Ecological Footprint (eBook)

Managing Our Biocapacity Budget

Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
288 Seiten
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-77142-300-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Ecological overshoot is shaping the 21st century. In Ecological Footprint , Mathis Wackernagel advises us to run our economies on regeneration, rather than by liquidating the planet. He explains the key tool for the job – Footprint and biocapacity accounting – and how it applies to companies, cities, and countries.

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The only metric that tracks how much nature we have - and how much nature we useEcological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew its biocapacity and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use.Our economy is running a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme with the planet. We use future resources to run the present, using more than Earth can replenish. Like any such scheme, this works for a limited time, followed by a crash.Avoiding ecological bankruptcy requires rigorous resource accounting a challenging task, but doable with the right tools.Ecological Footprint provides a complete introduction, covering:Footprint and biocapacity accountingData and key findings for nationsWorldwide examples including businesses, cities, and countriesStrategies for creating regenerative economiesWhether you re a student, business leader, future-oriented city planner, economist, or have an abiding interest in humanity s future, Footprint and biocapacity are key parameters to be reckoned with and Ecological Footprint is your essential guide.AWARDSSILVER | 2020 Eric Zencey PrizeSILVER | 2019 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & EnvironmentFINALIST | 2019 Foreword INDIES: Ecology & Environment

Autor

lt;p> 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.

Inhalt

Prelude
Footprint — Why? (Introduction)

Part I: Footprint — The Tool
1. 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 Century
6. 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 Studies
9. 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2019
• Übersetzer: Katharina Rout
• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: avoid ecological bankruptcy • Business Leader • climate change • climatology • Earth Overshoot • essential guide to resource accounting • footprint and biocapacity accounting • future oriented city planner • future oriented global warming, fossil fuels, sustainability, overshoot • Global Footprint Network • metric, sustainability, overshoot • movethedate • resource accounting • Student
• ISBN-10: 1-77142-300-5 / 1771423005
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77142-300-7 / 9781771423007