ecological footprint

Feeding the City Masses With Vertical Farming

Submitted by RA on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:42

Interesting article in The Guardian today about feeding the urban masses of the future through vertical farming: instead of growing out, you grow upwards.

Using tried and tested hydroponics, and good building design, vertical farming enthusiasts reckon that a thirty story, downtown vertical farm could provide enough food for 10,000 people.

Earth Enters Ecological Debt

Submitted by RA on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 09:46

The recession may have slowed global consumption down a bit, but we're still consuming our planet's finite resources faster than it can replenish them, according to the Global Footprint Network.

Friday was an ignominious milestone: Earth entered ecological debt.

Profile of Ecological Footprint inventor William Rees

Submitted by RA on Fri, 10/27/2006 - 16:00

As a boy working on his grandparents' farm in eastern Ontario, William Rees found his vocation in life. Rees, a professor at the UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning, calls it his epiphany. It was also the root of his now famous "ecological footprint" that has been adopted by individuals, organizations and policy makers across the globe as a tool for understanding the impact we as humans are having on our environment.

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