To bring the natural system into balance, a new economy that is sustainable and respects the limits of natural resources and the functions of ecosystems is fundamental. This requires a shift in how we value, use and dispose of resources,...
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Todos hemos contemplado alguna vez cómo aparatos que deberían tener todavía un buen funcionamiento se estropean sin motivo aparente. No los hemos maltratado ni dado un mal uso. Tampoco los hemos lanzado al vacío desde una altura considerable ni los...
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MPs are asking the Government to introduce a 25p charge on disposable coffee cups to be paid for on top of the price of a hot drink. Waste cups are “an unsightly and damaging blight on the environment,” said the...
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Taking the Footprint Calculator test, to me, is a great way to make the topic of sustainable living a personal one instead of just cold numbers floating up there on the internet or in a science textbook. Because the number...
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Mother Nature seems to be in full revolt. A stone’s throw from the city of Oakland, where Global Footprint Network is based, the seasonal Diablo winds recently reached record intensity, fanning the worst fires that the famous wine-producing region of Napa has...
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For every innovation, we need to include in our assessment some questions of the form: “What if this catches on?” Not merely the Dragons’ Den question of “Can this business scale?” – but the Global Footprint Network question of, “Can...
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Nos últimos 250 anos, o progresso humano tem ocorrido às custas do regresso ambiental e o enriquecimento da humanidade tem ocorrido em função do empobrecimento da biodiversidade. O impacto negativo sobre o meio ambiente é tanto maior quanto cresce o...
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This discovery about ecological footprints, for me, happened in my senior year of college when I enrolled in an introductory environmental science class. I loved it because most of our labs consisted of us taking field trips to different off-site...
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Households and governments who want to succeed track both expenditure and income. Businesses similarly keep a keen eye on their balance sheets. So what does the physical balance sheet of our biggest household – the Earth – look like? The...
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¿Cuánto tardaremos en destruir el planeta? ¿Sabe quién es Justin Bieber? ¡Qué remedio! Pues tiene 23 años y durante su corta vida, la humanidad ha quemado el 41% de todos los combustibles fósiles que ha consumido en su historia. Pues...
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