Terra: Life on Credit

According to a calculation made by the Global Footprint Network released the annual report of non-governmental organization, starting from August 21 till the end, the population on Earth will live on credit from the actual resources of the planet.
Last year, Earth Overshoot Day fell on September 25, but not bring forward the date in 2010 is due both to a decline in consumption, as a previous over-valuation of forests and grassland productivity: in fact, “green budget” the Earth has been exhausted After only nine months.

To reverse this trend would require a global population decline, a strategy that begins to make more and more supporters among environmentalists and experts in demography, and the UN. “People think that would be a terrible thing, but in fact, a global population decline would translate into an economic advantage. But it is a decision, and there are no signs that could be taken,” he commented Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network president.