On September 23rd this year we mark an unfortunate milestone: As of today, humanity will have consumed all the new resources the planet will produce this year,…
"As an Environmental Protection Authority, people judge us by whether there is pollution in the rivers or pollution in the air. I can tell people that there is a river in Victoria that has no pollution because it has no water....because we are using the water too much. The Ecological Footprint helps us sit down with people and say it is not just about how much pollution is going in the river, its how much water we are using."
Terry A'Hearn, Director of Sustainable Development, EPA Victoria, Australia