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El Poder Ecológico: Our Colombian partnership to advance sustainability
This July, Global Footprint Network was fortunate to host government representatives from Nariño, Colombia, for a two-week work session at our offices in Oakland in support of their effort to transform their province into a green economy. After decades of... Read More
The Huge (or Tiny) Ecological Footprint of Cannabis
What is the Ecological Footprint of pot? Global Footprint Network tackled that question recently in an analysis of the Ecological Footprint of medical cannabis production in three locations—Colombia, Washington, and Colorado—for PharmaCielo, a Colombian medical cannabis producer headquartered in Canada.... Read More
Earth Overshoot Day: Transforming from the Wild West to the Space Age
The earliest Earth Overshoot Day ever, on August 2, was big news in France this year, making the front page of Le Monde and prompting a 3-minute video from Nicolas Hulot, the French Minister of Ecological Transition. Earth Overshoot Day... Read More
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
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
Global Footprint Network Wins Science Magazine Data Stories Contest
Global Footprint Network won the corporate entity category for Science Magazine Data Stories Contest on May 4. Our 90-second video was created as part of the April launch of our new Ecological Footprint Explorer open data platform. The video was created by Alexandre Magnin... Read More