Our ecological footprint with Dr. William Rees, Professor Emeritus, UBC

From Conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands in the age of climate change and biodiversity loss: A webinar series, Webinar 4.

Learn more: https://www.raincoast.org/gi-webinar/

William E Rees is a human ecologist, ecological economist, former Director and Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia’s School of Planning in Vancouver, Canada. His research focuses on the ecological requirements for civilization to persist, energy assessment, and the behavioural and socio-cultural barriers to change. Best known as originator and co-developer of ‘ecological footprint analysis,’ Prof Rees has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed and popular articles on (un)sustainability. He is an internationally recognized Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada whose awards include both the Herman Daly Award and Boulding Memorial Prize in Ecological Economics and a Blue Planet Prize (jointly with his former student, Dr Mathis Wackernagel).

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