Thinking about Earth Day

As you begin to think about your Earth Day Poster design think about consequences or think about remedies, or think about how you might recycle or reuse or save energy or save gas or turn off lights or just be aware of life on this planet. Figure out a way to create a design that allows your inner creative voice to speak to others. How you might feel about what is taking place right now on this spinning globe. What would you want to bring to the attention of others about saving the planet.
It might an affirmation. It might be an observation. It might just be a statement.
Whatever it is make sure it comes from your own POV (Point of view.)
Let the poster visually communicate how you feel about how much you love the earth and it's gifts that are dwindling to mankind.

Use a quote, use a song lyric, use a poem, use your own voice to state how you feel.
In the poster design also give it some context...meaning, tie your own voice to perhaps an organization (logo from that organization) that might sponsor your poster and POV. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

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http://network.earthday.net/profiles/blog/list?tag=design
80% of the world's forests are gone.

Over 40% of all tropical forests have been destroyed and another acre is lost each second.

The US has less than 4% of its forests left.

The U.S. burns 10,000 gallons of gasoline a second. Burning one gallon of gas creates 22 lbs of carbon dioxide. Now that's 220,000 lbs of Co2 per second.

An average American creates 4.5 lbs. garbage a day -- an amount doubled from 30 years ago.

Every year we throw away 24 million tons of leaves and grass. Leaves alone account for 75% of our solid waste in the fall.

Over 100 pesticide ingredients are suspected to cause birth defects, cancer, and gene mutations.

99% of all those things we buy are not in use after 6 months.

Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.

About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take 500 years to decompose.

40% of our waterways are undrinkable.

The US has 5% of the world's population and 30% of the waste.

Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.

As per an estimation by The University of California, 30,000 deaths occur a year because of gasoline or diesel fuel use.

Approximately, 70,000 people in the U.S die prematurely from heart and lung disease aggravated by particulate air pollution.

Glass produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials reduces related air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%.

Americans annually use 50 million tons of paper. This equals the consumption of more than 850 million trees.

Homeowners use up to 10 times more toxic chemicals per acre than farmers.

Turning down your central heating thermostat by one degree can cut fuel consumption by as much as 10%.

Insulating your attic reduces the amount of energy loss in most houses by up to 20%.

The amount of glass disposed of in 1990 was enough to fill the Twin Towers (1,350 feet high) of New York's World Trade Center every two weeks.

Using energy efficient bulbs in place of every 75 watt light bulbs can prevent 1 ton of carbon dioxide from being released in the air.

Many banks lent large sums of money to developing nations. In order to pay those debts plus interest many nations have turned to the mining of their natural resources as a source of financial aid.

40,000 children in the world die every year from preventable diseases.

The human population of the world is expected to rise by nearly three times by the year 2100.

A 3% annual population growth will result in the doubling of consumption and production of food and other products within 2033.

The number of automobiles is expected to increase by 15 million per year until at least 2010.

The world's per capita grain production has been on the downfall since 1985 despite the use of fertilizers and pesticides. Already a train system has been developed (back in 1987) which is based on magnetic levitation and causes minimal pollution. These versions of a train are already in use in several countries.

Fibre optics, made of glass, are being used to replace copper cables throughout the world.

Uncontrolled fishing has resulted in the reduction of the population of many commercial species; some up to one-tenth of their original population.

Every day 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct as their habitat and human activities destroy them.