This article highlights the continued lack of global sustainability practices. This year on August 8th, "Earth Overshoot Day" occurred. This is the annual day where we have used up all of nature's resources for the year, and everyday thereafter is us "overdrafting". Each year, this day occurs earlier and earlier, showing that we are continuing to use Earth's resources at an unsustainable rate. Currently, we need 1.6 Earth's to accommodate the world's resource usage, a figure that is obviously not one the Earth can endure forever. Our ecological footprint is steadily increasing, and there is a drastic need for new climate policies worldwide.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/humans-have-used-all-the-earths-resources-for-the-year-overshoot-day?trk_source=homepage-lede
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