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How do you want your future to look?
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4560000000
‐ the number of years that the earth has been in existence
200000
‐ the number of years since the origin of the modern day human
35
‐ the number of years it has taken the human species to destroy 27% of the world’s
natural resources (1970‐2005)
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Forests are the lungs of the earth and give us the air we breathe
Tropical rainforests cover only 2% of the earth but house 50% of all life
They regulate our climate and are home for millions of indigenous people
35,000 ‐ the number of plant species we depend on for our medicines
New treatments continue to be discovered
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2 seconds ‐ the time it is taking man to destroy an area of ancient forest the size of
a football pitch
An area of natural forest larger than England is being destroyed every year
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Earth’s wildlife provides us with unparalleled riches
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But we are decimating our planet. An estimated 100 species, plant and
animal, are made extinct (lost forever) every 24 hours
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Our way of life is fuelled by energy
Unfortunately we continue to rely on fossil fuels with devastating consequences
The Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill is one in a long line of disasters
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We used to go to war to protect our country but now we only go for oil, in Kuwait and Iraq. And as for Afghanistan, it is no coincidence that the world’s demand for oil will soon outstrip the supply, and that our presence in Afghanistan provides the West with an essential foothold around the Caspian States, an area rich in fossil fuels. Let us not forget we are not the first to try our hand in Afghanistan, the
former Soviet Union was there before ‐ the response to their invasion was the US boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games
And why is it we turn a blind eye to suffering caused by African dictators such as
in Zimbabwe or Rwanda, where in 1994 657,000 Rwandans were murdered?
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Climate change is going to affect us all
However those with least are going to be affected most
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Big business made sure that the recent Copenhagen Climate Change Summit achieved little
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How bad do you feel during a period of economic recession or
when the message hits home that the earths resources are dwindling and that you can’t have everything you want?
I don’t know how you feel … but certainly not as bad as the 11 million children that die each year from treatable diseases. 40% of the world has scarce water supply, with climate change this
figure is likely to increase to 65% by 2025
In 1854 John Snow removed the handle from the pump on London’s Broad Street, which resulted in the discovery
of the mode of transmission of Cholera. Yet in 2011 over 2 million children will die from diarrhoeal disease such as Cholera
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Who is to blame for the mess we find ourselves in?
The world leaders have leant a hand ...
as they sit in the pockets of big business
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Big business has a big hand to play ...
500 companies control 2/3 of the world’s trade ‐ these companies are primarily responsible for the exploitation of
natural resources in developing countries from which the people of the developed world gain most
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But don’t be fooled by the world leaders or the fat cats in the city and in the multi‐national corporations, the
main culprits in all of this are …….
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You and me – the normal people of this world who choose to turn a blind eye
Whether it is shopping at the supermarket, petrol station or making a financial investment, few of us in the developed world ever stop to consider how
ethical we are – the truth is that many of us are supporting companies that are responsible for the destruction of much of our natural world
theIn terms of our ecological footprint, people of the US are using up twice the amount of the earths resources than the people of Europe and 7 times that
of Asia or Africa
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We can stem the tide of destruction
But if our story wants a happy ending we can’t rely on our governments to lead the way
It’s down to you and me
And to make the difference we need to focus
on three main areas ………….
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I) The preservation of much larger areas of ancient forest and other habitat es l‐being of man
II en
we can plan f ing the size of our population and matching it to the remaining natural resources. If we don’t manag rld look by 2050 with
a billion?
III) To is all about profit, if the most damaging
companies forced to change
sential to our wildlife and the future wel
) When we have agreed on how much land needs be protected thor a sustainable future by manag
e to do this how will our wo predicted population of 9
support and i nies. Big businessnvest in ethical compa we t ks on urn our bac
they will be
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W ethh wh what advanced a
catastrophic rate. If that has engulfed man will leave us with a planet devoid of life and soul, and the
human species will surely become evolutions greatest failure
er or not you believe in evolution life is nothing short of a miracle. It isat you and I are about, it is the environment on which we depend and it is we search for in the stars. Yet the human species, supposedly the most
of all life forms is choosing to destroy life and is doing so at we continue to behave as we are then the greed
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You can make big difference
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Making a difference will take up only a very small amount of your timeIn fact other people can do most of the work for you
o help, please refer to ‐ 10 Easy Ways for you to Make a DifferencAnd to learn more please read the book ‐ A World on the Brink
Be proud of making the world a better place Thank you
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