by Juliana Carvalho, Maria Elisa Zuppiroli, and Giulia Lombardo Pijola What if tackling climate change started with sharing a meal? Or at least the idea of one? That was the spirit behind Breaking Bread, Building Futures, an online event co-organised...
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Latvia is exceptionally biocapacity-rich, with six times more biocapacity per person than the global average. Since biocapacity is the foundation of all resources, this represents a major strategic advantage in a world facing persistent ecological overshoot, climate change, and tightening resource constraints....
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In just seven months, humanity consumes as much from nature as Earth can regenerate in a year. Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds what Earth can renew in that year. Despite global efforts to mitigate...
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Sustainable Switzerland, a platform and event series run by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung media company, awarded Global Footprint Network co-founder, Mathis Wackernagel, with the Sustainable Shaper distinction on September 2, 2025. He received it in the category of “Knowledge & Opinion”. This distinction was awarded...
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Stagflation and Overshoot: Economic Impacts of Inaction and What We Can Do By Mathis Wackernagel What Is Stagflation and Why Is It Back? Stagflation, a mix of economic stagnation and inflation, was once thought to be a rare economic...
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The Food Odyssey: Learning, Playing, and Shaping Sustainable Food Futures by Juliana Carvalho What if your next lesson on climate change started not with a heavy textbook, but with an intriguing story? What if you could learn about sustainable food...
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Jane Muncke, the indefatigable mover and brilliant environmental scientist, just joined the Global Footprint Network board. She sat down with us to share her vision for the future she wants, and how this organization can contribute to it. Here is...
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Auf Deutsch IN ESSENCE: Why is effective action against overshoot still absent? Rather than a lack of knowledge or human greed, the real barrier to responding to overshoot lies in a misguided perception: many people believe they are trapped in...
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Click here for English version KURZ: Warum bleibt wirksames Handeln gegen den hochriskanten globalen Overshoot bislang aus? Wir übernutzen die Ressourcen unseres Planeten aber machen wenig. Wieso? Statt fehlendem Wissen oder menschlicher Gier liegt die eigentliche Hemmschwelle in einer fehlgeleiteten...
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If there are too few bakers, bread becomes expensive. As a result, more people open bakeries, and bread prices drop again. Adam Smith called this the “invisible hand” of markets. But when it comes to the biosphere, this invisible hand...
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