#MoveTheDate
3
Days
The adoption of widespread carshare programs would move Earth Overshoot Day by 3 days.
How does it #MoveTheDate?
Studies have shown that a household’s participation in carsharing reduces their transportation emissions by 4 to 18%, on average.
How is it scalable?
The widespread adoption of smartphones has led to an explosion in carshare programs around the world over the past 10 years, and the industry is still growing fast.
How does it #MoveTheDate?
Studies have shown that a household’s participation in carsharing reduces their transportation emissions by 4 to 18%, on average.
How is it scalable?
The widespread adoption of smartphones has led to an explosion in carshare programs around the world over the past 10 years, and the industry is still growing fast.
People who participate in carshare programs are more likely to sell the cars they own or to not buy cars at all. This helps facilitate a car-free lifestyle, which has been shown to provide many co-benefits including improved health, decreased transportation costs, and more supported local economies. However, carsharing is most successful in areas of urban density.
The largest carsharing city is Moscow, Russia, with over 30,000 cars as of 2020. Many building developers have begun to include carsharing in new residential buildings, and city governments are beginning to treat it as an essential part of their urban transportation systems.
What carshare programs exist in your city? Have you considered the benefits of going car free?
There’s no benefit in waiting!
Acting now puts you at a strategic advantage in a world increasingly defined by ecological overshoot. Countless solutions exist that #MoveTheDate. They’re creative, economically viable, and ready to deploy at scale. With them, we can make ourselves more resilient and #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day. If we move the date 6 days each year, humanity can be out of overshoot before 2050.