stylish1's posterous

1) In the last 30 years, we have used ____1/3__ of the Earth's natural resources.

 

2) For every one garbage bag we throw away, __70%__ bags of garbage are made to make it.

 

 

3) ___51___ of the largest 100 organizations in the world are corporations, not governments.

 

4) __5__ times more fish are being caught than in 1950.

 

5) ___80%___ of the world's original forests are gone.

 

6) In the Amazon alone, ____2000____ trees a minute, or 7 football fields are cut.

 

7) In order to make one McDonald's hamburger, __9__ square meters of rain forest are cut.

 

8) The food with the most toxins is _human breast milk_.

 

9) ___30%___ of children in the Congo drop out of school to work in coltan mines. (Coltan is for electronic stuff)

 

10) Consumerism= The idea that _____happiness _____ equals buying and having things.

 

11) Planned obsolescence= you have to buy a new thing because your old one doesn't work with the new type of product. The old one may still work fine.

 

12) Perceived obsolescence= you have to buy a new thing because you feel your old one is ugly or not ______fashionable_______.

 

13) 6 months after buying something, only ___1%___ of those things are still in use.

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