INSECT-RESPECT STANDS FOR A
NEW APPROACH TO INSECTS WORLDWIDE
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel Visits Us
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel is an internationally renowned sustainability researcher and co-developer of the Ecological Footprint, one of the world’s most widely used measures of how many resources humanity actually consumes. As president of the Global Footprint Network, he has been working for decades to raise awareness among governments, businesses, and civil society about our planet’s ecological limits and to encourage them to change their behavior.
That’s exactly what INSECT-RESPECT is all about: raising awareness of the value of insects and highlighting the benefits of putting an end to insect decline, rather than continuing to live beyond our planetary boundaries.
With these quick questions from the Global Footprint Network, you can easily calculate your ecological footprint.
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel visited our office. He and Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus met at the Sustainable Shapers Awards ceremony in Switzerland, where both were honored for their commitment to sustainability. Mathis was also a speaker at our most recent Day of Insects in Belgium; here is his keynote address.
We held a four-hour workshop with him at our office. The discussion sparked many new ideas, and we're already looking forward to the next one.
The artwork in the background of the photo is the installation “Shallow Water” (2023) by sound artist Rudy Decelière. It consists of 601 dried leaves, each individually attached to magnetic sensors. The artwork uniquely illustrates how dry leaves move when raindrops fall on them. Rudy Decelière was born in France in 1979 and now lives in Geneva. In his art, he explores how sounds are created through movement.
That’s exactly what INSECT-RESPECT is all about: raising awareness of the value of insects and highlighting the benefits of putting an end to insect decline, rather than continuing to live beyond our planetary boundaries.
With these quick questions from the Global Footprint Network, you can easily calculate your ecological footprint.
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel visited our office. He and Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus met at the Sustainable Shapers Awards ceremony in Switzerland, where both were honored for their commitment to sustainability. Mathis was also a speaker at our most recent Day of Insects in Belgium; here is his keynote address.
We held a four-hour workshop with him at our office. The discussion sparked many new ideas, and we're already looking forward to the next one.
The artwork in the background of the photo is the installation “Shallow Water” (2023) by sound artist Rudy Decelière. It consists of 601 dried leaves, each individually attached to magnetic sensors. The artwork uniquely illustrates how dry leaves move when raindrops fall on them. Rudy Decelière was born in France in 1979 and now lives in Geneva. In his art, he explores how sounds are created through movement.
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