Earth Overshoot Day marks the moment when, according to Global Footprint Network, an independent think tank based in the United States, Switzerland, and Belgium, humanity’s demand for natural resources exceeds the earth’s ability to renew them in a year. As of today, just 34 weeks into 2013, we are officially in ecological overdraft.
Check this article out:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139832/carter-roberts/the-day-the-earth-ran-out?fb_action_ids=10151860051324468&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=soc-facebook-at-snapshot-the_day_the_earth_ran_out-082213&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
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