Resources :: Living Within Limits
If you’re worried about your impact on the environment visit The World Wildlife Fund website. The way we use the planet's resources makes up our ecological footprint, measuring yours takes less than 5 minutes and could set you on a life-changing journey...
Best Foot Forward | The Sustainability Consultants
Best Foot Forward is an organization of footprinting experts, helping organizations to reduce their environmental impact in a world of limited resources. At the forefront of developing footprint methodologies and tools since 1997, The Sustainability Consultants can help you benchmark your performance against comparable organizations, explore scenarios for reducing your footprint and build for sustainability so that you can make change happen.
Youth Carbon Foot-Print Calculator
A kid friendly carbon foot-print calculator!
To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 parts per million ("ppm")to below 350 ppm. But 350 is more than a number—it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.At 350.org, we're building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to get to 350 ppm.
Established in January 2006 by polar explorer Will Steger, the Will Steger Foundation (WSF), located in Minneapolis, MN, is dedicated to creating programs that foster international leadership and cooperation through environmental education and policy. The Will Steger Foundation has seen firsthand the dramatic effects of climate change on both the environment and the human condition.The Foundation seeks to inspire international environmental leadership to stop global warming through exploration, education and action.
The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement as many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing up-to-date news and information on complex, interconnected issues. Issues that must be dealt with rapidly and effectively if we are to achieve a resilient future.
The Utah Population and Environmental Coalitions
The state of Utah was the first state in the USA to calculate the Ecological Footprint. The Utah Population and Environmental Coalitions is an educational and research organization dedicated to further understanding and cooperation regarding environmental and population issues.
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