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Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Mathis Wackernagel

Mathis Wackernagel is a Swiss-born sustainability advocate. He is 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.

Born: November 10, 1962
Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources. — © Mathis Wackernagel
Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources.
The two-word definition of sustainability is 'one planet.'
We have to prepare our cities for the increasing scarcity of resources by increasing their density and energy efficiency.
Pain is not an evolutionary error.
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