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🌏A research organization changing how the world manages its natural resources to build a #sustainablefuture #movethedate #EarthOvershootDay #EndOvershoot footprintnetwork.org/our-work/earth-overshoot-day/

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Mar 13

🌍 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Global Footprint Network. We track humanity’s demand on nature versus what Earth can regenerate. You might know us from #EarthOvershootDay — the date when we’ve used up nature’s budget for the year. Spoiler: It’s always way too early.
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Global Footprint Network is a research organization that is helps cities, companies, and countries manages its natural resources and responds to climate change.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 5

🍽️ Climate action starts on your plate.
Join the #FoodOdyssey and turn climate anxiety into solutions for a smarter, fairer, more sustainable food future.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

It compromises long-term resource security, especially for those who struggle to access the resources needed to operate.
More in our press release and the #PowerofPossibility, countless solutions which can help us to #MoveTheDate & #EndOvershoot.
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Earth Overshoot Day over time

July 24th is Earth Overshoot Day this year. Carbon emissions continue to be the largest contributor pushing the Ecological Footprint further above the planet’s annual budget

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

This #overshoot occurs because people emit more CO₂ than the biosphere can absorb, use more freshwater than is replenished, harvest more trees than can regrow, fish quicker than stocks replenish, etc.
This overuse beyond what nature can renew inevitably depletes Earth’s natural capital.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today is #EarthOvershootDay.
Falling on July 24th means that humanity is currently using nature 1.8 times faster than Earths ecosystems can regenerate.
#OvershootDay

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Population Connection @popconnect.bsky.social · Jul 17

Join us for a powerful conversation with Dr. David Lin, @footprintnetwork.bsky.social, as we explore what it means to live beyond our planet’s means and what it will take to bring humanity back into ecological balance.
#EarthOvershootDay

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 21

Join us today 4 a discussion in preparation of #EarthOvershootDay 2025.
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By this Thursday, 24 July, humanity will have used more from nature than Earth can regenerate in a year. That means we’re living as if we had 1.8 planets & pushing well past nature’s limits.

Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 14

In ten days, we are in #overshoot. We will have used up nature’s entire annual budget of ecological resources and services.
#EarthOvershootDay

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 11

That’s why we’re amplifying diverse Population Voices, including Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director of Population Balance and a leading voice on the cultural drivers of population growth, pronatalism, reproductive freedom, and ecological justice.
www.overshootday.org/solutions/population/

Population Solution - #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day

Is it helpful to discuss population? We have compiled a range of viewpoints and additional assessments from people around the world.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 11

In recognition of #WorldPopulationDay, we’re taking a closer look at one of the key solutions in our Power of Possibility resource: population.

Is it okay to talk about population? We think it’s essential to #EndOvershoot.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Uruguay stands out as a relative sustainability leader, showcasing how national policies and lifestyles can shift a country’s Overshoot Day much closer to the year’s end. Yet even this commendable position reminds us that global balance requires more than just barely enough.

Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Reminder: #EarthOvershootDay falls on July 24 this year!

Fun Fact: Uruguay has the latest Overshoot Day in the world—December 17—the only one that falls in December this year! Its per capita ecological footprint is comparatively small.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our founder, met today with Vice President Carolina Cosse, who is currently serving as acting president in the absence of President Orsi (Uruguay). Their discussion focused on the growing importance of biocapacity in a predictable future shaped by climate change and increasing resource constraints.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 7

#PopulationVoices #WorldPopulationDay
#EarthOvershootDay
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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 6

#WPD #EarthOvershootDay www.overshootday.org/carolina-rod...

Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 6

#PopulationVoices #WorldPopulationDay www.overshootday.org/angie-nathal...

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 6

Today’s #PopulationVoices post features four passionate advocates from Latin America and South Asia, each bringing their own lens to the population and sustainability conversation.
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www.overshootday.org/jayani-and-s...

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

providing them with the ability to make their own reproductive choices. Indeed, no society has successfully developed without reducing its fertility.”
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Anne and Paul Ehrlich Population Voice - Earth Overshoot Day

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

If the problem is to be solved by humanely reducing birthrates instead of suffering increasing death rates, we must move immediately. Reducing birthrates takes time, but the history of reproductive change has demonstrated that empowerment of girls and women in society is key,

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

Also from the U.S., Anne and Paul Ehrlich - pioneers in bringing population issues into the environmental spotlight.
“Our global population is already well above what is sustainable in even the medium term, as Earth Overshoot Day makes perfectly clear. 🧵
#WorldPopulationDay #PopulationVoices

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

Her insightful blog. www.overshootday.org/genevieve-ta...

Genevieve Tarino Population Voice - Earth Overshoot Day

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

Population threatens to destabilize our ecosystems & societies alike. The longer we delay the discussion, the more devastating our legacy will be.
It’s an uncomfortable subject, fraught with racist & classist undertones, but it must be discussed nonetheless.” #WorldPopulationDay

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

Happy July 4th to our friends in the USA, where today’s #PopulationVoices spotlight comes from.
Genevieve Tarino challenges the notion that talking about population is “anti-human”:

“I’d say that it is anti-human not to discuss population.

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 4

“The key for me is to understand the problem as one of resource security: how much do we have in our country and how much do we spend? This is what we refer to as #biocapacity.”
#EarthOvershootDay

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“La Argentina es rica y no lo sabe”. El análisis de un referente mundial del ambientalismo sobre el futuro “verde” del planeta

Mathis Wackernagel es el creador del concepto de huella ecológica, un indicador clave para la biodiversidad; en una entrevista con LA NACIÓN insta a crear una suerte de “OPEP” para defender los recurs...

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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 4

#PopulationVoices features Phil Fulton whose quote underscores how sidestepping the population conversation isn’t just damaging to sustainability it carries real economic consequences.
Link to full piece in comments.
#WorldPopulationDay #EarthOvershootDay
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Global Footprint Network @footprintnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 3

What happens when we all legitimately and justifiably start to demand a high standard of living that comes with both long life spans and high levels of consumption?"⁣
Vanessa Balintec⁣
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Read her full piece👇
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Vanessa Balintec Population Voice - Earth Overshoot Day