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Did you know we are in overshoot? What does that mean, and what should we do about it? Also in this episode, which has a smaller footprint \\u2013 milk, or milk alternatives like almond milk? Dana informs us that, \\u201cEating food is one of the worst things you can do for the environment.\\u201d Are some health departments preventing bulk filling of reusable containers? Carrying reusable utensils and napkin on your travels. And choosing carefully the trash can in which to deposit your refuse.

August 1, 2018 is Earth Overshoot Day. Data collected and analyzed by the Global Footprint Network tells us this is the date when humanity\\u2019s annual demand on nature begins to exceed what Earth\\u2019s ecosystems can regenerate in the entire year.\\xa0If it falls anytime before December 31, it means we\\u2019re using more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate - through activity like overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ecosystems can absorb.

According to Global Footprint Network\\u2019s co-founder, Mathis Wackernagel, \\u201cOur current economies are running a Ponzi scheme with our planet\\u2026. We are borrowing the Earth\\u2019s future resources to operate our economies in the present. Like any Ponzi scheme, this works for some time. But as nations, companies, or households dig themselves deeper and deeper into debt, they eventually fall apart.\\u201d

Dana and Dave interview random people to find out:

1. Are they aware of Earth Overshoot Day?
2. Do they know we\\u2019re in overshoot and what that is?
3. What are their ideas for delaying the date?

Check out our Overshoot Day interview video here.

Please share it, and let us know what you\\u2019re doing to #movethedate. We welcome your comments, emails and tweets. And watch the GrowthBusters\\xa0podcast Facebook page or Global Footprint Network\\u2019s page for the #MoveTheDate live stream on August 1 at noon U.S. Eastern Daylight Time.

LINKS:

Overshoot Day Website

GrowthBusters Earth Overshoot Day Video

Video: Earth Overshoot Day Falls on August 1, 2018

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