Rainforests: Declined from 16% earth's area to 4%.

25% of total rainforest left Last 100 years-905 species extinct, was 784 in 2006 1 billion malnourished people worldwide (1/6) 40m tons food wasted by US househoulds, retailers & food service per year water used on wasted food enough for 9 bil people every day European contries have more than three times amount of food required US more than 4 3/4 nutrition in food lost before it is eaten half of food in US, UK and Europe wasted between the farm and the fork less than 1/4 wasted enough to lift all 1bil people out of malnourishment 1/4 deaths in US due to heart disease What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Ki m, in their book The Day America Told the Truth, reported a survey where that qu estion was asked. Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, so me to several of the following: Would Would Would Would Would Would Would Would abandon their entire family (25%) abandon their church (25%) become prostitutes for a week or more (23%) give up their American citizenship (16%) leave their spouses (16%) withhold testimony and let a murderer go free (10%) kill a stranger (7%) put their children up for adoption (3%)

Ref: http://www.tristramstuart.co.uk/FoodWasteFacts.html