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40 Environmental & Sustainability Fun Facts

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This episode is about 40 Environmental & Sustainability Fun Facts.

Here's a summary of what I will talk about the following interesting facts about sustainability and the environment:

  • Environmental and Sustainability fun facts
  • 1. Seaweed might be the food of the future
  • 2. The product cycle is a circular economy – the perfect way to reuse products
  • 3. Many global leaders embraced the united nation’s sustainable development goals
  • 4. Climatic change definition
  • 5. China and the USA are the TOP polluters in the world
  • 6. Air pollution in Mpumalanga province
  • 7. CO2 emissions need to drop by 45% by 2030, OR NOT?
  • 8. Energy is the main factor leading to climate change 
  • 9. Energy consumption in lighting 
  • 10. Water and accessibility  
  • 11. Solid waste produced by the average college student
  • 12. The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere 
  • 13. The warmest years are not happening now
  • 14. Housing and transportation are the major contributors to carbon dioxide 
  • 15. Greenhouse gas comes from many sources
  • 16. A small number of countries are the major emitters
  • 17. The discoveries during the international coastal clean-ups 
  • 18. Many people are living in modern slavery today
  • 19. global population and biodiversity
  • 20. Americans are responsible for 30% of the global trash 
  • 21. Cardboard recycling
  • 22. Plastic production contributes to climatic change
  • 23. Plastic materials decomposition
  • 24. The country with the best recycling rate 
  • 25. The right to safe drinking water 
  • 26. Air pollution is one of the risk factors for early death
  • 27. The first global strike for climate 
  • 28. The conversion of organic matter into soil carbon 
  • 29. The production of methane gas by the organic matter
  • 30. The major victims of undernutrition are children below 5
  • 31. Local food saves fossil fuel energy
  • 32. Single-use items are harmful to the environment
  • 33. Giving your car a break sustains the environment
  • 34. Avoid bottled water and save the environment
  • 35. Donating reusable items reduces trash in the landfill 
  • 36. Saving energy prevents emissions
  • 37. Paperwork is a source of trash
  • 38. Reforestation creates a carbon sink
  • 39. Our daily activities consume gallons of water
  • 40. The most eco-friendly country is Denmark

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