Eric Miller

Sustainability Economist and Educator. @EFI_YorkU and @yorkUEUC

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Ontario budget announces Waldo will be able to enjoy a new Provincial Park. Somewhere, at some point. Otherwise, $20.6 billion in 2023-24 for more stone and asphalt to keep us busy in the Anthropocene, etc.

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

@UNBiodiversity @wef Isn't this a more appropriate banner?

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

In honour of Herman Daly my (somewhat nerdy) placard against Ontario #Bill23 by jamming off the Ontario OLG logo and phrasing which fits the mood of our Ontario government gambling against the odds of reality with its addiction to (uneconomic?) growth.

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@BadlandsAB Source of stats in the image: Isman…2018 used 2015 energy factors. Yes, Alberta shifting coal-to-gas to generate electricity. ~30% less co2e/KwH in 2020 vs 2015 so Calgary EF in 2020 possibly tied for top. By 2024 Halifax likely to have largest ecological footprint.

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Another perspective on #albertaiscalling ads. Most of the differential is from the larger carbon component of Ecological Footprint, emitted from generating electricity by burning fossil fuels, especially coal.

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

@treebeing RE Maximum Canada, you might be interested in my review of that book by Saunders a few yrs ago:
https://t.co/RjnlSHdkKn

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Ontario’s Ecological Footprint is massive but has declined since 2005. We at @EFI_YorkU measured the big picture and details of specific goods and services and changes to landscape affecting Biocapacity. Details at https://t.co/uHhHARrEt2

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

@CAPE_ACME @WCDrs4PH @CANE_ACIIE @ccghc @PlaneteEnSante @CanadianPM Sadly the government showed no interest in a shift to a wellbeing society and economy. Budget 2022 was growth for the sake of growth without accounting for its consequences. More analysis here: https://t.co/C7FAEktXSG

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Canadian Federal #Budget2022 = Growth for the sake of growth with no accounting of its consequences. Read my Ecological Economic analysis of the budget here: https://t.co/EXGRBBidBs

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Canadian Federal #Budget2022 = Growth for the sake of growth with no accounting of its consequences. Read my Ecological Economic analysis of the budget here: https://t.co/EXGRBBidBs

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

@ArmineYalnizyan Another missed opportunity: omission of any GBA+ analysis in this year's document (vs 168 pages of GBA+ last year). Website has "The web version of this page is coming soon" with a dead PDF link "Failed - No file". In lockup did you get any info RE this?

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

GDP is gross. Wellbeing is better. Some of my data-supported ideas for aspiring Prime Ministers https://t.co/PMvxFSjWFy and student essay contest https://t.co/u3eZHQfZbB

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

We're releasing latest national and global data about humanity’s #EcologicalFootprint and the planet’s (overdrawn) capacity to sustain it. Mar 7 2PM EST event at https://t.co/7TydbnZMES Data afterwards via https://t.co/IHw4mAtjt7 and https://t.co/7FNhNEfHXF

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

This is #Mississauga scaled in proportion to size of its Ecological Footprint of consumption by footprint component (black=carbon, green=forest products, etc). Estimated by scaling Ontario EF (soon to be released) produced by @EFI_YorkU. For presentation at @MBOTOntario forum.

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

To #MoveTheDate of #EarthOvershootDay we at @EFI_YorkU are reducing the footprint of calculating the Ecological Footprint. Using same hardware and software we improved the #MySQL code to processes 34M rows of @FAO data using just 16% of prior time = computational energy.

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Brilliant! If anyone has stats on carbon emitted per vanity spaceflight I’d be keen to convert to Ecological Footprint units of global hectares to make comparisons with competing alternatives

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

A new academic title is needed for those teaching beyond their "Prof Emeritus" state. Maybe "Prof Mortuus" or whatever the Latin phrase is for "Prof Beyond Pension"? Note2self: update Will to clarify who gets my e-lectures https://t.co/wXE6PndM36

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

@MartinRSers Last sentence of the report: "The fault is not in economics; it lies in the way we chose to practice it"

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Important #DasguptaReview Economics of Biodiversity highlights importance of #ecologicalfootprint accounting, citing data from @yorkuniversity with @EndOvershoot. Lets #MoveTheDate. https://t.co/5sEKBBAYPK

[Eric Miller @eco_miller]

Register for Jan 22 webinar to learn about the new Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity accounts https://t.co/p046YMY70y