Earth Overshoot Day falls on 1 August this year - marking the point at which consumption exceeds the capacity of nature to regenerate

Earth’s resources consumed

Unsustainable consumption

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Earth

Overshoot

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1 August 2018

2010

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1990

15 October 1988

1980

29 December 1970

1970

Earth’s resources consumed

Unsustainable consumption

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2018

Earth Overshoot Day

1 August 2018

2010

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1990

15 October 1988

1980

29 December 1970

1970

Guardian graphic. Source: Overshootday.org