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Deserts like Arches National Park might have been rich with dinosaur diversity, but poor at preserving long-dead fossils. Meryl Rowin for Popular ScienceWe've barely scratched the surface of the fossil record. What are paleontologists still missing? The post The ghosts of the dinosaurs we may never discover appeared first on...

Electric cars (EVs) are getting more and more popular across the globe. While comparing traditional utility grid-based EV charging, photovoltaic (PV) powered EV charging may significantly lessen carbon footprints. However, there are not enough charging stations, which limits the global adoption of EVs. More public places are adding EV charging...

    Addressing overshoot with innovative initiatives May 13 marks Swiss Overshoot Day. This is the date by which humanity would have used as much as our planet’s ecosystems can regenerate in the entire year, if everyone consumed at the rate of Switzerland’s residents. The country currently uses the resources...

    Know a young Earth lover? It’s Earth Month and we’ve got just the thing to share with you! Author, illustrator, and designer of several critically acclaimed children’s books Carme Lemniscates just published Listen to the Earth, a book written about the concept of Earth Overshoot Day. Her profound...

By Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, Dr. Anita Frehner, Dr. Lucas Grob, Dr. Adrian Müller, Dr. David Lin Global Footprint Network, FiBL, & Swiss Food Research This piece provides background to Swiss Deficit Day, or the day of the year when Swiss residents begin to demand more than Swiss ecosystems can provide...

Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor at Compassion in World Farming, examines the importance of water in agriculture. The post The importance of water in agriculture appeared first on Open Access Government....

When do you think Earth Overshoot Day will land? Earth Overshoot Day is the date when we have used more from nature than Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate this year. Can you guess the date for 2023? Enter our Guess-the-Date contest as an individual or a team and submit your best...

Sustainable manufacturing concepts help to increase the resource efficiency of factories. With its Green Factory Solutions, Leadec offers new, green services along the entire life cycle of the factory. With these solutions, which reduce waste or energy consumption, for example, the service specialist helps its customers achieve their sustainability goals....

On 16 February 2023 in Brussels and online, the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will host a hybrid public event to assess the extent of the EU’s current ecological overshoot. It will look into proposals from organised civil society to push back against resource depletion and present some good practices and initiatives...

  Join us in celebrating the UN International Day of Education! Since the 1972 UN Stockholm Conference, education has been recognized as key in fostering environmental protection and has played a central role in easing the transition to a sustainable world. So we want to take this opportunity to share...

Plus, exciting Food Platform news, moving Earth Overshoot Day with circular businesses, & why you don’t need to reduce your Footprint Ecological Footprinting for biodiversity health Many countries at the recent UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 supported the call for “halving the Footprint of production and consumption by 2030.” Still,...

Before we look forward to 2023, let’s look back at all that we achieved in 2022. We launched new tools to help universities and individuals explore paths to sustainability. The first ever online Footprint Calculator for Universities was launched as part of the EUSTEPs project. The project brought together four...