Earth Overshoot Day - August 1st

Written on 07/26/2024
"Fridays For Future"


On Aug 1, humanity will have consumed the resources the planet can provide in a year. During the last four months of 2024, we will be living in overshoot, living beyond the carrying capacity of our planet, and spending savings that the Earth will demand we return.  The last time we lived within the planet's carrying capacity was 1970. Since then, we have consciously or unconsciously drawn down our collective savings accounts. Not only do we need to live within the means of the planet, but we must also restore what we have already damaged and diminished.  Can we do that before falling into deep societal collapse?