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PACHAMAMA ALLIANCE: Resilience and Possibility Conversation with Dr. Mathis Wackernagel
The global Pachamama Alliance community came together with Co-founders Lynne and Bill Twist and Dr. Mathis Wackernagel on June 1, 2020, as part of the Resilience and Possibility in These Times conversation series looking at how humanity can come out of the pandemic... Read More
Letter from the CEO: Racial justice and sustainability movements are inextricably linked
Dear friends of Global Footprint Network, As an organization, we work to build a world where all thrive within the means of nature. Central to that vision is the idea that all thrive. Without question, racism, exclusion, and oppression are incompatible with... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day is August 22, more than three weeks later than last year
OAKLAND, CA, USA — JUNE 5, 2020 — Earth Overshoot Day 2020 lands on August 22, more than three weeks later than in 2019, according to Global Footprint Network. The date reflects the 9.3% reduction of humanity’s Ecological Footprint from January... Read MoreLE MONDE: Le « jour du dépassement de la Terre » recule de trois semaines sous l’effet du coronavirus
C’est une date fatidique, symbole de la pression exercée par les humains sur la planète. Cette année, le « jour du dépassement de la Terre », qui marque le jour où l’humanité a consommé toutes les ressources que les écosystèmes... Read More
VIVA IDEA: Prosperidad en un Planeta
¿Cómo diseñamos nuevos modelos económicos que estén en equilibrio con la naturaleza? ¿Prosperidad o miseria? Read More
What future do we want?
By Mathis Wackernagel The radical slowdown of the global economy, due to humanity’s efforts to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, has reduced carbon emissions and resource demand significantly over the last months. This has led to a temporary... Read MoreOOOM: Mathis Wackernagel: Ist COVID-19 positiv für unsere Umwelt?
Brauchen wir immer Krisen oder Katastrophen um umzudenken? Mathis Wackernagel gilt als einer der globalen Vordenker im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit, der Schweizer Wissenschaftler erfand den „ökologischen Fußabdruck“ als Maßeinheit für Ressourcenverbrauch. Im OOOM.TV-Interview sagt der Präsident des Global Footprint Network mit... Read More
What COVID-19 teaches us about resource security
When hospitals in a high-income country like Italy quickly became overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients last February and as tensions were mounting over a shortage of sanitary masks with neighboring European countries like France, many of us suddenly encountered what our... Read More