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On Earth Overshoot Day (Aug. 2), calculate your own Overshoot Day and #movethedate
OAKLAND, CA, June 31, 2017—Global Footprint Network, an international research organization, is marking Earth Overshoot Day with the launch of a new mobile-friendly Footprint calculator at www.footprintcalculator.org. Earth Overshoot Day is the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day 2017 is Aug. 2, the earliest date since ecological overshoot began in the early 1970s
OAKLAND, CA, June 27, 2017—On August 2, humanity will have used nature’s budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint resource accounting metric. Carbon sequestration makes up 60... Read More
We need a new Footprint Calculator!
Are you one of the two million people who used our Ecological Footprint Calculator last year?If so, you know it’s value and impact. You also know an update of the calculator is overdue. Help us make it even more accessible,... Read More
Guimarães Green Week
Alessandro Galli, Director of Global Footprint Network’s Mediterranean-MENA Program, will speak at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, on Portugal’s use of natural resources through the lens of Ecological Footprint accounting. He will be joined by Francisco Ferreira, Presidente, ZERO – Associação Sistema... Read More
Highlights from the Footprint Explorer Launch Celebration
What are the barriers to sustainability for a city, an airport? What could Google Earth possibly still need in its quest to apply data to environmental challenges? What would you like a conversation on data and sustainability to sound like... Read More