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Earth Overshoot Day

Geoff Riley

4th August 2017

August 2nd was Earth Overshoot Day - the day in the year when it is estimated that we have used more resources than the planet can renew in a whole year.

Earth Overshoot Day was five days earlier than in 2016.

Is rationing key to managing dwindling resources - this BBC news article explores the issue

Is rationing key to managing dwindling resources? https://t.co/7gStMOY09H via @BBCEarth
— Rob Chambers (@RobGeog) August 2, 2017

Here are some study resources to follow on this topic.

Today is #OvershootDay, when humanity has used more resources than the Earth can renew throughout 2017 https://t.co/bDPyRvkjWE #MoveTheDate pic.twitter.com/GTx21hjDUD
— OECD Environment (@OECD_ENV) August 2, 2017

Earth Overshoot Day: From this day on we're using an unsustainable amount of the Earth's resources https://t.co/iklMCZV0db
— Telegraph Breaking News (@TelegraphNews) August 2, 2017

If everyone in the world lived like the average Aussie, we would need 5.2 Earths. #EarthOvershootDay #movethedate pic.twitter.com/ugAHRCXVDt
— WWF_Australia (@WWF_Australia) August 2, 2017

Ecological overspending leads to deforestation, drought, fresh-water scarcity & biodiversity loss #EarthOvershootDay https://t.co/F5aWQGhK78
— WWF-US Action Team (@wwf_act) August 2, 2017

Earth Overshoot Day marks unprecedented environmental damages

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff