Seventy | By Josh Sevin | Grist | Counter Culture

Seventy

24 Nov 1999

percent by which global energy use has increased since 1970

percentage of the world's commercially important marine fish stocks that are fully fished, over-exploited, or depleted

percentage of the roughly 3,000 plants identified as having cancer-fighting properties that grow in rainforests

percentage of irrigation water in developing nations that never reaches crops due to evaporation or runoff

percent by which nations have cut their consumption of ozone-depleting substances since 1987

percentage of electricity in China generated by coal

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percentage of the garbage that Americans create that could be composted

percentage of world water consumption accounted for by agriculture

number of catalogs expected to be produced for every woman, man, and child in the U.S. in 2002

Sources:
1 -- World Resources Institute
2,3 -- Natural Resources Defense Council
4-6 -- World Resources Institute
7 -- 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth
8 -- World Resources Institute
9 -- Boston Globe.

Josh Sevin is a graduate student in MIT's planning program. Previously, he was an editor at Greenwire environmental news service and a researcher for U.S. News.

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