SUMMARY

In this episode of The Carbon Connection, Valerie Lucchesi speaks with Mathis Wackernagel, founder of the Global Footprint Network, a network dedicated to conversation and actions leading to the thoughtful management of natural resources. The network established Earth Overshoot Day. This day signals the day of a year that "humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerates during the entire year." Learn more about this estimated date and the methodology used on the Earth Overshoot Day website.

In this conversation, Lucchesi and Wackernagel discuss what "overshoot" looks like in Switzerland.

LINKS

5th Switzerland podcast
Global Footprint Network
Earth Overshoot Day
The Carbon Almanac

CONTRIBUTORS

Special Acknowledgment: Valerie Lucchesi, 5th Switzerland

Production Team: Lucia Speranza, Steve Heatherington

Senior Producer: Tania Marien

Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua

Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed

Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua

Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen

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