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Earth Overshoot Day
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
Here are some study resources to follow on this topic.
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
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Geoff Riley
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.
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