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State of the States
For more information, see our State of the States page. National Geographic: Is your state consuming more than nature can provide? Fortune: The US now has an ‘ecological deficit,’ report finds. Fast Company: California needs 8 Californias to support itself... Read More
State of the States Report
In 2015, the Ecological Deficit Day of the United States landed on July 14, according to our new report, “State of the States: A New Perspective on the Wealth of Our Nation,” co-authored by Earth Economics. A Twitter chat on... Read MoreNational Geographic: Is Your State Consuming More Than Nature Can Provide?
Our never-ending appetite for food, water, and energy is driving the environment into the ground. Read More
Today is the Ecological Deficit Day for the United States
OAKLAND, CA, USA—Today marks the date the United States has busted its annual ecological budget, utilizing more resources and services than U.S. ecosystems can regenerate within the full year, according to a new report released by Global Footprint Network, an... Read MoreVijesti: The Ecological Footprint of a Montenegro citizen
“By combining domestic material consumption and ecological footprint analysis, we can obtain a more comprehensive picture and ensure that the socio-economic development remains within the capacity of its eco-system.” Read MoreBBC: How many Earth's do we need?
It has been suggested that if everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them. But where does this claim originate, and how is it calculated? Read MoreBBC: Global Footprint
We are often told that we consume so much that we need one and a half planets. It comes from the Global Footprint Network a think-tank that has pioneered ecological foot-printing but what does that number even mean, and is... Read More
