I am currently in a class that covers the 7 Revolutions of the world (Population, Resource Managemnt, Technology, Information, Economic Integration, Conflict, and Governance. Over the semester we have discussed problems and concerns that we will face in the future in dealing with the 7 Revolutions. My main concerns was resource managment. We USE, USE, and USE our resources and continue to pollute our enivornment. However, we are comming to a time where we are running out of resources, and the world is full of pollution, and we do not know how to fix it. I have made a presentation that shows some scary facts to get you thinking about what we are doing to our enviroment, and how important it is for us to recycle.

1. POLLUTION Facts that will have you thinking

2. Breathing daily air pollution is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day We take in over 20 times more the acceptable level of air pollution each day

3. Emissions from power plants contribute to over 2,800 lung cancer deaths, and 38,200 heart attacks annually in the U.S.

4. More than 137 million gallons of oil are spilled from bilges across the U.S. yearly. 1 Quart of oil spilled can affect the area the size of 3 football field One gallon of oil can pollute 250,000 gallons of water.

5. Pollution of fresh water (drinkin water) is a problem for over half of the world There are around 250 million cases of water-related disease with roughly 5 to 10 million deaths

6. Each year, plastic waste in water and costal areas kills up to: 100,000 marine mammals 1 million sea birds, and countless fish

7. 80 percent of the pollution in seas and onceans come from land based activities

8. Is this really how you want the world YOU are living in to be?