Mathis Wackernagel is Co-Creator of the Ecological Footprint and President and CEO of Global Footprint Network. He has promoted sustainability on six continents and lectured at over 100 universities. Mathis is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University. He received the 2011 Zayed International Prize for the Environment, an honorary doctorate from the University of Berne in 2007, a 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a 2006 WWF Award for Conservation Merit and the 2005 Herman Daly Award of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics.

 

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Beyond GDP - 2012

For social and environmental challenges to gain the policy attention they deserve, countries need to feel competitive pressure not just to increase economic growth, but also to deliver sustainable improvement in the ...

Beyond GDP

 

 
 
 

Creating A Sustainable Future - 2009

Practitioner Showcase: Climate change is undoubtedly one of the most urgent, and complex, issues of our time and one that is increasingly being tackled through alliances, partnerships and networks. Four innovators will ...

Creating A Sustainable Future: The Marriage Of Industry, Policy And Science

 

 
 
 
 
 

Sessions

Thu, March 29, 11:30 - 13:00

Thu, March 29, 11:30 - 13:00

Beyond GDP

Speakers: Amy Wares, Roberto Artavia, Michael Green, Mathis Wackernagel, Martin Burt