We have only one day out of 365 to celebrate the planet that we are slowly killing. But that’s not all. Earth Day has become a handy opportunity for corporations to greenwash and for businesses to profit from “Earth Day” product sales. Environmental writer, Tim Smedley, argues that we ought to be paying more attention to Earth Overshoot Day, the day of the year on which humanity's annual demand for natural resources and ecological services exceeds what the earth can regenerate in that same year. Ideally, Earth Overshoot Day would be Dec 31. Last year it was August 1. Our Well Read Red, Patricia Kullberg, reads excerpts from an article by Tim Smedley entitled Why I Hate Earth Day: by an Environmental Writer. It was published online in The New Climate on April 19, 2023, where the complete article can be accessed.
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