"They want a global footprint".
What's your global footprint?
The internet may seem like a paper-saving planetary friend, but the carbon footprint of the world's data centres is now equivalent to all flights taken across the globe.
Mitchell consults to Social Enterprise companies committed to personal and planetary health and sustainability, reducing our carbon footprint and building a renewable energy-based economy.
Since buildings and transportation are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the sensor-aware planetary computer can be a crucial factor in reducing our carbon footprints.
Schmidt and Frank use the projected footprint of the Anthropocene, the current era in which human activity is influencing planetary processes like climate and biodiversity, as a guide for what we might expect from other civilizations.
With living costs in cities rising sharply, planetary stability depends on improving the lives of slum dwellers and reducing carbon, fecal and other footprints associated with city life.
The paper demonstrates the complexity of translating planetary boundaries into boundaries for resource use and targets for absolute reductions, proposing a practical approach starting with defining footprints for water, land and materials, and then proceeding to set resource boundaries.
Dr Robin Russell-Jones Chair, Planetary SOS.
