Earth Day Numbers:

45% Decrease in insect populations worldwide

40% Of the worlds bird species are in decline

30% Annual hive losses reported by beekeepers

14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling

5% of that is retained for a subsequent use

$80–120 Billion annually is lost due to this 95% failure to capture and re-use

8 Million tons of plastics leak into the ocean each year

1 equivalent number of garbage trucks dumping its contents of into the ocean every minute

3,427 Miles of shoreline (coast includes offshore islands, sounds, bays, rivers, and creeks) in California

70 Number of cities worldwide that have pledged to become “carbon Neutral” by 2050

1.5 Million Students worldwide walked out of their classes as part of the School Strikes for Climate March 20^th.  (The largest global climate mobilization ever)

14 Billion trees in over 130 countries planted by Felix Finkbeiner and Plant-for-the-Planet, the environmental group he founded at age 9, together with the UN’s Billion Tree campaign (Felix is now 21 rings old)

Sources:

Earth Day Network, National Geographic, Thomson Reuters Foundation, World Economic Forum, (NOAA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA – National Ocean Service, NOAA – Office for Coastal Management

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This article is a part of the 2019 APRIL / MAY issue of Whole Life Times.