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Beginning on October 9th and continuing through the end of the
year, the world will be living beyond its ecological means.
Ecological Footprint accounting shows that, as of October 9th,
humanity will have already consumed the total amount of new
resources nature will produce this year. Each year Global
Footprint Network calculates humanity’s Ecological Footprint
(its demand on cropland, pasture, forests and fisheries) and
compares it with global biocapacity (the ability of these
ecosystems to generate resources and absorb wastes). Ecological
Footprint accounting can be used to determine the exact date we,
as a global community, begin running our annual ecological
deficit. Designated “World Overshoot Day,” this year demand
begins outstripping supply on October 9. Overshoot has been
called ‘the biggest issue you’ve never heard of.’ Yet despite
its lack of publicity, its causes and effects are as simple as
they are significant.In any given year, if tre