Digital Tools
From using search engines that plant trees and give water to applications that monitor weather and climate changes in real time, our digital tools turn everyday internet and mobile use into a force for good. By enabling people to support environmental initiatives and realise the impacts of climate change simply with a click or a tap, we help create a more sustainable online ecosystem and a more informed world. Partner with us to promote digital habits that nurture the environment and help our communities.
Our Limits to Growth (LtG) analyser projects how Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) per capita, a proxy for industrial output, could evolve for approximately 170 countries out to 2100 under four scenarios from the Limits to Growth World3 model (BAU, BAU2, CT, and SW), letting you compare any country's trajectory against others and see which nations' current economies resemble its projected future. It works by taking each country's real 2020 GFCF per capita based on World Bank data and scaling it forward using the relative shape of each World3 scenario, digitized from the published model outputs in a publised thesis from Branderhorst (2020). GFCF was chosen to better align with industrial output from the LtG model. Each of the four LtG scenarios represent structural "what if" situations, not predictions - BAU (business as usual, resource-driven collapse), BAU2 (business as usual, pollution-driven collapse), CT (comprehensive technology), and SW (stabilized world). Based on the latest analysis, humanity is currently on track for somewhere between BAU2 and CT.
Under fixed GFCF share, every country is assumed to follow the global scenario trajectory uniformly, meaning that relative rankings between countries never shift, which is unrealistic. Projections for country-level GFCF values resulting from climate change damages do not presently exist in the public domain. Under dynamic GFCF share, values are proportioned by GDP share based on work from Burke, Hsiang, and Miguel (2015), which is not ideal, but used as an inaccurate proxy. Additionally, many country-year combinations lack real GFCF data due to reporting gaps. Although such models, data, and tools are inherently inaccurate, it helps provide an understanding of potential socio-economic dynamics that may be experienced during the decline of social systems in response to climate change.
Limits to Growth — GFCF per capita projection
World3 scenario trajectories applied to 2020 real GFCF per capita, by country
Closest 2020 analogs
Limits to Growth - Food per capita projection
Country-level food-per-capita supply (kcal/person/day), projected forward from a 2020 baseline using the relative growth trajectories of four Limits to Growth World3 scenarios.
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Our mobile and desktop applications are no longer maintained. We appreciate the support received from our users. Unfortunately due to a lack of resourcing our mobile and desktop applications for Android, iOS and Windows are now retired. However, we have retained some of the functionality in our EarthEye weather tool as a web application, which you can read more about here. Some of the functionality of our EarthSearch browser has been retained as a web application, which you can use below. It allows you to search the internet using different search engine providers which redirect the profits made from your search to different environmental causes such as planting trees (Ecosia and Search for Trees), collecting plastics from the ocean (OceanHero), giving water (GiveWater), and providing general financial support to a variety of social and environmental projects (YouCare and Rapusia). Support environmental causes by changing the way you search.
Eco was an intelligent environmental companion designed to make sustainability accessible and actionable. This AI-powered chatbot offered expert guidance on reducing your carbon footprint, adopting sustainable living practices, exploring renewable energy options, and taking meaningful environmental action. Whether curious about green transportation, zero waste living, ocean conservation, or biodiversity protection, Eco provided practical tips and educational insights to help you make eco-friendly choices in your daily life. With quick-access topics covering everything from home energy efficiency to plastic pollution solutions, Eco transformed complex environmental concepts into simple, and gave achievable steps that empowered you to contribute to a healthier planet. Unfortunately due to resourcing issues we are unable to maintain Eco or develop it to compensate for new legislation from the Australian government regarding use and access to AI chatbots for children and adolescents.