Creating a better reality for future generations

Last week, we surpassed an annual breaking point called “Earth Overshoot Day.”

It’s the day in the calendar year that humans have harvested and used nature’s resources faster than they can regenerate. And we still have five months to go.

Another way to look at is that we need 1.8 Earths to support the way we are currently living, according to the Global Footprint Network.

If all 8.2 billion people on the planet lived like the average American, we would need 5 Earths to support us. Let that sink in. Mars will not save us.

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 and fish stocks more aggressively than they can reproduce. We use valuable biological reserves for houses, shop