And then we ran out...

August 21st marked an unfortunate milestone: it was the day in which we exhausted our ecological budget for the year. On that day, humanity demanded all the ecological services – from filtering CO2 to producing the raw materials for food –  nature can provide in a year. From that day until the end of the year, we will meet our ecological demand by liquidating resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Curious on how this "Global Overshoot Day' is calculated? Have a look at www.footprintnetwork.org