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 Bert Beyers, born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, is a senior editor at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg. For several decades, questions of ecology and future have been his professional passion. He has published widely including a book with Franz Josef Radermacher on survival in the 21st century entitled Welt mit Zukunft: Die ökozoziale Perspektive. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

• Prelude Footprint — Why? (Introduction) Part I: Footprint — The Tool1. Area as Currency — How Much Biocapacity Does a Person Need? 2. Ecological Hinterland — How Much Biocapacity Does a City Need? 3. Croplands, Forests, and Oceans — How Much Biocapacity Do We Have? 4. One Planet — Ecological Limits and Then What? 5. Footprint as Compass — How Much Biocapacity Do We Need for a Good Life? Part II: Footprint — Challenges Defining the 21st Century6. End Overshoot! — Communication Is Key 7. Winners and Losers — Strategies for Countries to Consider 8. Footprint Scenarios — Ways out of Global Overshoot Part III: Footprint — Case Studies9. Footprint Calculations — Individuals, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies 10. Footprint in Architecture and City Planning— BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel 11. China — A New Model of Development? 12. Africa — Protecting One's Resources 13. Footprint — A Conversation Acknowledgments: Who is Powering All This? Glossary Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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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 Bert Beyers, born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, is a senior editor at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg. For several decades, questions of ecology and future have been his professional passion. He has published widely including a book with Franz Josef Radermacher on survival in the 21st century entitled Welt mit Zukunft: Die ökozoziale Perspektive. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

• Prelude Footprint — Why? (Introduction) Part I: Footprint — The Tool1. Area as Currency — How Much Biocapacity Does a Person Need? 2. Ecological Hinterland — How Much Biocapacity Does a City Need? 3. Croplands, Forests, and Oceans — How Much Biocapacity Do We Have? 4. One Planet — Ecological Limits and Then What? 5. Footprint as Compass — How Much Biocapacity Do We Need for a Good Life? Part II: Footprint — Challenges Defining the 21st Century6. End Overshoot! — Communication Is Key 7. Winners and Losers — Strategies for Countries to Consider 8. Footprint Scenarios — Ways out of Global Overshoot Part III: Footprint — Case Studies9. Footprint Calculations — Individuals, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies 10. Footprint in Architecture and City Planning— BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel 11. China — A New Model of Development? 12. Africa — Protecting One's Resources 13. Footprint — A Conversation Acknowledgments: Who is Powering All This? Glossary Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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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 Bert Beyers, born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, is a senior editor at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg. For several decades, questions of ecology and future have been his professional passion. He has published widely including a book with Franz Josef Radermacher on survival in the 21st century entitled Welt mit Zukunft: Die ökozoziale Perspektive. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

• Prelude Footprint — Why? (Introduction) Part I: Footprint — The Tool1. Area as Currency — How Much Biocapacity Does a Person Need? 2. Ecological Hinterland — How Much Biocapacity Does a City Need? 3. Croplands, Forests, and Oceans — How Much Biocapacity Do We Have? 4. One Planet — Ecological Limits and Then What? 5. Footprint as Compass — How Much Biocapacity Do We Need for a Good Life? Part II: Footprint — Challenges Defining the 21st Century6. End Overshoot! — Communication Is Key 7. Winners and Losers — Strategies for Countries to Consider 8. Footprint Scenarios — Ways out of Global Overshoot Part III: Footprint — Case Studies9. Footprint Calculations — Individuals, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies 10. Footprint in Architecture and City Planning— BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel 11. China — A New Model of Development? 12. Africa — Protecting One's Resources 13. Footprint — A Conversation Acknowledgments: Who is Powering All This? Glossary Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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