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Issue 62, March 7, 2018

Save the date: Webinars on new Footprint data and city Footprinting

We're proud to announce the launch of the National Footprint Accounts 2018 Edition on our Footprint Explorer open data platform on Wednesday, March 28! We would like to invite you to two webinars to learn about our latest Footprint data and new features on the Footprint Explorer.

What are the National Footprint Accounts?

Global Footprint Network is addressing the biggest challenges of the 21st century: climate change and natural resource constraints. Our Ecological Footprint is the only sustainability tool that addresses these interrelated challenges in a single, scalable metric. The foundation of our work is the National Footprint Accounts, which we update every year based on the latest available data. The Footprint Accounts measure the ecological resource use and resource capacity of more than 200 countries from 1961 to the present. More than a dozen countries and countless government leaders and environmental organizations around the world have used this data to influence and develop sustainability policy.

As part of the 2018 Edition launch, Global Footprint Network is adding interactive maps to the Footprint Explorer. We are also adding dozens of new ways to sort data in our downloadable Public Data Package Excel file.

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Footprint 2018 Webinar

Wednesday, March 28 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 6 pm GMT REGISTER NOW

Thursday, March 29 7 am PT/ 10 am ET / 2 pm GMT REGISTER NOW

Learn more about the newest features for our Footprint Explorer open data platform and Public Data Package. We will share some new data stories from our National Footprint Accounts 2018 and case stories of government decision-makers using Footprint data to shape sustainability policy.

City Footprinting Webinar

Thursday, April 5 7 am PT/ 10 am ET / 2 pm GMT REGISTER NOW

Thursday, April 5 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 6 pm GMT REGISTER NOW

The global effort for sustainability will be won, or lost, in the world’s cities, where 60 percent of the world's population is expected to live by 2030. Learn how our National Footprint Accounts can be scaled down for cities to shape local sustainability policy. Guest panelists will share projects in their cities.

Please contact info@footprintnetwork.org if you have questions or problems with registration. Hope to see you there!

Q&A with Xavier Houot: Schneider Electric’s business model aims to #movethedate

Schneider Electric initiated a broad partnership with Global Footprint Network on metrics, innovation and stakeholder engagement. It also includes sponsoring the new Footprint Calculator. We partnered because Schneider Electric’s business model is closely aligned with getting humanity out of ecological overshoot. We recently talked with Xavier Houot, Senior Vice President Safety, Environment, and Real Estate, at Schneider’s offices in Paris about the company's strategic outlook. READ MORE

How do North and South Korea's Footprints compare?

As the world watched the best athletes compete in the PyeongChang Olympics, we couldn’t help but to think about the Ecological Footprints and biocapacities of North and South Korea. See how they compare in our newest Data Story. WATCH VIDEO

Footprint Calculator is an eye opener ― Project Green Challenge Winner

"It was an eye opening experience! The Calculator helped me evaluate my lifestyle and discover how the choices I make impact the Earth," ―Bridget, Project Green Challenge Finalist. We are so excited to feature Bridget's guest blog from our partners at Turning Green. The Calculator is featured on day 2 of their 30-day Project Green Challenge. READ MORE

Making the Sustainable Development Goals consistent with sustainability

The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN (SDGs) are game changers. Both were launched in 2015. We want them both to succeed.

Paris has a clear goal, but struggles with implementation. The SDGs are more complex. Therefore, we analyzed them and realized that they need to be stronger to live up to their name since the current SDGs are still negatively correlated with sustainability. This tragic finding is documented in our paper "Making the Sustainable Development Goals Consistent with Sustainability." The paper concludes that development needs to embrace resource security in order to deliver lasting results. READ MORE

Can you guess this country?

March marks this country’s Overshoot Day—the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country. To get this value, we compare the country’s Ecological Footprint to global biocapacity. See our Country Overshoot Days page for more details!

This country is rich with natural resources and is home to only one-half of one percent of the world's population. Cities in this country have been at the forefront of using local Footprinting to inform sustainability policy.

Now can you guess this country?

Find the answer HERE.

Upcoming Events

March 16 Freiburg, Germany ― Mathis Wackernagel keynote speaker at the 7th International Convention of Environmental Laureates

March 31 San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA ― glassybaby event benefitting Global Footprint Network

In the Media

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