How does that make you feel? You work for 12 months this year but get paid for only 7.7 months.
That is how the Earth is feeling since August 21st. That's this year's Earth Overshoot Day (aka Ecological Debt Day). Its the day by which we (all of humanity) has consumed so far this year all the resources that earth is able to provide us for a full year. We have consumed in 7.7 months what the Earth takes 12 months to produce.
Put another way, we (humans) are in need of resources that would require 1.4 Earths Worth of Production. Unfortunately we have only 1 Earth! What's worse is that the US requires 3.4 Earths to meet its needs!
Learn more at http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/08/warningplanetary-eco-checkbook-bounced-over-weekend/
Remember what Mahatma Gandhi said 70 years ago: "There is enough in this world to meet everyone's needs but not enough to meet everyone's greed"
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