Human Foorprint

Do you know how much we each impact the Earth in our lifetime? I didn't have any idea until we watched a special on the National Geographic channel entitled "Human Footprint."

In our lifetime, despite being a determined recycler, I can expect to make a mark on this earth to an extent I never considered. I never realized how much so.

Each of us make this mark. Here is a brief list of items we use in a lifetime on this planet:

156 toothbrushes
389 tubes of toothpaste
656 bars of soap
198 bottles of shampoo
272 sticks of deodorant
10 televisions
15 computers
7 air conditioners
8 microwaves
12 cars
5,054 newspapers

We consume:

43,371 cans of soda
4,376 loaves of bread
13,056 pints of milk
13,248 cans of beer
942 bottles of wine

We will:

Use 64 trees to build a home
Spend 12 years, 183 days watching TV
Travel 627,000 miles (25 times around the world)
Use 31,350 gallons of gas
Make 263 visits to a doctor or hospital
Take 37,320 pills
Blink 415,000,000 times
Take 28,433 showers
Generate 64 tones of waste

A lifetime is considered to be an average of 77 years and 9 months.

For more information, check this link at National Geographic:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/

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