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Swiss Deficit Day:
By Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, Dr. Anita Frehner, Dr. Lucas Grob, Dr. Adrian Müller, Dr. David Lin Global Footprint Network, FiBL, & Swiss Food Research DEUTSCHE VERSION UNTEN This piece provides background to Swiss Deficit Day, or the day of the... Read More
Don't reduce your Footprint!
By Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., founder and President This blog is dedicated to a young, brilliant student. Back in 1995, she attended one of my lectures in Santiago de Chile about sustainability imperatives and the need “to reduce our Footprint.” I... Read More
2022: A year in review
Before we look forward to 2023, let’s look back at all that we achieved in 2022. We launched new tools to help universities and individuals explore paths to sustainability. The first ever online Footprint Calculator for Universities was launched as... Read More
It’s official: Footprints for monitoring biodiversity health
photo credit: UN Biodiversity All five mechanisms that drive down biodiversity are symptoms of ecological overshoot (see also the adjacent blue box). Overshoot is caused by the human economy’s demand for more resources from nature than nature can regenerate. This... Read More
Conversation with Steven Tebbe: Addressing the ecological deficit is about creating a new framework
“We’ll know we’ve succeeded when we’ve made our work obsolete,” says Global Footprint Network’s new CEO. Read on as we take a deep dive into his thoughts on addressing humanity’s largest challenge. COP27 just ended on a disappointing note, as... Read More
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel recognized with an honorary degree from the University of Stirling
Global Footprint Network cofounder Dr. Mathis Wackernagel was recognized for his contributions to sustainability with an honorary degree from the University of Stirling. As part of the commencement ceremony, on November 24th, 2022, he delivered the speech below to the University’s... Read More
Our researchers rank in world top 2% of cited published scientists
At Global Footprint Network, we are scientists at heart. Scientists who love the outdoors. We’re elated to learn that two of our team members fall in the top 2% of cited scientists in their respective subfields, according to research from... Read More
Herman Daly - A giant left us
By Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network A larger than life luminary –kind, gentle, clear, persistent, honest, caring, and utterly brilliant– left us living beings on this precious planet. Herman Daly also left a huge intellectual mark of highest relevance. Experiencing... Read More
How to leave no one behind in a world of overshoot
By Paul Polman and Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D. 2022 turns out to be 2020 on steroids: ongoing pandemic, international tensions and conflicts, energy and food crunches, and wilder climate patterns. Earth Overshoot Day fell on the earliest date ever, July 28th.... Read More