Happy “Earth Overshoot Day”

By Charlie • September 25, 2008 • No comments yet

Yes, we missed it by a day or two, but it’s still worth mentioning. Every year since 1986 we’ve been using more resources than the earth can produce annually, and Sept 23rd was the day that we effectively went into resource deficit for 2008. Basically too many of us are consuming too much and not thinking about the future. Can you imagine the total chaos if, say, Wall Street ran its business the same way…

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Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?