Tag Archives: Earth Overshoot Day

There is no ‘planet B’ – yet we’re using it already

Posted on July 29, 2021 by peNdantry

Happy§ Earth Overshoot Day! Time to celebrate: we’re now using almost three-quarters of ‘planet B’. Shame it doesn’t exist. Back in 2014, I wrote a set of edicts I would apply ‘If I ruled the world‘. One of those (#4) … Continue reading →

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We’re fucked

Posted on August 22, 2020 by peNdantry

If we knew an asteroid were to hit the Earth on a certain day and wipe us out, we would mobilize every scientist, bureaucrat, CEO and soldier planet-wide to deal with it. Well, an equivalent disaster is headed our way, … Continue reading →

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Earth Overshoot Day 2020 – the guessing game

Posted on March 2, 2020 by peNdantry

You heard it here first. Back in June 2013 I conducted a poll right here on Wibble, asking readers to guess when Earth Overshoot Day would happen. It looks like the folks at the Global Footprint Network have taken a … Continue reading →

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The march of progress: ONWARD!

Posted on September 16, 2014 by peNdantry

My silence here of late is largely due to the distressing feeling that not only is humanity heading, in lockstep, in entirely the wrong direction; we’re changing pace from a jog to a trot, chivvied along by blinkered politicos whose … Continue reading →

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