International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab

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  • Does the moon care? A dialogue between Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth

    By Bart Hawkins KrepsIEFLL Research FellowMaster Student at York University September 2025 “Sometimes when I’ve talked about prosperity, people have said ‘that sounds like getting rich’,” Kate Raworth remarked to Tim Jackson in a recent dialogue. “Tell us why you have an affection for the word ‘prosperity’.” Indeed, prosperity is at the heart of Jackson’s…

  • Leading the way: How the Welsh Government uses the Ecological Footprint to shape sustainable policies

    By Marina ErminaIEFLL Research FellowMaster Student at University of Iceland September 2025 Introduction The Global Footprint Network reports that people around the world are using more natural resources than the Earth can provide leading to an ecological deficit of 1.2 global hectares (gha) per person, which is equivalent to using the resources of 1.8 Earths…

  • International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab (IEFLL) Biennial Symposium hosted by the University of Iceland

    By Peri DworatzekIEFLL Partnership CoordinatorPhD Student at York University September 2025 This past June (2025), members of the International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab (IEFLL) from York University traveled to Iceland to meet with IEFLL members based in Iceland. This week-long symposium was the first opportunity for York University and University of Iceland researchers, faculty, and…

  • From Biology to Emissions Accounting and Everything in-between: Kiona Lo’s experience at EFI

    By Kiona LoIEFLL Senior Data AnalystGraduated from the Masters at York University June 2025 Kiona Lo was attracted to the Ecological Footprint Initiative (EFI) because of the application of informatics in the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies. Kiona has a science background, having earned her undergraduate degree in biology. Kiona discovered in working with the…

  • Mapping the Ecological Footprint of a new expressway in Ontario

    By Bart Hawkins KrepsIEFLL Research FellowMaster Student at York University March 2025 By Bumika SrikanthalingamIEFLL Research FellowMaster Student at York University March 2025 The Ontario provincial government is planning a new expressway through primarily rural lands to the north of the existing Toronto urban area. The plan has been opposed by environmental and sustainable city advocates…

  • Measuring bioproductivity in cityscapes: the research of Anne van Berkum

    By Bart Hawkins KrepsIEFLL Research FellowMaster Student at York University January 2025 Imagine you’re looking at a one-hectare parking lot surrounded by fertile farmland. And imagine that there are two rows of trees growing in narrow green strips built through this parking lot. How would you estimate the Biocapacity of this hectare? Since it was…