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Detailed explanation-1: -This year’s Earth Overshoot Day was observed July 28, a day before it was celebrated last year July 29 and nearly a month earlier than it was celebrated in 2020 August 22.

Detailed explanation-2: -In line with this year’s theme #PowerOfPossibility, it is therefore even more important to focus on what can and has to be done to turn around human economy to be more sustainable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who developed the concept of the Earth Overshoot Day? The Earth Overshoot Day concept was developed by Andrew Simms. Simms has been working as a Fellow in the New Economics Foundation.

Detailed explanation-4: -We are observing Earth Overshoot Day on July 27. This is a serious day for all of us to reconsider our way of life and usage of natural resources. Our mother Earth can only regenerate resources at a finite rate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Earth Overshoot Day, which marks how fast natural resources are used each year, arrives a day earlier in 2022. Earth Overshoot Day has been calculated annually since 1971. This year is tied with 2018 as the earliest recorded Earth Overshoot Day.