Nature in the red.Mother Nature went into the red in October, meaning mankind will, for the rest of the year, be living beyond its environmental means. Reuters News Service announced that "Ecological Debt This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. Day" or "Overshoot o·ver·shoot n. A change from steady state in response to a sudden change in some factor, as in electric potential or polarity when a cell or tissue is stimulated. Day" measures the point at which the consumption of resources exceeds the planet's ability to replace them. That date gets earlier every year, warned the New Economics Foundation (NEF n. 1. The nave of a church. ). The planet's first "eco-debt" day was Dec. 19, 1987; eight years later, the date had jumped to November 21. It now stands at October 9. "By living so far beyond our environmental means and running up ecological debts we make two mistakes," NEF policy director Andrew Simms told Reuters. "Firstly, we deny millions globally who already lack access to sufficient land, food, and clean water the chance to meet their needs. Secondly, we put the planet's life support mechanisms in peril The designated contingency, risk, or hazard against which an insured seeks to protect himself or herself when purchasing a policy of insurance. Among the various types of perils for which insurance coverage is available are fire, theft, illness, and death. PERIL. ." NEF warned the only way to balance the budget and end the cycle of ecological ecological emanating from or pertaining to ecology. ecological biome see biome. ecological climax the state of balance in an ecosystem when its inhabitants have established their permanent relationships with each excess is to demand less of the planet. |
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