If you believe in global warming or not, I believe we can all agree on the fact that there is something peculiar going on with Mother Nature. Now, I do not want to be arguing if global warming is real or not I want you to understand that we need to sustain our valuables. Valuables being; fresh water, healthy plant and animal life, healthy oceans, oil, minerals, all our resources. Without these resources we cannot sustain life.
On average, every human being on Earth needs 2.2 hectares to maintain our current lifestyle. This means we would require 1.3 Earths simply to sustain our current demand for natural resources, and that doesn't account for growing population and rising standards of living around the world. By using our resources more efficiently, we can all reduce our footprint and ensure that we live within the capacity of the earth. If everyone lived like your country, how many earths would we need?
Country
|
Average ha
required
per person
|
Number of
times the global average
|
Number of Earths required if the world lived like this country
|
Global
|
2.2
|
1
|
1.3
|
United Stated of America
|
9.6
|
4.4
|
5.7
|
Canada
|
7.6
|
3.5
|
4.6
|
United Kingdom
|
5.6
|
2.5
|
3.3
|
Australia
|
6.6
|
3
|
3.9
|
New Zealand
|
3.9
|
1.8
|
2.3
|
Europe (EU25)
|
4.8
|
2.1
|
2.7
|
China
|
1.6
|
0.73
|
0.95
|
India
|
0.8
|
0.36
|
0.47
|
Bangladesh
|
0.5
|
0.23
|
0.30
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
0.7
|
0.32
|
0.42
|
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2007/09/17/3515/global-warmings-toll-on-the-economy/
http://www.supergreenme.com/go-green-environment-eco:To-preserve-the-limited-amount-of-natural-resources-we-have
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