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America chose the path to self-destruction. What about the rest of us?
by Mathis Wackernagel, President and founder of Global Footprint Network This article was originally published by GreenBiz on November 7, 2019. The United States is pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. This sets a destructive example. It is especially... Read More
How can we make the need for resource security more obvious to diverse audiences?
asks Mathis Wackernagel
Why did you write “Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget” now? Bill Rees and I wrote our first Ecological Footprint book in 1995 at a time when our resource-use estimates were still crude. The book summarized my Ph. D. dissertation,...
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The business case for one-planet prosperity
UPDATE: Read the op-ed by Mathis Wackernagel, founder and president of Global Footprint Network, and Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO and chairman of Schneider Electric, in the magazine Fortune. Ahead of Earth Overshoot Day this July 29, Schneider Electric, the leader in... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day is just one day in the year. Biocapacity feeds us every day.
Earth Overshoot Day is not just one special day of the year. It is an effort to celebrate biocapacity — our planet’s biological power to regenerate life. This primary productivity of nature is the source for all life, including human... Read More
Mathis vs. Malthus: Can countries escape the resource trap?
By Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D. Humanity has achieved so much, including rising longevity around the world, hyper-connectivity, easy and cheap access to information, incredibly safe mobility. Yet there are critical arenas in which progress is so slow that it is starting...
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Guimarães, Portuguese municipalities launch their city Footprint Calculators
By Armando Alves Portugal’s Cities Footprint project, now in its second year, launched the first city Footprint Calculator in Guimarães today. Residents can use it to assess their household’s use of natural resources and compare it with the city average.... Read More
Deutscher Erdüberlastungstag am 3. Mai: Keine Trendwende im Verbrauch natürlicher Ressourcen hierzulande in Sicht
Umwelt- und Jugendorganisationen kritisieren immensen Ressourcenverbrauch Deutschlands in Höhe von umgerechnet drei Erden Germanwatch, INKOTA, BUNDJugend, Naturschutzjugend, FairBindung und Global Footprint Network Ab 3. Mai (Freitag) leben wir ökologisch gesehen auf Kredit: Der deutsche Erdüberlastungstag markiert den Zeitpunkt im Jahr,... Read More
May 3 is German Overshoot Day: In Germany no trend reversal in consumption of natural resources in sight
Environmental and youth organizations criticize immense resource consumption of Germany at a value of equivalent three earths Germanwatch, INKOTA, BUNDJugend, Naturschutzjugend, FairBindung and Global Footprint Network From 3 May, Germans will be living on credit, ecologically—Germany’s Overshoot Day marks the... Read More