Living Within Limits
No matter what, we only have one Earth to live on. There is a finite limit on the amount of productivity our land and water supplies can support, as well as a limit on the amount of carbon our trees and atmosphere can absorb. Currently as a planet we are exceeding these limits by almost 50 percent, and as a country we are using Earth’s resources 4 times faster than the planet can produce them and absorb the waste. Fortunately, now that we know the severity of our overshoot, we can begin scaling back towards sustainability.
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Advancing the Science of Sustainability
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Unified in Stewardship
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Read the Global Footprint Network essay: "Staying Within Our Limits"
Read Jerry M. Linenger's essay, "Unified in Stewardship"
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