Transcript Earth-as-a

If the Earth were a Person…
Time to go to the Emergency Room?
60%
in
decline
Mind – denial: We don’t want to hear the
bad news
Lungs – forests that produce oxygen
disappearing
Heart – aesthetic/recreational/spiritual
nature (species, wilderness, etc.) vanishing
Stomach – food production - agricultural land
depleted, fisheries 90% gone, pollinator
populations collapsing, desertification
Source:
United
Nations –
Millennium
Ecosystem
Assessment
(2005)
Blood – water shortages, pollution
Kidneys – wetlands disappearing
Colon – overflowing landfills, toxic waste
Muscles – hydrocarbon energy resources declining
© 2007 Chris Hoffman – www.hoopandtree.org