Thursday, August 21, 2014

Earth Overshoot Day arrives earlier as we consume too much for planet to replenish


The latest grim news about the Earth’s resources is that we are using them up faster and faster every year, and that is creating bigger and bigger economic inequalities between countries.
We hit what is known as Earth Overshoot Day even earlier this year – on 19 August
Global Footprint Network, the environmental think-tank that monitors mankind’s impact on the planet, working with the World Wide Fund for Nature, said we are running out of irreplaceable reserves.
http://euronews.com/2014/08/19/earth-overshoot-day-arrives-earlier-as-we-consume-too-much/