Climate Facts
Be Kind to Migrants
Climate changes Is already creating global migrants
By 2050, over 1 billion people can be climate migrants
The Climate activity although effects the poorer countries the most, but increasingly the developed world is also suffering from huge losses of lives and property
Use Reusable Water Bottle and Filtered Water
25% of bottled water sold is municipal water
US houses 5% of world’s population but throws away enough water bottles a year to go around the world five times
Plastic bottles used for one day on average but takes 450 years to biodegrade
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours
Be vegetarian and vegan if you can. Or at least buy just enough that you can consume
Agriculture uses up 70% of our global freshwater. It goes up to 90% in fast-developing countries
Agricultural emissions could be reduced by as much as 70% by adopting a vegan diet and 63% by adopting a vegetarian diet.
40% of all food bought in US goes to waste
Buy fewer clothes. Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle
An equivalent on one garbage truck full of clothes are burned or dumped in a landfill every second
The fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of humanity’s carbon emissions – more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined
Some 93 billion cubic metres of water – enough to meet the needs of five million people – is used by the fashion industry annually, contributing significantly to water scarcity in some regions
Around 20% of industrial wastewater pollution worldwide originates from the fashion industry
