Mathis Wackernagel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mathis Wackernagel
Occupation	Biologist
Date Of Birth	Nov 10, 1962(1962-11-10)
Age	62
Birthplace	Basel
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Basel-Stadt
Horoscope	Capricorn

Mathis Wackernagel Biography

Mathis Wackernagel is one of the most popular and richest Biologist who was born on November 10, 1962 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he completed his Ph.D. in community and regional planning at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 1994. There, as his doctoral dissertation under Professor William Rees, he created with Professor Rees the ecological footprint concept and developed the methodology. He has worked on sustainability issues for organizations in Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia and Australia. Wackernagel previously served as the director of the Sustainability Program at Redefining Progress in Oakland, California (1999 – 2003), and directed the Centre for Sustainability Studies / Centro de Estudios para la Sustentabilidad in Mexico (1995-2001). In 2004, he was also an adjunct faculty at SAGE of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2010, he was appointed Frank H. T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Visiting Professor at Cornell University (1 July 2011 – 30 June 2013).

The (En)Rich List ranked Mathis Wackernagel as the 19th of the 100 most inspirational individuals whose contributions enrich paths to sustainable futures.

Mathis Wackernagel Net Worth

Mathis Wackernagel is one of the richest Biologist from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mathis Wackernagel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2013, Mathis Wackernagel received the Prix Nature Swisscanto. Prior, he received the 2012 Binding-Prize for Nature Conservation, the bi-annual Kenneth Boulding Award of the International Society for Ecological Economics, and the Blue Planet Prize of the Asahi Glass Foundation (the latter two with William E. Rees). He also received the 2011 Zayed International Prize for Environment in the category “action leading to positive change in society.” The Zayed prize recognized Wackernagel’s contribution to “translate[ing] the complexity of humanity’s impact on the environment and natural resources into a more understandable and actionable form. The concept of ‘ecological limits’ and relating the demands of human beings to the planet’s available ecological resources, has attracted and is catalyzing action among governments, business and civil society.”

In 2018, Dr. Mathis Wachernagel and Dr. Zhifu Mi were the joint recipients of the second World Sustainability Award. Wackernagel, along with Susan Burns, received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship from the Skoll Foundation in 2007. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern in 2007, a 2006 World Wide Fund for Nature Award for Conservation Merit, and the 2005 Herman Daly Award of the US Society for Ecological Economics. With Global Footprint Network, he received the International Prize Calouste Gulbenkian 2008 (Lisbon, Portugal) “dedicated to the respect for biodiversity and defense of the environment in man’s relationship with nature.”

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Kang Ranked on the list of most popular Biologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Mathis Wackernagel celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

What is Mathis Wackernagel best known for achieving?

Mathis Wackernagel is co-creator of the Ecological Footprint and President of Global Footprint Network. He has promoted sustainability on six continents and lectured at more than 100 universities. Dr.

Who invented the ecological footprint?

The core of Global Footprint Network is the Ecological Footprint, a comprehensive sustainability metric. It was created by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees in the early 1990s as part of Wackernagel’s PhD research at the University of British Columbia.

Who owns the Global Footprint Network?

In 2003, Mathis Wackernagel, PhD, and Susan Burns founded Global Footprint Network, an international think-tank headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices in Geneva and Brussels. Wackernagel received an honorary doctorate in December 2007 from the University of Bern in Switzerland.

What does Global Footprint Network do?

Global Footprint Network, an international nonprofit organization founded in 2003, envisions a future where all can thrive within the means of our one planet. by making ecological limits central to decision-making.

What country has the smallest Ecological Footprint?

While the smallest ecological footprint for a sovereign country is that of China’s neighbour North Korea , with 62,644.7 global hectares in total.