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Earth Overshoot Day
July 27 , 2018
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- 2018 Earth Overshoot Day will fall on August 1, the earliest date since ecological overshoot began in the early 1970s.
- It is calculated by Global Footprint Network and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- It is the date when, humanity's annual demand on nature, exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year.
- In 2018, nature’s budget for the entire year has already been used up in just span of 8 months only.
- It means humanity is currently using nature 1.7 times faster than Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate.
- This year the overshoot day falls two days earlier than the last year’s. Every day after August 1 will now be considered a strain on Earth’s natural resources.
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