{"id":12541,"date":"2018-07-23T19:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T19:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/?p=12541"},"modified":"2018-10-05T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T19:29:00","slug":"earth-overshoot-day-2018-is-august-1-the-earliest-date-since-ecological-overshoot-started-in-the-early-1970s-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2018\/07\/23\/earth-overshoot-day-2018-is-august-1-the-earliest-date-since-ecological-overshoot-started-in-the-early-1970s-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Overshoot Day 2018 is August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_5bb7babd6ec5a\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section   \" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-bg-mobile-hidden=\"\">\n<div class=\"col span_12 dark left\">\n<div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding instance-2\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-border-animation=\"\" data-border-animation-delay=\"\" data-border-width=\"none\" data-border-style=\"solid\" data-border-color=\"\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>OAKLAND, CA, USA\u2014JULY 23, 2018<\/strong>\u2014On August 1, humanity will have used nature\u2019s resource budget for the entire year, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Footprint Network<\/a>, an international research organization. This date is called\u00a0<strong>Earth Overshoot Day<\/strong>\u2014the date when humanity\u2019s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth\u2019s ecosystems can renew in that year.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, humanity is currently using nature 1.7 times faster than our planet\u2019s ecosystems can regenerate. This is akin to using 1.7 Earths.<\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/data.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calculates<\/a>\u00a0Earth Overshoot Day every year using Ecological Footprint accounting, which adds up all of people\u2019s competing demands on nature, including demand for food, timber, and fibers (cotton); absorption of carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels; and buildings, roads and other infrastructure. August 1 is the earliest Earth Overshoot Day since the world went into ecological overshoot in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13004 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018_Past_Overshoot_Days_Eng-1-1024x642.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018_Past_Overshoot_Days_Eng-1-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018_Past_Overshoot_Days_Eng-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018_Past_Overshoot_Days_Eng-1-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018_Past_Overshoot_Days_Eng-1.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The costs of this ecological overspending include deforestation; collapsing fisheries; fresh-water scarcity; soil erosion; biodiversity loss; and the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, leading to climate change and more severe droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes. These threats can produce desperation and force many people to migrate to cities or other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network and its partners will mark Earth Overshoot Day 2018 with several activities around the world, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In New York, a short video in Times Square from July 20 to August 3 features stunning footage by award-winning cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg.<\/li>\n<li>From Oakland and Paris, Global Footprint Network and Schneider Electric will host a webinar titled \u201cLiving on a Finite Planet: Strategies for Sustainable Resource Utilization\u201d at 8 a.m. PDT \/ 3 p.m. UTC Tuesday, July 24. To register, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KQrY1B\">bit.ly\/2KQrY1B<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In Berlin, Germanwatch and Inkota and other partners will hold an Overshoot Day press conference at 9 a.m. CET August 1.<\/li>\n<li>In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Museu do Amanh\u00e3 (Museum of Tomorrow) will show a special screening of \u201cUnder the Ox Paw,\u201d a documentary film about the cattle invasion in the Amazon, on August 1.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/news\/press_releases\/2018\/earth-overshoot-day-07-27-2018.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 U.S. cities<\/a>\u00a0with the largest carbon footprints, more than 10,000 free Endangered Species Condoms will be given away by the Center for Biological Diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#MoveTheDate Live Stream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network will feature these events and more with interviews from around the world through a live broadcast on Facebook and YouTube at 11 p.m. July 31 PDT \/ 6 a.m. Aug. 1 UTC and 9 a.m. August 1 PDT \/ 4 p.m. UTC. To watch, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlobalFootprintNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/GlobalFootprintNetwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show will include interviews with\u00a0<strong>Christiana<\/strong>\u00a0Figueres, the former climate chief of the UN;\u00a0<strong>Erik Solheim<\/strong>, executive director of the UN Environment Programme;\u00a0<strong>Nicolas Hulot<\/strong>, the French minister of ecological transition;\u00a0<strong>Terry A\u2019Hearn<\/strong>, Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;\u00a0<strong>David Levine<\/strong>, CEO, American Sustainable Business Council;\u00a0<strong>Carter Roberts<\/strong>, CEO, World Wildlife Fund US;\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Rogers<\/strong>, President, Earth Day Network;\u00a0<strong>Esther Finidori<\/strong>, Manager of Environmental Performance and CO2 Strategy, Schneider Electric; and cinematographer\u00a0<strong>Louie Schwartzberg<\/strong>. The show also will feature partners from WWF China, France, Japan, and Russia; ZERO, an environmental partner in Portugal; and from the U.S., Center for Biological Diversity, Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Powerhouse, and Turning Green.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we mark Earth Overshoot Day, today may seem no different from yesterday\u2014you still have the same food in your refrigerator,\u201d said Global Footprint Network CEO Mathis Wackernagel. \u201cBut fires are raging in the Western United States. On the other side of the world, residents in Cape Town have had to slash water consumption in half since 2015. These are consequences of busting the ecological budget of our one and only planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur economies are running a Ponzi scheme with our planet. We are using the Earth\u2019s future resources to operate in the present and digging ourselves deeper into ecological debt,\u201d Wackernagel continued. \u201cIt\u2019s time to end this ecological Ponzi scheme and leverage our creativity and ingenuity to create a prosperous future free of fossil fuels and planetary destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network has identified four\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/solutions\/\">solution areas<\/a>\u00a0with the most potential to address ecological overshoot:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cities: If we reduce driving by 50% around the world and replace one-third of car miles with public transportation and the rest by walking and biking, we can #MoveTheDate of Overshoot Day back 12 days.<\/li>\n<li>Energy: Reducing the carbon component of humanity\u2019s Ecological Footprint by 50% would #MoveTheDate 93 days.<\/li>\n<li>Food: If everyone in the world cut food waste in half, reduced the Footprint intensity of their diets, and consumed world-average calories, we would #MoveTheDate 38 days.<\/li>\n<li>Population: If every other family in the world had one less child, we would move Overshoot Day 30 days by 2050.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Global Footprint Network is inviting individuals to participate in Earth Overshoot Day by determining their own Personal Overshoot Day and Ecological Footprint at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.footprintcalculator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.footprintcalculator.org<\/a>\u00a0and taking a \u201cStep to #MoveTheDate\u201d at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/steps-to-movethedate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.overshootday.org\/steps-to-movethedate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although 86 percent of the world\u2019s population lives in a country with an ecological deficit, the latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/data.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national Ecological Footprint data<\/a>\u00a0reveals some encouraging signs for moving back Earth Overshoot Day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ecological Footprint of China, the country with the largest total Ecological Footprint, decreased 0.3 percent from 2013 to 2014 after a steady climb since 2000, when it was half as large as it is today. China\u2019s Ecological Footprint per person also decreased by 0.8 percent from 2013 to 2014. The decline stems in part from a decrease in China\u2019s total carbon Footprint by 0.7 percent and its per-person carbon Footprint by 1.2% from 2013 to 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The Ecological Footprint per person for high-income countries has declined 12.9 percent since 2000. Some of the countries with the largest declines since 2000 include Singapore (-32.1 percent), the Bahamas (-26.2 percent), Denmark (-19.0 percent); United States (-18.4 percent), United Kingdom (-16.6 percent), and France (-15.5 percent).<\/li>\n<li>Germany experienced an 8 percent decline in its Ecological Footprint per person since 2000 and a 2.5 percent decline in its Ecological Footprint per person from 2013 to 2014. The carbon\u00a0component of Germany\u2019s Ecological Footprint declined 6.2 percent from 2013 to 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fws_5bb7babd6f572\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section   \" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-bg-mobile-hidden=\"\">\n<div class=\"col span_12 dark left\">\n<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding instance-7\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-border-animation=\"\" data-border-animation-delay=\"\" data-border-width=\"none\" data-border-style=\"solid\" data-border-color=\"\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Media Backgrounder:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/newsroom\/media-backgrounder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.overshootday.org\/newsroom\/media-backgrounder\/<\/a><br \/>\nLive Stream (Aug. 1):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlobalFootprintNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/GlobalFootprintNetwork<\/a><br \/>\nFootprint Calculator:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.footprintcalculator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.footprintcalculator.org<\/a><br \/>\nCountry Footprints:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/data.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data.footprintnetwork.org<\/a><br \/>\nSocial media: #MoveTheDate<br \/>\nOvershoot Day Videos:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jgbY79Opn34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtu.be\/jgbY79Opn34\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Global Footprint Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network is changing how the world manages its natural resources and responds to climate change, through<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>METRICS that are simple, meaningful, and scalable;<\/li>\n<li>ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS about natural resource consumption and capacity; and<\/li>\n<li>TOOLS and analysis to guide informed decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.footprintnetwork.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Diep<\/strong>\u00a0(English) \u2013 California, United States<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nGlobal Footprint Network<br \/>\n+1 (510) 839-8879 x 309<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:amanda.diep@footprintnetwork.org\">amanda.diep@footprintnetwork.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laetitia Mailhes<\/strong>\u00a0(English and French) \u2013\u00a0California, United States<br \/>\nMedia &amp; Outreach<br \/>\nGlobal Footprint Network<br \/>\n+1 (415) 794-2884<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:laetitia.mailhes@footprintnetwork.org\">laetitia.mailhes@footprintnetwork.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND, CA, USA\u2014JULY 23, 2018\u2014On August 1, humanity will have used nature\u2019s resource budget for the entire year, according to\u00a0Global Footprint Network, an international research organization. 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