The day that marks when humanity starts living beyond its ecologically means falls earlier than ever this year, on 21 August 2010. The jump almost a month ahead of 2009's date is partly due to the availability of new data, meaning that previous Ecological Debt Day dates were almost certainly too conservative.
The fact that we're blowing our annual ecological budget in less than nine months is not based on need, but on overconsumption. As in previous years, nef has found examples of ecologically wasteful 'boomerang' trade: the UK currently exports 131,000 tonnes of chewing gum to Spain, only to import 125,000 tonnes back again. We send 3,300 tonnes of cuddly toys to New Zealand, only to bring another 2,400 tonnes back again ...... wtf !!! http://www.neweconomics.org/projects/interdependence
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