Title: What does it take to change the world? 

Mathis Wackernagel, founder of the Global Footprint Network, will be visiting with Andrew Tyler / Hydro Nation Chair Programme week commencing 21st November and has agreed to a seminar on Wed 23rd November, 1-2pm in LTA4 and on Teams. Please forward this invite onto relevant colleagues. The seminar will be recorded for those unable to attend. 

Summary: Mathis will reflect on what he has learned, through tears and pain but also successes and surprises, about how to produce outcomes in support of the sustainability transformation. His insights are based on the evolution of his work driven by making overshoot understandable and relevant to decision-makers. The presentation will be short to enable interactive discussion. 

Who Should Attend: For over 30 years, Mathis has been engaged as a participant in shaping the sustainability transformation. So far, humanity has not been able to significantly shift its trajectory. We could portray this as a failure. Or we can extract the lessons and identify pathways that could be more effective in ending overshoot by design, rather than letting it end by disaster. Demographics who could be interested in this seminar are 

• Students who are wondering about how their knowledge and skills might be applied most effectively in their career to build the future they want. 
• Researchers interested in the sustainability transformation, particularly its transversal, systemic nature to avoid not only economic and environmental policy being at odds, but agricultural policy, climate policy, and biodiversity policy biting each other. It will also be relevant for those interested in policy-relevant metrics. 

Speaker Bio: It is now commonplace to call human impact on our planet a footprint, whether carbon footprint or ecological footprint. Dr. Mathis Wackernagel started this (with Bill Rees) 30 years ago, with the intent to make ecological overshoot more accessible and relevant to decision-making. In 2003, he co-founded Global Footprint Network, a sustainability think-tank, possibly best known for its annual Earth Overshoot Day. His awards include various honorary degrees as well as the 2018 World Sustainability Award, the 2015 IAIA Global Environment Award, and the 2012 Blue Planet Prize.