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The business case for one-planet prosperity
UPDATE: Read the op-ed by Mathis Wackernagel, founder and president of Global Footprint Network, and Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO and chairman of Schneider Electric, in the magazine Fortune. Ahead of Earth Overshoot Day this July 29, Schneider Electric, the leader in... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day 2019 is July 29th, the earliest ever
Available in additional languages OAKLAND, CA, USA — JUNE 26, 2019 — On July 29, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint. The Ecological... Read More
Humanity’s Ecological Footprint contracted between 2014-2016
But the respite may be short-lived, according to more recent carbon emissions data. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25, 2019—The 2019 edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts tracks the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity of all countries, using U.N. data, from... Read More
"Why study for a future, which may not be there?"
By Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., Co-founder and president, Global Footprint Network Greta Thunberg stunned the COP Climate Conference in Poland in December 2018 with her clarity and honesty. Just 15 years old, she told the UN—”You say you love your children... Read More
2018 Highlights
As we greet the New Year, we look back at 2018 with gratitude. It has been a year of profound transformation and record impact. The 13th Earth Overshoot Day, on August 1st, received 3 billion media impressions in more than... Read More
Events in Portugal publicize first city Footprinting projects in the country
On October 26, Global Footprint Network founder and president Mathis Wackernagel and director of the Mediterranean program Alessandro Galli were in Almada, Portugal, as the city publicly released the findings of its first-ever Ecological Footprint report. The public event kicked... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day 2018 is August 1, the earliest date since ecological overshoot started in the early 1970s
OAKLAND, CA, USA — JUNE 13, 2018 — On August 1, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint resource accounting metric. The Ecological Footprint adds... Read More
How Portugal’s birthplace has embraced the Ecological Footprint
[Read in Portuguese] The city of Guimarães is the cradle of Portugal. Nestled in the north of the country, Guimarães became the first capital of Portugal in the 12th century and was selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in... Read More