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Implications of the Ukraine invasion: a resource overview
By Leo Wambersie, research associate, David Lin, Ph.D., chief science officer, and Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., founder and president The Ukraine invasion comes with heart-breaking human suffering. It will also impact people far away from the war as global supply chains... Read More
Explore the University Footprint Calculator!
The wait is over: after two years of hard work, the EUSTEPs project delivered the tool for Higher Education Institutions to measure their environmental impact, guide their efforts towards sustainability, and track their progress. Launched on April 1st, 2022, the... Read MoreCOSMOS: Earth-worthy accounting
There’s more than meets the eye in trying to get people to reduce their resource use – and it’s all in the numbers. The world’s population is currently using 1.75 Earths’ worth of resources. You’ve probably seen this statistic before,... Read More
VIRTUAL EVENT: As manipulative communication diminishes impact, what are alternatives?
The climate narrative has not produced the needed results. It’s a tough nut to crack, but there may be better ways. What we do know: most climate narratives’ underlying assumptions are self-limiting (e.g., they embody the disempowering but common view... Read More
VIRTUAL EVENT: Approaching climate with heart and teeth
Waiting for global consensus is a fragile climate strategy. This has become even more apparent since the Ukraine conflict. More effective is to recognize that the future context in which we will operate has never been more predictable: people will... Read MoreTHE BRUSSELS TIMES: Earth Overshoot Day: Belgium lives on ecological credit from today
More than four planets would be needed if the whole world had the same ecological footprints as Belgium. Every year, using statistical data from 200 countries, the organisations set the date for the Earth’s ‘Overshoot Day’ – the date when... Read MoreCOSMOS: Finding Australia’s biocapacity
We currently need 1.75 Earths to sustain Earth’s population. Last year, the world ran through a year’s worth of resources on the 29th of July. If everyone in the world lived like Australians, we’d use more than the Earth can... Read MoreSWI: Mathis Wackernagel: "Privilegien und Resignation – ein toxisches Gemisch"
In unserem Zoom-Gespräch führt mich Mathis Wackernagel durch seine Kindheitserinnerungen in der Schweiz. “Schon als Kind habe ich mich gefragt: Wie können wir die Ressourcen eines begrenzten Planeten unbegrenzt nutzen?”, beginnt er. Wackernagel ist in Basel geboren und aufgewachsen. Im... Read More