The Ambition of Terracopia

The world is currently undergoing a phase change with respect to our awareness of our environmental impacts. In the last 30 years the developed world has undergone an education in how mankind is depleting the planet. There is now a general understanding that we are not operating in a world of limitless resource, which will self repair every time we damage it. There is also an understanding that mankind is now such a big entity, that real and permanent damage is being done.

Having gained an appreciation of the problem, we are now trying to grasp how we might measure the damage. To this end we have an explosion of eco-labels and schemes such as carbon footprinting. However, there is no consolidated unit of measurement. It is Terracopia’s ambition to become that consolidated unit of measurement.

At Terracopia we have three immediate objectives. The first is to test and develop our system by means of pilot projects. We have just completed our first pilot project in conjunction with Cambridge University and we are now looking for more such opportunities in diverse fields so that we can really explore different applications.

Our second objective is to found the first Terracopia Institute which will devote itself to abundance studies, data collection, subject matter expertise and business development.

Thirdly will be the Global Terracopia Institute – the wiki universe, where we can open this thing up to the millions of field operatives who can engage with us and get Terracopia out there and working!

Please do contact us if you would like to participate in any way (left hand button below) or download one of our PDF presentations (right hand button below). Note that you will need to register to gain access to the PDFs. All we need for registration is your valid e-mail address and a one line introduction of who you are and why you are here. No passwords are required – the world doesn’t need any more passwords!

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  • Copper

    There is enough copper to last us another 88 years at current rates of consumption and recycling.

  • Oil

    Taking into account both discovered and undiscovered oil, there will be enough to last for another 26,500 days at our current rate of consumption. Oil cannot be recycled, once it is burned.

  • Atmospheric Carbon

    Atmospheric Carbon and other Greenhouse Gasses are compromising the earth’s ability to cool itself, causing mean surface temperatures to rise. The accumulation of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere is trapping 0.12% of incoming solar radiation.

  • Atlantic Mackerel

    Although North Sea Cod is still in crisis (biomass is one third of its 1964 level), Atlantic Mackerel staged a great recovery in recent decades. Prior to the collapse of Atlantic Mackerel stocks in 1976, the peak biomass had been 1.7 million tonnes in 1972. In 2004, after severe measures had been implemented by the US Government, stocks had bounced back to 2.3 million tonnes. If we know, we can act.

  • Biodiversity

    Biomass is the engine of the earth, converting the sun's energy into food, materials and sub systems to sustain life and circulate nutrients. Mankind is eroding this engine at an alarming rate and dispensing with known and unknown bits of it, without heed to how the function of the engine is affected.