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Miserable Earth Overshoot Day
Aug. 16th, 2010 04:53 pmApparently, this Saturday 21 August is Earth Overshoot Day 2010 ... the day when the human population of the planet collectively goes into 'global debt' with the rate at which we've used natural resources during the year: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/earth_overshoot_day/
In other words, for the rest of the year (over a third of the time) we collectively are liquidating planetary capital to meet our combined needs and wants as a species, rather than living from the interest.
On the one hand, 7 billion humans is an awful lot of monkeys to cram on to one planet. But on the other hand, if all 7 billion of us lived like us Europeans or North Americans, we'd need 2 to 5 planets to supply all the resources sustainably.
Solutions which are simultaneously fun, compassionate & effective, on a comment card below ... because I don't fancy any of the alternatives :-S
In other words, for the rest of the year (over a third of the time) we collectively are liquidating planetary capital to meet our combined needs and wants as a species, rather than living from the interest.
On the one hand, 7 billion humans is an awful lot of monkeys to cram on to one planet. But on the other hand, if all 7 billion of us lived like us Europeans or North Americans, we'd need 2 to 5 planets to supply all the resources sustainably.
Solutions which are simultaneously fun, compassionate & effective, on a comment card below ... because I don't fancy any of the alternatives :-S
