A grave debt
We are using the earth’s natural resources at a faster rate each year, according to a BBC story on a report by the Global Footprint Network, a US think-tank.
“Rising consumption of natural resources means that humans began “eating the planet” on 9 October, a study suggests.
The date symbolised the day of the year when people’s demands exceeded the Earth’s ability to supply resources and absorb the demands placed upon it.
The figures’ authors said the world first “ecological debt day” fell on 19 December 1987, but economic growth had seen it fall earlier each year.”
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