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Philippines

For the past half-century, the Philippines has run an ecological deficit, with its population demanding more renewable resources than the nation’s own ecosystems can provide. Although per capita demand on the country’s productive ecosystems has remained relatively stable, the Philippines’... Read More

Earth Overshoot Day 2015 Media Coverage

A roundup of Earth Overshoot Day coverage my media around the world. Please visit overshootday.org for more information. National Geographic : We’ve Consumed More Than the Earth Can Produce This Year. Above image credit to National Geographic. Le Monde :... Read More

State of the States
Media Coverage

For more information, see our State of the States page. National Geographic: Is your state consuming more than nature can provide? Fortune: The US now has an ‘ecological deficit,’ report finds. Fast Company: California needs 8 Californias to support itself... Read More

State of the States Report

In 2015, the Ecological Deficit Day of the United States landed on July 14, according to our new report, “State of the States: A New Perspective on the Wealth of Our Nation,” co-authored by Earth Economics. A Twitter chat on... Read More

Today is the Ecological Deficit Day for the United States

OAKLAND, CA, USA—Today marks the date the United States has busted its annual ecological budget, utilizing more resources and services than U.S. ecosystems can regenerate within the full year, according to a new report released by Global Footprint Network, an... Read More

BBC: How many Earth's do we need?

It has been suggested that if everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them. But where does this claim originate, and how is it calculated? Read More

BBC: Global Footprint

We are often told that we consume so much that we need one and a half planets. It comes from the Global Footprint Network a think-tank that has pioneered ecological foot-printing but what does that number even mean, and is... Read More