One planet living is a vision of a sustainable world, in which people everywhere can enjoy a high quality of life within the productive capacity of the planet.
If everyone in the world lived as we do in Sutton we’d need three planets to support us. We need to reduce our impact – our Ecological Footprint – by two thirds to a sustainable and globally fair level. We call this One Planet Living.
We are working with residents and businesses in the London Borough of Sutton to find ways of reducing our ecological footprint by 65% while strengthening our community and improving our quality of life. This is an ambitious project but together we can make it happen.
The projects section explains some of the great things happening in Sutton to help residents and businesses move towards One Planet Living, while the take action section provides lots of inspiring information on how you can be involved.
The One Planet Living framework was developed by BioRegional and WWF to help people and organisations to live and work within a fair share of our planet’s resources. It uses ten guiding principles covering areas such as carbon, waste, transport, food and water to help us measure the sustainability challenges that we face, and to develop appropriate solutions.
Find out more
The One Planet principles: An overview
Global Footprint Network: An introduction to Ecological Footprinting
