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tired autistic non-binary lesbian (they/them) | white | burnt out climate/social justice advocate | 18 | Author | ACAB | anti-capitalist | radinclus
Aug 22, 2020 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Day 288: #SaveCongoRainforest
Today is #EarthOvershootDay.
That means today is the day when we have globally passed the planetary boundaries of resources for this year. It's August.
We still have 4 months, 1 week and 2 days left of this year. And we've already passed our >> << boundaries for resources.
But that's not the whole story.
For the UK, overshoot day came in May. For Australia, it came in March.
For many countries, the world over, Overshoot Day has been and gone.
It is only because of the countries which emit less, mostly due to >>