Mathis Wackernagel
Mathis Wackernagel (born November 10, 1962 in Basel ) is a Swiss thought leader in the field of sustainability . He is president of the organization Global Footprint Network , an international research group in Oakland ( California ).
After studying engineering at the ETH Zurich , Wackernagel obtained a doctorate in urban and regional planning from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) in 1994 . In the course of his work on the dissertation, he and William Rees developed the concept of the ecological footprint . Since then he has been active in research and teaching worldwide, advising governments and non-governmental organizations and is the author of numerous articles and several books. Above all, he is concerned with the development of possibilities to grasp the limitations of ecological raw materials more tangibly and to draft objectives for sustainable development. In 2007 he received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science at the University of Bern . In 2010 he was appointed "Frank HT Rhodes Class of 1956" visiting professor at Cornell University (NY) for a three-year term (2011-14) . In 2012 he received the Blue Planet Prize from the Japanese Asahi Glass Foundation.
Publications
- Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers: The Ecological Footprint. Measure the world anew.
- European Publishing House, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-931705-32-9 .
- CEP European Publishing House; New edition 2016 with current figures, ISBN 978-3-86393-074-5
- New Society Publishers; (English) Ecological Footprint: Managing our Biocapacity Budget ISBN 978-0-86571-911-8
- Andreas Sturm, Mathis Wackernagel, Kaspar Müller: The winners and the losers in global competition: Why eco-efficiency strengthens competitiveness - 44 nations tested. Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-7253-0653-2 .
- Mathis Wackernagel, William Rees: Our ecological footprint: How humans influence the environment. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7643-5660-X .
Interviews with Wackernagel
- OOOM 2019 - April 2019 « Austria destroys Austria »
- Watson.ch - May 2019 « We are at a war against ourselves »
- Landeszeitung Lüneburg - July 2019 « The bet against the earth Mathis Wackernagel, creator of the ecological footprint, urges us not to overuse nature any further »
- Süddeutsche Zeitung - July 2019 « Sustainability is like brushing your teeth »
Web links
- Literature by and about Mathis Wackernagel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Global Footprint Network (English)
- Earth Overshoot Day (or Earth Overload Day) (English with German press release)
- Portrait of Mathis Wackernagel from November 13, 2012
- A website by Mathis Wackernagel on the resource situation in Switzerland
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wackernagel, Mathis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss activist in the field of sustainability |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |