Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth

Wackernagel, Mathis & Rees, William

ISBN 10: 086571312X / ISBN 13: 9780865713123

Verlag: New Society, 1995

Beschreibung

New Catalyst Bioregional series. Illustrated by Phil Testemale.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1127244

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth
• Verlag: New Society
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 086571312X
• ISBN-13: 9780865713123
• Einband: Soft cover
• Zustand: NF. Light shelfwear.
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Sciences

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Inhaltsangabe

<p><i>Our Ecological Footprint</i> presents an internationally-acclaimed tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations, converting the seemingly complex concepts of carrying capacity, resource-use, waste-disposal and the like into a graphic form that everyone can grasp and use. An excellent handbook for community activists, planners, teachers, students and policy makers.</p>

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Mathis Wackernagel, born in Basel, Switzerland, is co-creator of the Ecological Footprint and president of Global Footprint Network, which was named one of the World's 100 Top NGOs by The Global Journal. Wackernagel has worked on sustainability with governments, corporations, and international NGOs on six continents, and has lectured at more than a hundred universities. He previously served as the director of the Sustainability Program at Redefining Progress in California and ran the Centro de Estudios para la Sustentabilidad at Anáhuac University in Mexico. Wackernagel has authored or contributed to over one hundred peer-reviewed papers, numerous articles and reports, and various books on sustainability including the bestselling Our Ecological Footprint. With dozens of international awards and accolades for his pioneering work, he has been identified as a leader who is driving the world's most significant problems to zero. He lives in Oakland, CA. www.footprintnetwork.org

Mathis Wackernagel is co-creator of the Ecological Footprint and president of Global Footprint Network. Recipient of numerous awards, he has lectured at more than a hundred universities and is author or contributor to over one hundred peer-reviewed papers, articles, reports, and books including the bestselling Our Ecological Footprint. He lives in Oakland, California.