The Ecological Crisis

Planet Resources

• The World Wildlife Federation WWF estimates that we use over 1 1/4 earths today.
  If China reaches the level of material affluence and waste of the U.S., it will be two Earths; India would make three.

  • Source: Being the change [paper]

Animals

• Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds
• African elephants could be extinct 'within a decade'