Human footprint everything you will eat, use, wear, buy, and throw out in your lifetime

"What's your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk; 28,433 showers; 12,888 oranges; 14,518 candy bars; 43,371 cans of soda; and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. And that's just a fraction of the mountain of stuff you'll consume. Think of that times six billion other footprin...

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Main Author: Kirk, Ellen, author
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Series:National Geographic kids.
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Summary:"What's your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk; 28,433 showers; 12,888 oranges; 14,518 candy bars; 43,371 cans of soda; and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. And that's just a fraction of the mountain of stuff you'll consume. Think of that times six billion other footprints. Makes you want to step more lightly on the Earth!"--P. [4] of cover.
Item Description:"The book is based on the Preserve our Planet National Geographic Channel presentation, Human footprint"--P. 32.
Physical Description:32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781426306341 (pbk.)
1426306342 (pbk.)
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