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Earth Overshoot Day

calculated calendar date on which humanity's consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year
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Earth Overshoot Day

Summary

Earth Overshoot Day is an awareness day[1]. It draws 568 Wikipedia views per month (awareness_day category, ranking #5 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Earth Overshoot Day's instance of is recorded as awareness day[3].
  • Earth Overshoot Day's Commons category is recorded as Earth Overshoot Day[4].
  • Earth Overshoot Day occurred on August 1, 2024[5].
  • Earth Overshoot Day occurred on August 2, 2023[6].
  • Earth Overshoot Day occurred on July 28, 2022[7].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on July 29, 2021[8].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on August 22, 2020[9].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on July 29, 2019[10].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on August 1, 2018[11].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on August 2, 2017[12].
  • Earth Overshoot Day took place on August 8, 2016[13].
  • Earth Overshoot Day's official website is recorded as https://www.overshootday.org/[14].
  • Earth Overshoot Day's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].

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When and Where

Recorded point in time include August 1, 2024[5], August 2, 2023[6], July 28, 2022[7], July 29, 2021[8], August 22, 2020[9], and July 29, 2019[10].

Context

Earth Overshoot Day's instance of is recorded as awareness day[3].

Why It Matters

Earth Overshoot Day draws 568 Wikipedia views per month (awareness_day category, ranking #5 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . overshoot.footprintnetwork.org. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . overshootday.org. overshootday.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . dailymail.co.uk. dailymail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . overshootday.org. overshootday.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . euronews.com. euronews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . edition.cnn.com. edition.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . overshootday.org. overshootday.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . blog.nationalgeographic.org. blog.nationalgeographic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Official website → https://www.overshootday.org/
    Instance of → awareness day
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