SUSTAINABILITY & DISRUPTION

"OvershootDay"

THERE IS NO PLANET B

It's #OvershootDay. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year, We are using 1.7 Earths. We use more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate through overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ecosystems can absorb. In less than eight months, humanity has exhausted Earth's budget for the year, that means humans have officially used more natural resources in 2018 than the Earth can renew this year. The Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 1, and  marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year, for the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are operating in overshoot.