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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Tessa Clarke

The UK’s resources are far from abundant – community sharing is a way to help

We recently passed the UK’s “Country Overshoot Day”. It’s the day of the year by which humanity would consume all the resources the Earth can replenish in that year if everyone on the planet lived like a typical Brit.

Sadly, every year the date draws closer and closer. In 2023, the UK’s Country Overshoot Day arrived as early as May 19.

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