Daily Note: Earth Overshoot Day

Wanted to write a note marking Earth Overshoot Day. This year, it was the 22nd of August. What is Earth Overshoot Day Earth Overshoot Day is the point where scientists say we’ve used all the ecological resources the planet can produce in 12 months. But of course we can’t really say that humanity collectively achieved this, because Earth Overshoot Day is different for all countries: some have it later the in the year, some don’t reach it at all. The UK has reached it in mid May (even with the lockdown). The US has reached in mid March. That’s pretty …