The day marks the juncture when humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds what the planet can replenish annually. In 1971, Overshoot Day fell on December 24. For the rest of 2016, we’ll be “living on resources borrowed from future generations,” as the World Wildlife Fund pointed out when we failed last year. Troublingly, this year’s Overshoot Day is happening earlier than ever before. It’s less than eight months into 2016 and the ominous day is already nearly upon us: Earth Overshoot Day, previously known as Ecological Debt Day, is a reminder of the enormous toll we take on the Earth.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 06:00 UTC