August 20th, 2013 is World Overshoot Day, the estimated date when we’ve used up the Earth’s annual supply of renewable natural resources and carbon absorbing capacity. After that, we’re using more than the planet can sustain. It’s a one-day reminder of a year-round problem: We are living too large on a finite planet. For more on Overshoot Day, follow this link to World Wildlife Fund’s article by Jon Hoekstra. There is no Planet B.
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It will be a rude awakening when we finally come up against reality.
Disturbing. There are too many children in our own “first world” country who go hungry; what must it be like in poorer countries?
I didn’t know about this day – I wonder how they did the estimate – well, I’ll follow your link and find more.