Calculating your ecological footprint sustainability, part 2 presenter name, ph. Some are based upon very detailed information, while some. Reduce your goods and services footprint by baagii. New catalyst bioregional series issue 9 of new catalyst bioregional series our ecological footprint. A ecological footprint is the comparison of human demand against natures supply. Oops, an error occurred catalog home colorado mountain. Rees is an internationally recognized academic, author, speaker, and cocreator of the ecofootprint concept. The state of the art in ecological footprint theory and applications. Reducing human impact on the earth volume 9 of de601. An analysis of mathis wackernagel and william rees s our ecological footprint the macat library 1st edition by luca marazzi author isbn.
Bill rees offers straight forward and fascinating insights on the state of the planet. Bill rees ecological footprint carol crenna dot com. Reducing human impact on the earth with phd student mathis wackernagel, which is now available in nine languages. Ecological footprint analysis efa was introduced explicitly to reopen the debate on human carrying capacity rees 1992, 1996. Rees book on ecological footprint analysis, our ecological footprint coauthored with then phd student dr mathis wackernagel, was published in 1996 and is now available in english, chinese, french, german, hungarian, italian, japanese, latvian, and spanish. Interview with william rees, the world famous originator of ecological footprint analysisa remarkable instrument designed to actually measure the demands that each of us, and each of our societies, is placing on the. Mathis wackernagel is currently the executive director of global footprint network, and william rees is the chair of the school of urban planning and regional. Ecological footprint water footprint sustainable consumption world wildlife fund sustainable development strategy these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. The environmental impact of growing numbers of ebooks in. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Why cities cannot be sustainableand why they are a key to sustainability. Assess your households ecological footprint by mathis wackernagel, ritik dholakia, diana deumling, and dick richardson, redefining progress, v 2.
My ecological footprint and the worlds global footprint. Wackernagel and beyers well written book has the power to turn the tide. Bill rees and cowrote the book our ecological footprint. Rees book on ecological footprint analysis, our ecological footprint co authored with then phd student dr mathis wackernagel, was published in 1996 and is. List some ideas will your decision or activity contribute to that goal let see, do the living more lightly profile again, but make some decisions how you would like to live to help to reduce the. New society publishers, jul 1, 1998 nature 176 pages. The ecological footprint resulted from humans greediness and has lead to massive alterations in natures balance. One concept that seems to be effective in bringing this reality home is ecological footprint analysis. Reducing human impact on the earth, mathis wackernagel 9. He is currently president of global footprint network, an international sustainability think tank with offices in oakland, california. Reducing human impact on the earth, mathis wackernagel volume 9 of the new catalyst, issn 0834969x. Our ecological footprint by mathis wackernagel, 97808657123, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Indeed, the method gains much of its analytic strength by. Reducing human impact on the earth the new catalyst bioregional series book online at best prices in.
Taking care of it is crucial for our existence and the existence of future generations. Mathis wackernagel is ceo of global footprint network and cocreator of the ecological footprint a resource accounting tool that measures how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what. Our ecological footprint presents an internationallyacclaimed tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations, converting the seemingly complex concepts of carrying capacity, resourceuse, wastedisposal and the like into a graphic form that everyone can grasp and use. Mathis wackernagel is a swissborn sustainability advocate. With clarity and compassion, ecological footprint reveals both our alarming selfinflicted situation and the way forward. Pdf an overview on ecological footprint and sustainable. On average, each of us needs between 10 and 12 acres of ecologicallyproductive land to provide for our consumption.
Ecofootprinting actually answers the question with which this essay opens. The concept of the ecological footprint was developed and quantified by william rees and mathis wackernagel in the early 1990s as an elaboration of the carrying capacity concept. We as humans have a responsibility to all biological life on earth, because we are capable of thinking and perceiving earth as a whole. The ecological footprint is a type of measurement used to determine the human races demand on earths ecosystems. William rees and mathis wackernagel great thoughts treasury. Peak everything lets face it all, looks at scenarios of what future local. His first publication on the ecological footprint was in 1992, the same year as the historic rio earth summit, and since then the concept has become the worlds premiere measure of the.
Ecological footprint accounting measures the demand on and supply of nature on the demand side, the ecological footprint measures the ecological assets that a given population requires to produce the natural resources it consumes including plantbased food and fiber products, livestock and fish products, timber and other forest products, space for urban. Rees is perhaps best known as the originator of the ecological footprint concept, and as the codeveloper of the ecological footprint analysis efa model. A ecological overshoot is when the amount of resources becomes too little for the inhabitants demand over a period of time. Reducing human impact on the earth, community and regional planners, mathis wackernagel and william rees calculated just how much land north americans require. Demands for natural resources are rising, leading to unsustainable resource depletion and dramatic increases in pollution and carbon dioxide. The ecological footprint is a measure of the mark that we leave behind upon the natural environment that sustains us. In america, our lives are not set up to be exactly friendly to the global ecology, particularly as we rely so heavily on gas guzzlers and non. Reducing human impact on the earth by mathis wackernagelandwilliam rees our ecological footprint presents an internationallyacclaimed tool for. On average, each resident of mosman has an ecological footprint of 14. Rees and wackernagel 1994, wackernagel and rees 1996. Give a reason as to why it is good to know our ecological footprint. If everyone on earth had a footprint this size, we would need another seven earths to support us all. This datadriven accounting metric works like a bank statement, documenting whether we are living within our ecological budget or consuming.
Reducing human impact on the earth volume 9 of de601212181718. Building on human carrying capacity debate 15 in the early 1990s, mathis wackernagel and william rees introduced a new environmental accounting method, the ecological footprint 6. View lab report ecological footprint from fdsci 203 at brigham young university, idaho. Ecological footprint analysis ef estimates the resource consumption and waste assimilation requirements of a defined human population or economy in terms of a. Our primary purpose, therefore, is to describe a novel approach to assessing the ecological role of cities and to estimate the scale of the impact they are having on the ecosphere. Ecological footprint assess your households ecological. Recent posts on herman dalys economics for a full world. Ecological footprint is a resource accounting method that measures how much land and sea area a human population requires to produce the resources it. Much of rees work is in the realm of ecological economics and human ecology. For the purposes of our study, an ebook is defined as a piece of.
The ecological footprint was introduced at the beginning of the 90s by mathis. According to the earth day network, the ecological footprint is a resource accounting tool that measures how much biologically productive land and sea is used by a given population or activity, and compares this to how much land and sea is available. Ecological footprint mathis wackernagel part 1 iclei. An analysis of mathis wackernagel and william reess our. William rees, frsc born december 18, 1943, is a professor at the university of british columbia and former director of the school of community and regional. Understanding the dramatic shift in human spatial and material relationships with the rest of nature is a key to sustainability. Assess your households ecological footprint by mathis wackernagel, ritik dholakia, diana deumling, and dick. The environmental impact of growing numbers of e books in libraries juliette denis, allegra donadio, and katherine klein. In the latest ecological footprint article2 published in the. Mathis wackernagel is cocreator of the ecological footprint and president of global footprint network. Mathis wackernagel author of our ecological footprint. An excellent handbook for community activists, planners.
Presentation by mathis wackernagel, executive director of the global footprint network at iclei world congress 2009. Ecological diversity is what makes our sacred planet earth the only livable habitat in our galaxy. Meredith burke hoover institution, stanford university why does the layperson, let alone our politicians, have difficulty. I designed a threeday lesson plan on the ecological footprint for a biology class i took in the winter of 2007. The papers presented in this book deal with three main topics theory. Mathis wackernagel, cocreator of the ecological footprint, describes how this tool lets us calculate the amount of natural resources necessary to support our collective expenditure. Mosman council measured the ecological footprint of mosman.
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