Living on borrowed resources ...

[Dan La Vigne]

Since yesterday was Earth Overshoot Day we now begin living on borrowed resources.  We are exhausting more than the Earth can provide.  The earth is finite, but humankind’s attitude and appetite tends toward the infinite.  It is time for some introspection because this trajectory is not sustainable.          dL

https://www.overshootday.org 

Past Overshoot Days

Earth Overshoot Day is computed by dividing the planet’s biocapacity (the amount of ecological resources Earth is able to generate that year), by humanity’s Ecological Footprint (humanity’s demand for that year), and multiplying by 365, the number of days in a year.

How does this year’s date compare to that of previous years?

Earth Overshoot Day By the Numbers

3,800

million years ago life first evident on Earth

121

%

increase in world population since 1970

-68

%

decline in average population size of vertebrate species since 1970

60

%

of humanity’s Ecological Footprint is carbon