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Mathis Wackernagel

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in Basel, Switzerland

November 10, 1962

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Mathis Wackernagel is a Swiss-born sustainability advocate. He is currently President of Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability think tank with offices in Oakland, California; Brussels, Belgium, and Geneva, Switzerland. The think-tank is a non-profit that focuses on developing and promoting metrics for sustainability.
After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he completed his Ph.D. in community and regional planning at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 1994. There, as his doctoral dissertation under Professor William Rees, he created with Professor Rees the ecological footprint concept and developed the methodology. He has worked on sustainabil ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 158 ratings · 26 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget by Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers, Katharina Rout (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footprint: Die Welt neu vermessen. Neuausgabe 2016 mit aktuellen Zahlen und Kommentaren, Grafiken und Tabellen liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notre empreinte écologique by Mathis Wackernagel, William Rees really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unser ökologischer Fußabdruck: Wie der Mensch Einfluß auf die Umwelt nimmt by Mathis Wackernagel, William Rees liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'impronta ecologica. Come ridurre l'impatto dell'uomo sulla terra by Mathis Wackernagel, William E. Rees liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empreinte écologique et biocapacité: Bien vivre avec une seule planète by Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	エコロジカル・フットプリントの活用 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Ecological Footprint - Die Welt neu vermessen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footprint: Die Welt neu vermessen. Neuausgabe 2016 mit aktuellen Zahlen und Kommentaren, Grafiken und Tabellen by Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The last trawlers will deliver their load to those with the highest purchasing power. As the gap between high and low-income people is opening further, society's ability to react is further undermined. The reason is that influential decision-makers (who are typically in the high-income segment) are removed from the realities of overshoot. This means that our system loses necessary feedback. If those who steer society are ever more shielded from physical reality, course corrections become unlikely. Overall, the experience of many influential city dwellers is still one of expansion.”
― Mathis Wackernagel, Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget

tags: consumerism, consumption, ecological-footpint, environment, inequality

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“The way we pay for the present by liquidating the future truly fits the definition of a Ponzi scheme. Any other forms of Ponzi schemes are outlawed, only the ecological one we seem to ignore or even encourage.”
― Mathis Wackernagel, Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget

tags: ecological-crisis, ecological-footprint, ponzi-schemes, resource-management

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