Earth Overshoot Day is the day when humans will have collectively consumed the Earth's resources for the year. 

Churches and Schools all over Australia are invited to mark this solemn milestone on FRIDAY 21 AUGUST shortly before midday by tolling their bells, lighting a candle and/or hold a prayer service. 

 

Why do we need to change our attitudes and behaviour?
These unfolding climate and ecological crises – and COVID-19 – are tragic warning signs of our broken relationship with God’s Creation and our loss of understanding of our interrelationship with all living things and the physical environment that enables life. Australians are some of the biggest contributors to this problem: if everyone behaved like us, humanity would consume the equivalent of over 4 Earths each year!