more information. National Geographic : We’ve Consumed More Than the Earth Can Produce This Year. Above image credit to National Geographic. Le Monde :... Read More

17 July 2015

Renewable Matter Magazine: Ecological Debt's Hidden War Increases Tensions in the Mediterranean Area

From 1961 to 2010, the ecological footprint of the entire region increased by more than 211%. At best, its biocapacity only provides half of the natural resources and services used, meaning that the rest must be imported. Read More