2. The abandoned city of Pripyat with Chernobyl in the distance Children of Chernobyl with cancer

6. World Population Growth Source: Joseph A. McFalls, Jr. Population: A Lively Introduction . Third edition. Population Reference Bureau 53(3); 1998: 38 6 Billion

7. World energy consumption World Energy Consumption between 1800 - 1990 “ The world consumed more goods and services since 1950 as had all previous generations put together.” – Jim Motavalli, Editor, E Magazine duane hanson supermarket shopper , 1970 USA Japan

8. *“It takes an entire forest (over 550,000 trees) to supply Americans with one weeks Sunday newspapers.” – California Dept. of Conservation, 1994 in Eco-Cycle. * 75,000 trees to print a Sunday Edition of the New York Times. University of Colorado, Environmental Center

9. In the last 30 years we have consumed a third of world’s natural resources In the last 50 years, it is estimated that the Earth has lost 25% of it’s topsoil and 33% of it’s forest cover. We are losing fresh water at the rate of 6% per year. Source: Martin J, The Meaning of the 21 st Century

10. GLOBAL USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES IS EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES REGENERATED ANNUALLY – THIS IS ECOLOGICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE – LIKE DRAWING DOWN SAVINGS ACCOUNT FASTER THAN SAVINGS ARE ADDED - NR AM’S USE ABOUT 5Xs THEIR FAIR SHARE

11. “ If all the worlds people lived like today’s North Americans, it would take two additional planet Earths to produce enough resources and absorb the wastes.” - Our Ecological Footprint, 1996

15. Coal strip mine runoff Pumping well Waste lagoon Accidental spills Groundwater flow Confined aquifer Discharge Leakage from faulty casing Hazardous waste injection well Pesticides Gasoline station Buried gasoline and solvent tank Sewer Cesspool septic tank De-icing road salt Unconfined freshwater aquifer Confined freshwater aquifer Water pumping well Landfill

16. Concentration of air pollutants in Europe Los Angeles Dec 27, 2002

18. Greenhouse gases trap the infrared radiation, thus warming the atmosphere.

19. Human Activity

20. Atmospheric CO 2 has increased (from a pre-industrial concentration of about 280 ppmv to about 367 ppmv at present (ppmv= parts per million by volume). It closely followed the use of fossil fuels and changes in land use. The surface temperature in turn has closely followed the CO 2 emission. Trend in surface temperature Rise in CO 2

22. Pasterze Glacier View cienne45's map Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here ) The Pasterze , approximately 9km in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps. It lies in the valley below the Grossglockner Pasterze, Austria's longest glacier, was about 2 kilometers longer in the 19th C. but is now completely out of sight from this overlook on the Grossglockner High Road.

25. Decrease in productivity Out migration Loss of biodiversity Loss of cropland Desertification ––is the most threatening ecosystem change on all continents & impacts livelihoods of the poor

26. (Rodgers et.al.: Global Burden of Disease Study. PLOS Medicine, October 2004) Risk Factor Annual Deaths Per Cent of Global Burden of Disease Polluted water, sanitation 4, 907,000 3.7% Smoke from use of solid fuels 1,619,000 2.6% Urban air pollution 799,000 0.4% Lead 234,000 0.9% Global climate change 154,000 0.4%

29. Genesis 2:15 : And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. Young’s Literal Translation The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it . Contemporary English Version The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it . Today’s New International Version And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. Amplified Bible The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden. He put him there to work its ground and to take care of it. New International Reader's Version 2. Creation Care

30. " The earth is the Lord's , and the fullness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.“ Ps 24 "Behold, unto the Lord thy God belongeth the heaven and the earth, with all that therein is." Deuteronomy 10: 14 “ For every beast of the forest is mine ; and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountain; and the wild beasts of the field are mine.” Ps 50 3. Theistic Environmental Justice – The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. All you have made will praise you, O Lord; Psalm 145:9-10

31. 4. Social Justice – indigent, poor, people of color are more affected by environmental degradation

36. Industrialized animal production is the most ecologically destructive sector of global farming

39. Rethinking Waste WE USE STUFF WE DISCARD STUFF RECYCLING Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution. Trash to Cash WE PURCHASE STUFF

41. "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth .“ Revelation 11:18 New American Standard Bible (©1995)

42. If you love your children, you protect the environment for them

43. Berlaymont, Brussels

44. Vienna