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Did You Know? While 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, 97.5% is salt water and 2.5% fresh water, with less than 1% readily available for human world consuption. 1.2 Billion people or almost 1 out of 5 people in the world are without access to safe drinking water. Out of 191 nations in the world, 10 nations share 65% of the worlds annual water resources.
Did You Know? Excessive consumption is largely responsible for the depletion of natural resources worldwide and the acceleration of global warming. The construction and maintenance of buildings are responsible for 40% of U.S. energy use and 30% of wood and raw materials use. Buildings are a main contribution to global warming by generating 30% of U.S. CO2 emissions (the most significant climate change gas)
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Stemming Climate Change Global Green is working on several fronts to help stem global climate change; from policy and advocacy to green affordable housing and green schools. For details, click here to view one-pager .  The Power of Celebrity
The most effective solutions to climate change are only adopted when they are effectively communicated to policymakers and the public. In just the past three years, Global Green has reached hundreds of millions of people around the world through its innovative celebrity campaigns around the Academy Awards that have featured: Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Morgan Freeman, Natalie Portman,Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon and Salma Hayek. Global Green’s Red Carpet/Green Cars hybrid campaign and annual celebrity Rock the Earth events have generated high profile media coverage in publications such as the New York Times, LA Times,Washington Post, and Architectural Digest as well as the entertainment and broadcast media including CNN, Fox News, and all of the networks and their affiliates.  The Human Face of Global Warming
In a recent effort to demonstrate the human impacts of climate change, Global Green led a delegation of celebrities, scientists and political leaders to the Arctic Circle on Earth Day. Salma Hayek and Jake Gyllenhaal helped Global Green generate worldwide visibility from “the top of the world” about the plight of the indigenous Inuit people whose very way of life is threatened by the impacts of snowmelt attributed to global warming. As a result of the trip, Global Green generated international press coverage that included the Washington
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Beverage container waste increased more than 50 percent from 1992 to 1999 from 63.4 Billion containers to 96.9 billion Aluminum can recycling rates dropped from a peak of 66.7 percent in 1992 to 55.6 percent in 1999, the lowest level in the last decade. Pet bottle recycling rates dropped from 40 percent in 1995 to just over 20 percent in 1999. More Info
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