Aug 17, 2010

August 21 is Earth Overshoot Day








What is Earth Overshoot Day? Well, just as there is a day in April on which people commemorate having earned their full tax payment for the year, this is the day by which we have already used our full share of natural resources for the year. Not as individuals, but as a whole world - everything after this Saturday is overdraft. Read more at the Global Footprint Network's site.

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