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El 20 de Agosto fue el Día del Exceso de la Tierra 2013, fecha aproximada en que el consumo de los recursos ecológico por los humanos excedió lo que la tierra renueva, este año. En únicamente 34 semanas transcurridas del 2013, hemos demandado un nivel de servicios y recursos - desde comida, materias primas, hasta el uso del dióxido de carbono - equivalente a lo que la tierra puede regenerar este año.
Para el resto del año, estaremos operando con un déficit ecológico. Mantendremos este déficit agotando las existencias de peces, árboles, y otros recursos, y acumulando residuos como el dióxido de carbono en la atmósfera y en los océanos. Nuestro consumo de recursos aumenta, y también los "intereses" de esta deuda ecológica - disminución de bosques, pérdida de biodiversidad, reducción de alimentos, y aumento de dióxido de carbono en la atmósfera y océanos - no solo afecta el medio ambiente, pero también menoscaba nuestra economía. El cambio climático - que es el resultado de la gran emisión gases invernadero que no se pueden absorber por los bosques y oceános - es el impacto más conocido del sobregasto ecológico.
El Día del Exceso de la Tierra es un día que permite llamar la atención sobre los riesgos del cada vez mayor déficit ecológico de la humanidad. Tomar mejores decisiones nos ayudará a llegar a un mejor y sustentable futuro, midiendo los recursos naturales que tenemos, cuanto usamos y cuando necesitamos no ayudará a ir por el camino adecuado. Este año, y gracias al apoyo de nuestros socios y amigos, ese mensaje ha podido resonar a través del mundo.
For the rest of the year, we are operating in ecological overshoot. We will maintain our ecological deficit by depleting stocks of fish, trees and other resources, and accumulating waste such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans. As our level of consumption, or “spending,” grows, the interest we are paying on this mounting ecological debt — shrinking forests, biodiversity loss, fisheries collapse, food shortages, degraded land productivity and the build-up of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and oceans — not only burdens the environment but also undermines our economies. Climate change — a result of greenhouse gases being emitted faster than they can be absorbed by forests and oceans — is the most widespread impact of ecological overspending.
Earth Overshoot Day is an annual observance meant to bring attention to the risks of humanity’s growing ecological deficit. Making better choices will better ensure that we can reverse trends and move toward a sustainable future; measuring how much nature we have, how much we use and how much we need will help us make those choices. This year, due in no small part to the critical support of our partners and supporters, that message resonated around the world.
- See more at: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/blog/earth_overshoot_day_2013_around_the_world#sthash.EOPqucL7.dpufFor the rest of the year, we are operating in ecological overshoot. We will maintain our ecological deficit by depleting stocks of fish, trees and other resources, and accumulating waste such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans. As our level of consumption, or “spending,” grows, the interest we are paying on this mounting ecological debt — shrinking forests, biodiversity loss, fisheries collapse, food shortages, degraded land productivity and the build-up of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and oceans — not only burdens the environment but also undermines our economies. Climate change — a result of greenhouse gases being emitted faster than they can be absorbed by forests and oceans — is the most widespread impact of ecological overspending.
Earth Overshoot Day is an annual observance meant to bring attention to the risks of humanity’s growing ecological deficit. Making better choices will better ensure that we can reverse trends and move toward a sustainable future; measuring how much nature we have, how much we use and how much we need will help us make those choices. This year, due in no small part to the critical support of our partners and supporters, that message resonated around the world.
- See more at: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/blog/earth_overshoot_day_2013_around_the_world#sthash.EOPqucL7.dpu
En el 2003, Global Footprint Network, una organización sin fines de lucro, fue fundada para permitir un futuro sustentable donde toda la gente tenga la oportunidad de vivir satisfactoriamente con los recursos limitados del planeta. La red se enfoca en medir el impacto de los humanos en la tierra, para poder tomar decisiones con más información, para eso desarrollaronla Huella Ecológica - una herramienta que mide cuantos recursos naturales tenemos cuantos utilizamos, y como los utilizamos. Para más información: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en
For the rest of the year, we are operating in ecological overshoot. We will maintain our ecological deficit by depleting stocks of fish, trees and other resources, and accumulating waste such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans. As our level of consumption, or “spending,” grows, the interest we are paying on this mounting ecological debt — shrinking forests, biodiversity loss, fisheries collapse, food shortages, degraded land productivity and the build-up of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and oceans — not only burdens the environment but also undermines our economies. Climate change — a result of greenhouse gases being emitted faster than they can be absorbed by forests and oceans — is the most widespread impact of ecological overspending.
Earth Overshoot Day is an annual observance meant to bring attention to the risks of humanity’s growing ecological deficit. Making better choices will better ensure that we can reverse trends and move toward a sustainable future; measuring how much nature we have, how much we use and how much we need will help us make those choices. This year, due in no small part to the critical support of our partners and supporters, that message resonated around the world.
- See more at: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/blog/earth_overshoot_day_2013_around_the_world#sthash.EOPqucL7.dpuf