● It fell on 29th July, 2021.
● Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that year.
● It was first conceived by Andrew Simms of the UK think tank New Economics Foundation, which partnered with Global Footprint Network in 2006 to launch the first global Earth Overshoot Day campaign.
● Earth Overshoot Day = (Planet’s Biocapacity / Humanity’s Ecological Footprint) x 365
● Global Footprint Network is an international non profit organization founded in the year 2003.
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