Things to remember
20% of the earth's population has no access to safe drinking water.
25% have no electricity
40% have no sanitary infrastructure
And more facts:
-The amount of oil consumed in 6 weeks, half of which is used in transportation, would have lasted 1 year in 1950
-Half of humanity lives on less than 2 dollars a day.
-Between 1990 and 1995, 250,971 square miles of forest (an area larger than France) disappeared in developing countries.
-During this century, ocean levels should go up by 50 cm. Holland could see 6% of its lands disappear under water, and Bangladesh, 17%. The evacuation of the Tuvalu archipelago in Micronesia has already started.
-On average, an American draws 600 litres of water per day, a European, 250, an African, 30.
-80 countries, accounting for 40% of world population, suffer from serious water shortage.
-In the course of his or her life, a child born in an industrialised country will consume more and generate more pollution than 30 to 50 children born in a developing country.
-The food industry spends 40 billion dollars a year in advertising. Children are the first victims: 10% to 30 % of children in developed countries suffer from overweight.
At the same time, 500,000 children throughout the world become blind each year for lack of vitamin A.
-People living in rich countries, a mere 20% of the total human population, eat 45% of meat and fish consumed throughout the world.
-If the Earth had formed a year ago, on January 1st, life would have appeared on February 26th, dinosaurs would have arrived on December 10th to vanish 16 days later, and Homo sapiens sapiens would only have showed up very late on December 31st. A few minutes later, in less than a second, he would have drastically altered the fragile balance between land, seas and atmosphere.
25% have no electricity
40% have no sanitary infrastructure
And more facts:
-The amount of oil consumed in 6 weeks, half of which is used in transportation, would have lasted 1 year in 1950
-Half of humanity lives on less than 2 dollars a day.
-Between 1990 and 1995, 250,971 square miles of forest (an area larger than France) disappeared in developing countries.
-During this century, ocean levels should go up by 50 cm. Holland could see 6% of its lands disappear under water, and Bangladesh, 17%. The evacuation of the Tuvalu archipelago in Micronesia has already started.
-On average, an American draws 600 litres of water per day, a European, 250, an African, 30.
-80 countries, accounting for 40% of world population, suffer from serious water shortage.
-In the course of his or her life, a child born in an industrialised country will consume more and generate more pollution than 30 to 50 children born in a developing country.
-The food industry spends 40 billion dollars a year in advertising. Children are the first victims: 10% to 30 % of children in developed countries suffer from overweight.
At the same time, 500,000 children throughout the world become blind each year for lack of vitamin A.
-People living in rich countries, a mere 20% of the total human population, eat 45% of meat and fish consumed throughout the world.
-If the Earth had formed a year ago, on January 1st, life would have appeared on February 26th, dinosaurs would have arrived on December 10th to vanish 16 days later, and Homo sapiens sapiens would only have showed up very late on December 31st. A few minutes later, in less than a second, he would have drastically altered the fragile balance between land, seas and atmosphere.
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