Give Earth a bank account and monitor it’s balance, to see how quickly we spend it’s resources

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   CC on March 29, 2021 at 9:57 pm

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   Idea: Give Earth a bank account and monitor it’s balance, to see how quickly we spend it’s resources

   Link: https://theconversation.com/ye...

   Going into overshoot (debt) looks like the bank manager is happy to do irresponsible lending as long s there is no regulation though. Same old story.

   Yes, humans are depleting Earth’s resources, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell the full story

   Link: https://theconversation.

   August 1, 2018 is ‘Earth Overshoot Day,’ a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse of Earth’s resources. But their estimates actually understate the problem.

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   Clever Dick on March 29, 2021 at 8:50 pm

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   Idea: Give Earth a bank account and monitor it’s balance, to see how quickly we spend it’s resources

   Link: https://www.statista.com/chart...

   Yeah, it could tie in with Earth overshoot day. See who is spending everyone else’s resources and when our time is likely to be up.

   Infographic: The World is Not Enough

   Link: https://www.statista.com

   This chart shows the number of earths (and its resources) needed if world population lived like following countries.

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   green fingers on March 29, 2021 at 7:55 pm

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   Idea: Give Earth a bank account and monitor it’s balance, to see how quickly we spend it’s resources

   Link: https://youtu.be/z4hMALflIeA...

   So the bank account is already in the red, and it’s borrowing resources it can’t pay back. There is a good video of overshoot / overdraft here https://youtu.be/z4hMALflIeA

   Earth Overshoot Day 2020 global launch event intro

   Link: https://youtu.be/z4hMALf

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