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    Say What One More Time

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    Scene from Pulp Fiction staring Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta.

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    Home - a must watch documentary

    Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is narrated by Glenn Close, and is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.  

     

    A must see for everyone.  You can watch the entire movie here

     

    "We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate."

    "The objective of HOME is not to make a profit. Its only benefit will be to contribute towards increasing awareness of our responsibility towards the planet."
     
    Home

    • 20% of the world's population consumes 80% of it's resources.
    source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) GEO4 (Global Environment Outlook) 2007

    • The world spends 12 times more on military expenditures than on aid to developing countries.
    source: SIPRI Yearbook 2008 (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) / OECD 2008 (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

    • 5,000 people a day die because of dirty drinking water.
    • 1 billion people have no access to safe drinking water.
    source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) 2006

    • Nearly 1 billion people are going hungry.
    source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2008

    • Over 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or biofuels.
    source: World Watch Institution 2007 / FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2008

    • 40% of the arable land has sufferd long-term damage
    source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) / ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Centre)

    • Every year 13 million hectares of forest disappear.
    source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2005

    • 1 mammal in 4, 1 bird in 8, and 1 amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction.
    • Species are dying out at a rhythm 1,000 times faster than the natural rate .
    source: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008 / International Botanical Congress 1999

    • Three quarters of fishing grounds are exhausters, depleted or in dangerous decline.
    source: United Nations 2007

    • The average temperature of the last 15 years have been the highest ever recorded.
    source: Home (2009)


    • The icecap is 40% thinner than 40 years ago.
    source: NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center) 2004

    • There may be at least 200 million climate refugees by 2050.
    source: The Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change (Part II, Chapter 3, page 77) - UK Government Report
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