Orchestra for the Earth performs at Delabole Wind Farm in Cornwall to mark Earth Overshoot Day, ... [+] which this year fell on August 22. This year, Earth Overshoot Day fell some three weeks later than it did in 2019, because of reduced use of resources as a result of the coronavirus crisis. (Notably, considering the day for which the survey was carried out, only 29% of respondents said they knew what Earth Overshoot Day was about.) To understand more about their climate concerns, Forbes.com spoke to some recent graduates about Earth Overshoot Day. “Earth Overshoot Day is all about how much we're borrowing from future generations in order to fund how we live now,” Davenport added.

Source: Forbes August 24, 2020 16:50 UTC