Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min · 6 segments
This week on Earth Radio, we look at what's behind the huge drought currrently affecting more than half of England, including the whole of London, as well as the US Environmental Protection Agency's…
Rebecca HendricksHostOn July thirtieth, we used up all of the resources that Earth provides in a calendar year.
From now on, we'll be burning resources that will not be regenerated as quickly as we use them.
We are just barely halfway through this year, and we're already adding to our mounting ecological debt.
As it stands, the planet would need twenty-one years of rest to restore natural resources.
Since nineteen seventy, Earth Overshoot Day just keeps creeping up the calendar, becoming earlier almost every year.
While it will take very committed international governmental effort to significantly impact this pattern, it is possible on a personal level to reduce your carbon footprint and to slow consumption.
On July thirtieth, we used up all of the resources that Earth provides in a calendar year.
From now on, we'll be burning resources that will not be regenerated as quickly as we use them.
We are just barely halfway through this year, and we're already adding to our mounting ecological debt.
As it stands, the planet would need twenty-one years of rest to restore natural resources.
Since nineteen seventy, Earth Overshoot Day just keeps creeping up the calendar, becoming earlier almost every year.
While it will take very committed international governmental effort to significantly impact this pattern, it is possible on a personal level to reduce your carbon footprint and to slow consumption.
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