Today (August 20) is Earth Overshoot Day

[Berlum]

August 20 is Earth Overshoot Day, the approximate date humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can renew in a year.

In just 7 months and 20 days, we have demanded a level of ecological resources and services — from food and raw materials to sequestering carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions — equivalent to what Earth can regenerate for all of 2013.

Humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year.

For the rest of the year, we are operating in overshoot. We will maintain our ecological deficit by depleting stocks of fish, trees and other resources, and accumulating waste such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/earth_overshoot_day/

[Berlum]

1. "You smelly proles need to STFU. There's MoneyBuck profits to be made." RepubliWankers, Inc. (R)

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[Scuba]

2. Republicans must be outraged. They hate deficit spending.

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3. Republicans are profoundly uncomfortable with the truth

about anything. They luvs them their lies and their Lie Machines, Inc. (R).

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4. "Go away Berlum. You're bothering me." - Peeple

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5. "Deel with it, Peeple, or it will deel with you." - B. Erlum

[warrprayer]

6. I once worked as a garbageman

picking up refuse for 300 - 700 residents in a day that started at 4:30 a.m. and often went until dusk. It was dirty, hard smelly work. You develop a cast iron stomach, and you start to appreciate just how much shit we are putting into the earth. Many years ago, people put their trash out in paper bags and the bottles/containers were mostly glass reusable. (Such as milk bottles.) The amount of plastic and cardboard is staggering. It makes you wonder how much the earth can bear.

"The world's a can for your fresh garbage"

[Salvaorg]

7. ONLY THE TRUTH: A video that says it all, and without words (the first part)

https://vimeo.com/72537831


https://vimeo.com/72092268


https://vimeo.com/72056098

[Berlum]

8. ...and so, we bid a non-fond farewell to Earth Overshoot Day

Buh bye