"Dépassement" (Overshoot) veut dire que nous sommes allés trop loin.Nous, l'espèce humaine, sommes allés trop loin.Trop d'êtres humaines consomment trop de ressources - beaucoup plus que la planète peut supporter. William R. Catton Jnr. explained humanity's overshoot situation in his 1982 book Overshoot, The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change". The front page includes the following definitions: Excerpts:
The balances are maintained if a resource is not consumed at a higher rate than needed for regeneration. |