Interdependence

How we depend on a healthy earth … 1.For food … without it we starve. 2.For clean air … without it we choke. 3.For inspiration … without it we wither. 4.For treating illnesses … without it we ultimately die. 5.Biodiversity is essential for pollination, pest-control, waste-disposal, pollution control, agriculture, energy-production, clean water ….

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Overview

Growing Demand For Ecosystem Services Water 1/3 of global population now subject to water scarcity. Number will double in next 30 years Food Food production must increase to meet the needs of an additional 3 billion people over the next 30 years Timber Wood is the only source of fuel for 1/3 of global population. Wood demand will double in next 50 years.

Growing Threats to Homeland Security Bio-diversity 5,000+ animal & 6,800 plant species now threatened with imminent extinction. Desertification Over 1/3 of the earth’s surface, and 250 million people directly affected by desertification. Global Warming Oceans likely to warm 2°- 6° by 2050, melting ice-caps, raising sea- levels more than 20 ft.

Whose world is it anyway?

Whose world is it anyway?

Whose world is it anyway?

Whose world is it anyway?

Whose fault is it anyway?

Economic Environmental Social Sustainable Development

Whose world is it Anyway?

Values affects action: a sign in an Indian bird reserve