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The ten principles of One Planet Living On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit week, a group of 11 high school students and 12 sustainability experts gathered at Global Footprint Network’s headquarters in Oakland, California to create the... Read More
New research to support sustainable fishing in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean consumes 70 per cent more fish than the global average and nearly all (93 per cent) Mediterranean fish stocks are over-fished. Global Footprint Network is collaborating with WWF’s Marine Initiative and other partners to encourage sustainable small-scale fishing... Read More
Como o berço de Portugal adotou a Pegada Ecológica
[Read in English] A cidade de Guimarães é o berço de Portugal. Localizada no Norte do país, Guimarães foi a primeira capital de Portugal no século XII e, mais recentemente, em 2011, o seu centro histórico foi declarado Património Mundial... Read More
How Portugal’s birthplace has embraced the Ecological Footprint
[Read in Portuguese] The city of Guimarães is the cradle of Portugal. Nestled in the north of the country, Guimarães became the first capital of Portugal in the 12th century and was selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in... Read More
VIDEO: Mathis Wackernagel at the 2018 Saint Louis Climate Summit
Mathis Wackernagel, Founder and CEO of Global Footprint Network, was a featured speaker of the Saint Louis Climate Summit in April 2018. Read More
Three Visualizations of Footprint Trends, 1961-2014
We used the Google data platform to create visualizations of three trends from our new National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts 2018 Edition, which launched Monday, April 9, in Europe and will launch Monday, April 16, in the United States. In... Read More
Has humanity’s Ecological Footprint reached its peak?
Humanity’s total Ecological Footprint—a measure of global demand for natural resources—remained virtually constant in 2014 compared to 2013, according to new data released by Global Footprint Network today at an event at Oxford University. In another positive sign, the global... Read More
5 Things you didn't know about Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! With Ireland on our minds, we wanted to share a few Footprint facts about the Emerald Isle. We would need 2.8 planets if everyone in the world used natural resources at the same rate as Ireland.... Read More