August 20 is Earth Overshoot Day, the approximate date humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can renew in a year. In just 7 months and 20 days, we have demanded a level […]
Shell Oil To Spend Over $115 Million to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Houston Area Refinery And Chemical Plant The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that […]
As they celebrate our ten-year anniversary, GFN are focused on scaling up Their efforts. It is possible to operate national economies within the budget of nature, but it is also an enormous shift […]
Ten years ago Global Footprint Network opened its doors with the ambitious, but necessary, goal of making ecological limits central to decision-making. They want decision-makers to recognize that living within nature’s budget is […]
MIT Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb […]
Political and regulatory background BP’s 2009 spill plan for the Deepwater Horizon rig was approved by the US Federal Government before the well was drilled. In the report’s pages were: A national wildlife […]
Earth’s Overdraft Notice: At some point this summer we will exceed nature’s budget. It has taken humanity less than nine months to exhaust its ecological budget for the year. Nature’s supply in the […]
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened its new ultra-efficient corporate office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, supported by Atkins as sustainability consultant. The four-story, 208,000 square-foot building was recently awarded the city’s first double Leadership in […]
Decreasing biodiversity in an ecosystem can increase the spread of disease, research suggests. Researchers studying amphibian communities in natural wetland ecosystems as well as controlled experiments have shown that as diversity increased, infection […]
A project on Kickstarter to create GLOWING PLANTS using synthetic biology and Genome Compiler’s software – the first step in creating sustainable natural lighting. So out there it’s come right back here and […]