We, Earth dwellers, have managed to use up more natural resources than what the planet can renew in a year. We have already consumed all we got from the nature for a year within seven months. And that’s why August 1 would mark the Earth Overshoot Day. Every day after this we would be excessively pressuring the Earth for resources. And, if India continues its current rate of consumption, the country will need resources of 2.5 countries to meet its demands, says a recent research.
Global Footprint Network (GFN), an international research organisation, says that in 1997 the Earth Overshoot Day fell in late September, but now it has moved up to August 1. This is proof of the unprecedented amount of pressure people are exerting on nature for its resources. “The estimated level of resources and ecosystem services required to support human activities at their current rate equals 1.7 Earths, fast moving to 2 Earths by 2030,” says GFN while adding that last year, this day was marked on August 2.
— source downtoearth.org.in