“At the moment, the 4 percent of us in this country produce a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide - once you look at maps of rising sea levels and spreading mosquitoes, you realize that we've probably never figured out a way to hate our neighbors around the world much more effectively.” WorldWayLooksCountryMomentsHateRealizingLevelsSeaProducePercentNeighborAround The WorldRisingGlobal WarmingMapsQuartersCarbonMosquitoesCarbon Dioxide Author:Bill McKibben
“My favorite thing is being able to travel around the world and perform for my fans. I think I've lost 80 percent of my hearing. I definitely have very loud fans.” ThinkingWorldAbleLostFansPercentMy FavoriteHearingAround The WorldLoudFavorites Things Author:Justin Bieber
“We see all around the world where women's rights are denied, where governments don't believe in educating their girls. There are 800 million people in the world who are illiterate and 75 percent of them are women and girls.” PeopleWorldBelieveGovernmentGirlMillionsRightsPercentDon't BelieveAround The WorldDeniedWomens RightsIlliterate Author:Laura Bush
“Planet Hollywood has shrunk from seventy-five locations around the world to just over thirty-five over the past two years. No new Planet Hollywoods are opening, which in turn has caused a 100 percent decline in opportunities for Bruce Willis to play the harmonica.” WorldYearsTwoPlayPastTurnsOpportunityFivePlanetsPercentHollywoodOpeningAround The WorldThirtyTwo YearsDeclineLocationSeventiesOver The PastHarmonicas Author:Jon Stewart
“We are clearcutting virgin forests around the world, and 95 percent of species in the clearcut zone have never been studied. So we clearcut a part of the virgin forest and now part of our ecosystem has been wiped out. Some of it may grow back, and some of it won't.” WorldMayHas BeensGrowsPercentSpeciesForestsAround The WorldZoneVirginsEcosystems Author:Horst Rechelbacher
“At the moment, for example, maybe ten percent of money in the world is related to goods and services. Ninety percent of money is just moving around the world, chasing money. So, money has become the ruler. And we have become the servant.” WorldMomentsMovingExampleTenPercentAround The WorldServantRelatedGoodsRulersChasingNinetyGoods And ServicesChasing Money Author:Satish Kumar
“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.” WorldCitiesGrowingBuildingDevelopmentPercentIndiaIncreasePopulationChinaAround The WorldOverwhelmingCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Frank Gehry
“What democratic socialism is about is saying that it is immoral and wrong that the top one-tenth of 1 percent in this country own almost 90 percent - almost - own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. That it is wrong, today, in a rigged economy, that 57 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent. That when you look around the world, you see every other major country providing health care to all people as a right, except the United States.” PeopleWorldLooksCountryStatesCareTodayWealthUnitedUnited StatesEconomyMajorsPercentDemocraticBottomIncomeSocialismAround The WorldHealth CareProvidingImmoralRiggedDemocratic Socialism Author:Bernie Sanders