Human footprint : everything you will eat, use, wear, buy, and throw out in your lifetime / by Ellen Kirk.

Author: Kirk, Ellen, author.

Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.

Description32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Note:"The book is based on the Preserve our Planet National Geographic Channel presentation, Human footprint"--P. 32.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

Note:"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.

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