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Vancouver kicks off neighborhood Footprint campaign
This week, residents in three Vancouver neighborhoods start tracking their food consumption, waste patterns, and transportation habits for 14 days. They’ll repeat the same exercise one year from now. Their goal: reduce their Ecological Footprint by at least 15 percent... Read More
City Footprints: Data for Action
City-level Footprint assessments can be used to positively reinforce collective public achievements thus far. They can also help design sustainability policies to reach more ambitious goals going forward. Using a top-down approach that allow for shareable standards and useful comparability... Read More
Meet our new Development Manager
We would like to introduce you to the latest addition to our team: Judith (Judy) Sissener, our new Development Manager, who will coordinate all of our fundraising efforts. Judy manages fund development strategy and activities, including our relationships with foundations... Read More
Check out our new look!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newly redesigned our website. We believe the new site, with its fresh, modern look, should be easier to navigate and better explains our work. Please check it out at www.footprintnetwork.org and... Read MoreKABC Los Angeles: Living Planet Report
Vertebrae species are suffering big declines in numbers, according to the latest bi-annual Living Planet Report. “The smaller the populations get, the higher the likelihood that you have species extinction,” says Mathis Wackernagel, CEO of Global Footprint. Read MoreEarth Overshoot Day 2016 Coverage
A roundup of Earth Overshoot Day coverage by media around the world. Read MoreGuardian: 5 charts that explain who gets hit hardest by food price rises
Benin, Mozambique and Nepal are among countries most exposed to climate change, water scarcity and food price volatility. Read More
Mediterranean Initiative
The Mediterranean is a unique biodiversity hotspot and tourist destination. One third of all tourists worldwide visit the Mediterranean region every year. Unsustainable consumption and development trends, however, threaten the ecological assets that are the Mediterranean region’s most valuable sources... Read More