Earth Overshoot Day: humanity consumes a year's worth of resources by August 1st

1 August 2024 marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, arriving a day earlier than in 2023. According to the Global Footprint Network, humanity has consumed more resources in just seven months than our planet's ecosystems can regenerate in a year. And if everyone lived like the average American, we would need 🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎 Earths to sustain annual demand...

📈 The relentless pace of economic and population growth is depleting our planet’s resources at an alarming rate, harming both environmental and human health. Meanwhile, Kuwait just announced a 'giant' oil discovery, Guyana wants to be the new Qatar and the hunt for new oil and gas drilling sites is far from slowing down.

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