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Huffpost: MPs Want You To Pay A 'Latte Levy' To Cut Coffee Cup Waste
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... Read More
New Study Highlights Educational Benefits of Footprint Calculator
A new study of the Ecological Footprint Calculator used in classrooms in Italy and the UK identified several educational benefits, including making sustainability personal for students and providing insight on how daily activities affect national and global sustainability. The... Read MoreMother Earth Living: Plans for Living Sustainably
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... Read MoreImpakter: Planetary prosperity means zero carbon
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... Read More
Friends of the Footprint Calculator
Friends of our Ecological Footprint Calculator around the world share their experiences using this popular tool as students and educators. Join our Adopt-a-Country campaign now to add languages and country data to the calculator to educate millions more people about... Read MoreSalesforce: What happens when everyone wants one?
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... Read MoreEcoDebate: Os três países mais populosos possuem os três maiores déficits ambientais
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... Read More