A study for Global Overshoot Day by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition and the Economist Intelligence Unit Food Sustainability has ranked the United States last at preserving the world’s resources.
Global Overshoot Day measures the amount of time it takes each year to consume more resources than the Earth is able to regenerate. This year’s Overshoot Day falls today, July 29 – three days before last year. According to the Barilla Center, in less than five decades, Overshoot Day has moved forward from December 29th.
