{"id":307978,"date":"2021-07-29T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/overshoot-day-the-earth-is-asking-for-help\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:42:33","slug":"overshoot-day-the-earth-is-asking-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/overshoot-day-the-earth-is-asking-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Overshoot Day: the Earth is asking for help"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Earth\u2019s resources for this year run out on July 29. How can we reverse all this waste? Luigi Muraca, a member of the international Focolare youth formation team, appeals to us to face the challenge.<\/em> \"\"Overshoot Day is a symbollic date indicating when we, the inhabitants of this planet, have consumed all the resources the Earth can regenerate within one year. To take a simple illustration: just say there were 100 new trees growing each year, and we humans cut down more than 100 a year.. Overshoot Day marks the day we cut down tree number 101. This year, Overshoot Day falls on 29 July. So from this date until the end of the year, we\u2019ll consume more resources than we should allow ourselves. Despite this, I predict it won\u2019t feel any different to yesterday. As you read this you\u2019re probably not too worried about it, and I guess you\u2019ve not noticed the people around you so far today anguished about this fact, nor the people you\u2019re still to meet. I just want you to know one thing: it\u2019s not your fault. It\u2019s not that you\u2019re insensitive, or that you couldn\u2019t care less about the environment or the planet. You\u2019re not too worried because, like me, you\u2019ve got used to this kind of news on climate crises. And when you get used to something, you stop experiencing it as an emergency. News about the climate crisis has more or less become part of our daily routine. And there\u2019s the real danger that getting used to hearing about it, makes us lose the will to change things. It happens to me too and that makes me sad. But it\u2019s not all bad news. Not everyone remains passive in the face of these uncomfortable facts. Some actually try to change things. Here I\u2019d like to draw attention to two projects<\/strong> launched by the youth of the Focolare Movement<\/strong>, striving to contribute to tackling the issues of ecology and our use of resources.   PATHWAYS \u2013 People, planet and our ecological conversion<\/strong> The first project, called PATHWAYS \u2013 People, planet and our ecological conversion<\/a> is an awareness and action campaign, launched as part of the 6-year Pathways for a United World<\/a> program. In the year 2021-22, those behind the initiative \u2013 Teens for Unity, Youth for a United World and\u00a0 New Humanity NGO \u2013 are launching actions at local and global level, in a three-phase program: 1) Learn \u2013 study and get informed, as a solid foundation to any action 2) Act \u2013 moving for change 3) Share \u2013 using the hashtag #daretocare   ZERO HUNGER<\/strong> The second project is directed at our planet\u2019s food resources. For several years now, the youth of the Focolare Movement have collaborated with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/a> in a shared commitment towards achieving \u201cZero Hunger<\/a>\u201d, supporting the goal of reducing famine in the world. While an international team works to coordinate global activity, local actions and initiatives are underway in many local territories. Luigi Muraca \u2013 <\/em>Redazione Teens<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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