In just seven months, humanity consumes as much from nature as Earth can regenerate in a year. Such overshoot inevitably programs a future shaped by more climate change and resource constraints. Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds what Earth can renew in that year. Given this context, Mathis Wackernagel argues that companies, cities, and countries will be better off looking through a wealth lens, not an income lens.