Earth Overshoot Day 2024. Learn about earth overshoot day, why it falls on august 1st in 2024, and its significance in highlighting our unsustainable consumption patterns. This date signifies the point when humanity’s annual consumption exceeds the earth’s ability to regenerate those resources,.
Earth overshoot day is the date that marks that we have consumed all the resources that our planet is capable of generating in one year. Earth overshoot day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what earth can regenerate in that year.