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Earth Overshoot Day dates from 1971-2024

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Here are the exact dates of Earth #OvershootDay over the last 50 years. #MoveTheDate

Olympics over time - with changing overshoot

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Can we #MoveTheDate at Bolt's speed?

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In 1936, Jesse Owens won four gold medals - humanity used 0.6 Earths. For Earth Overshoot Day 2024

In 1968, Dick Fosbury revolutionized the high jump and won gold - humanity used 0.9 Earths. For Earth Overshoot Day 2024

In 1992, the US basket ball team won gold - humanity used 1.2 Earths. For Earth Overshoot Day 2024

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Getting food onto your plate requires fossil fuel energy. But how much? The answer depends on where you live. See how your country compares. https://bit.ly/2QcaUDq #MoveTheDate

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Getting food onto your plate requires fossil fuel energy. But how much? The answer depends on where you live. See how your country compares. https://bit.ly/2QcaUDq #MoveTheDate

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There is immense #PowerOfPossibility in the countless existing solutions that #MoveTheDate. With them, we can make ourselves more resilient and #MoveTheDate of Earth #OvershootDay. overshootday.org

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Examples abound: Swiss construction company Eberhard opened the first plant in Europe to recover mixed construction waste and turn it into new, high-quality, circular secondary raw material. https://bit.ly/3v8IT4A
#EarthOvershootDay #MoveTheDate

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It is in every company’s self-interest to #MoveTheDate of Earth #OvershootDay. A new generation of circular businesses, like full-service circular solutions provider Interzero, already recognizes this; they operate while reducing #overshoot. https://bit.ly/3yYPyPL

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Reforesting 350 million hectares of forest would move the date of #EarthOvershootDay by 8 days. bit.ly/solution-planet
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If we reduce our Footprint from driving by 50% around the world and assume one-third of car miles are replaced by public transportation and the rest by biking and walking, #EarthOvershootDay would move back 13 days. bit.ly/solution-cities
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Reducing the carbon component of humanity’s Ecological Footprint by 50% would move #EarthOvershootDay by 93 days, or more than three months. bit.ly/solution-energy
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If we cut food waste in half worldwide, we would move #EarthOvershootDay 13 days. bit.ly/solution-food
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If we reduced global meat consumption by 50% and replaced these calories through a vegetarian diet, we would move #EarthOvershootDay 17 days (including 10 days from reduction of methane emissions). bit.ly/solution-food
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If every other family had one less child and parenthood was postponed by two years, by 2050 we would move #EarthOvershootDay 49 days. bit.ly/solution-population
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There is immense #PowerOfPossibility in the countless existing solutions that #MoveTheDate. With them, we can make ourselves more resilient and #MoveTheDate of Earth #OvershootDay. overshootday.org