Earth Overshoot Day: We Live As If There Are 1.7 Earths.

Do you know what Earth Overshoot Day is ?

It's the symbolic date when humanity exhausts all the natural resources the planet can regenerate in a single year. From that day on, we begin operating in "ecological deficit mode," consuming more than the Earth can provide and compromising the regeneration capacity of ecosystems. The date is calculated by the Global Footprint Network and varies each year depending on our consumption and emissions patterns.

In 2025, that day arrived today, July 24th, a clear sign that we are still far from respecting the limits of our only planet.

The account doesn't add up

To sustain the current rate of consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, we would need 1.7 planet Earths . Since we only have one, we are literally living on environmental credit, and the interest on this system is paid with climate crises, biodiversity loss, and socio-environmental injustices.

The burden is global, but the responsibility is unequal

Countries with high consumption, extraction, and emissions rates are primarily responsible for this imbalance. Meanwhile, the most vulnerable populations, especially in the Global South, face the greatest impacts. This is a clear portrayal of climate injustice that we must confront with courage and urgency.

And Brazil, how does it fit into this account?

Brazil has one of the largest biocapacities on the planet, with abundant forests, water, and biodiversity. Yet, it continues to increase its burden with deforestation, intensive use of natural resources, wildfires, and rising emissions. We need to change this while there is still time.

At Yby, we believe in another path

At Yby, we drive transformation processes that bring society and nature closer together, valuing the interdependence between living systems. We focus on education and the integration of traditional and scientific knowledge to build more conscious and regenerative futures.

There is still time, if we act now

Every step counts. By strengthening environmental regeneration initiatives, supporting responsible public policies, and expanding dialogue between different forms of knowledge, we can delay, and one day overcome, Earth's overshoot. At Yby, we believe that rethinking progress is possible when we collectively build new ways of inhabiting and caring for the planet.