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Old 08-02-2011, 04:11 PM
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This great video really shows the true story of what our world is about and towards the end of the movie I think it shows a positive future for us with great achievements we have accomplished as well as things that we need to fix. It is an hour and 33 minitues long but I really enjoyed it great scenery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

Some facts from this video.

20% of the worlds population consumes 80% of its resources

The world spends 12 times more on military expenditures than on aid to developing countries

5,000 people a day die because of dirty drinking water

1 Billion people have no access to safe drinking water

Nearly 1 billion people are going hungry

Over 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or biofuels

40% of arable land has suffered long-term damage

Every year, 13million hectares of forest disappear

One mammal in 4 one bird in 8 one amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction

Species are dying out at a rhythm 1,000 times faster than the natural rate

Three quarters of fishing grounds are exhausted, depleted or in dangerous decline

The average temperature of the last 15 years has been the highest ever recorded

The ice cap is 40% thinner than 40 years ago

There maybe at least 200 million climate refugees by 2050
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