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Big feet are no excuse for a big footprint! One\'s lifestyle choices, household energy usage, and transportation methods all affect the size of one\'s carbon footprint. The average person’s carbon footprint is 18 tons of carbon dioxide per year. Sandra Bacon\'s globe conveys how our carbon footprints have damaged natural habitats and how every living creature depends on Earth\'s natural balance.
In the midst of extreme drought, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, food shortages and epidemics, people seem to think there is nothing to be concerned about. \"Party on, dude.\" But the party is over and we can\'t ignore that we are affecting the lives of everyone on Earth when we harm our planet and the atmosphere. We have to take responsibility for our impact.
The average American home receives 1.5 trees in its mailbox every year in the form of unsolicited mail. That adds up to over 100 million trees cut down and over 28 billion gallons of water consumed to produce one year\'s worth of junk mail. Ellen Gradman\'s globe represents 100 pounds of junk mail that she collected from 36 families in a single week.
If every household in America replaced just one box of virgin-fiber facial tissues with 100 percent recycled tissues, about 150,000 trees could be saved. Mr. Imagination\'s globe was created from flattened bottle caps and the shiny surfaces allow spectators to see their reflection, a visual reminder that each person must do their part to recycle and save this beautiful, unique planet.
This globe focuses on strategic successes that have linked humanitarian efforts and carbon exchange projects around the world. Inspired by heroes of the environmental movement, Andrea Harris illustrates how people can get involved locally by planting trees, tending plants and preserving nature parks, ultimately helping clear the air by returning pure oxygen.
Every person in the world needs 10 trees each day to absorb the carbon dioxide produced through basic activities. Trees\' natural cycle of absorbing carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen makes them the perfect tool in decreasing the effects of global warming. A giant pair of hands plants a tree on this globe, as Carlos Jimenez underscores the world population\'s shared responsibility to heal the earth.
Farmers can cut down on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in many ways, from crop rotation and improved irrigation to using tractors fueled with biodiesel. Kari Kaplan\'s globe is covered with a colorful patchwork of organic products that grow naturally on each continent and shows that organic and sustainably farmed products are healthy and helpful to the environment.
Practicing the three Rs means producing less waste and greenhouse gas, purchasing only what is needed and using all of what is purchased, as well as choosing reusable products and finding new uses for old goods. Mitch Levin attached used toy cars, donated by children, and etched environmental facts on the landmasses to encourage everyone to join the race to save the planet.
Nilay Lawson\'s globe was neglected and abused. It was left outdoors through the rain and heat, never once wiped off or taken care of. Anyone that came in contact with the globe was told to do as they wished. The globe was dragged, scraped, bruised, poked and cigarettes were put out on it. This abuse and neglect reflects the consistent pain we place on the earth even as we approach a more conscious era.
Research has helped to create a fuller understanding of the beauty and importance of natural treasures. Amy Lowry portrays the need to stop deforestation with an oil painting of lush broad, leafy trees. In between are large leaves falling gently to the earth, symbolizing the loss of our forests. Hidden within the painting is a vast landscape of living species that are currently endangered by global warming. problems due to the toxic levels of pollution caused by carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear waste and other environmentally hazardous waste. The intense skyscape warns of the potential severity of weather changes and the need for public attention and behavioral change.
Global warming impacts everything on the planet – from ocean life to the polar bear, which is losing its habitat. Artist Kyu-Jin Lee, from South Korea, encourages us to take personal steps to help stop climate change, such as driving less, using less energy and moving away from coal and other fossil fuels.
Imagine harnessing the boundless, renewable energy of children at play. \"PlayPumps\" are child-powered merry-go-rounds that pump clean drinking water as the wheel turns. PlayPumps International is helping to bring 4,000 of these life-saving water systems to sub-Saharan Africa by 2010. Installed near schools, this sustainable solution will lead to improvements in health, education, gender equality and economic development.
Half the energy consumed in the average home is used to run its heating and cooling systems. Programmable thermostats allow users to regulate temperature to conserve energy while asleep or away. This globe\'s cozy turtleneck was hand-knit by Lindsay Obermeyer as a reminder that wearing an extra sweater can go a long way in conserving energy.
Artist Micki LeMieux suggests removing unnecessary belongings and mental baggage, and looking at life from a full spectrum of perspectives. If beauty is in both the eye and mind of the beholder, LeMieux\'s reflective quality of her globe suggests that the time has come to view the earth and the individual as one.
Up to 45 percent of discarded waste in the U.S. is generated by businesses. Businesses should conduct waste audits and implement waste reduction and recycling programs to save money, conserve energy and natural resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using a variety of recycled materials, Bryan Sperry\'s globe raises awareness about the collective commercial responsibility to pay attention to how the planet is treated.
Designed by innovative young artist Rion Stassi, this eco-piggy bank reminds us to unplug and save energy and money! If everyone thought of their carbon footprint like they thought of their bottom line, we would be in a much better place.
Average American families use 350 gallons of water every day. Power plants emitting greenhouse gases go to work every time someone turns on the tap, using electricity to extract, transport, purify and distribute water.
Americans have enough extra room in their 140 million cars to give all of Western Europe a ride. If every car carried just one more passenger during its daily commute, 32 million gallons of gasoline and 600 million pounds of carbon dioxide would be saved each day. Cheryl Steiger\'s globe displays the concentration of cars relative to each continent\'s population.
Covered with bits and pieces of maps of Washington, D.C., this globe highlights the influence and impact of policy decisions made here that disproportionately affect the entire planet. The U.S. not only consumes a huge part of the world\'s resources and produces an outsized amount of waste and pollution, but it also projects a style of life based on waste and greed. It\'s time to assume leadership on environmental issues.
This globe depicts idealized solutions to potential problems people may face in the future and references environmental policy past, present and future. The globe\'s materials include space dust, magic, science, religion, man\'s ego and Styrofoam.
Unplug! One solution to global warming is to use less energy. Turn your thermostat up two degrees in the summer, down two degrees in the winter, buy energy-efficient appliances when you have to replace them, and just unplug your toaster or coffee pot when not in use.
Each of us own hundreds of articles of clothing. We can lessen the impact that our clothing has on the environment by closely examining clothing content labels. By learning more about the choices in materials, methods and supply chain journeys, we can contribute to lowering greenhouse emissions and lessen our carbon footprint.
Maybe we aren\'t the problem at all, but it\'s the things we have invented to help ease our minds of real contemplation that are the real culprit. Reuben Breslar believes this is called Evilution. But nothing really matters except the fact that contemplation without action is a waste of time. How long has it been since you did something positive?
One solution to global warming is to plant a tree. This leafy globe with a grass base shows off how trees can help us with global warming by absorbing CO2. The United Nations is looking for innovative ways to combat global warming and one initiative aims to plant seven billion trees worldwide, the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign.
\"Every little bit,\" which refers to the many \"little bits\" of which this globe is made, as well as the hope that we can inspire individuals to make a change in their daily lives, shows that every little bit matters.
The Rev. Richard Cizik, the face of the green evangelical movement, was named among Time magazine\'s top 100 most influential people in the world for 2008.
Begley lives in a self-sufficient, solar-powered house and often bikes to Hollywood events. He has earned numerous awards from environmental groups and his green lifestyle appeared in HGTV\'s \"Living with Ed.\" Begley received six Emmy nominations for his role in \"St. Elsewhere,\" and appeared in \"A Mighty Wind\" and \"Batman Forever.\" Globe by artist Kyu Jin Lee.
President Clinton states, \"The fate of the planet that our children and grandchildren will inherit is in our hands, and it is our responsibility to do something about this crisis.\" Artist Sandra Bacon uses ripples of color to represent the impact that each city\'s carbon dioxide reductions can have on their surrounding regions.
Mayor Richard M. Daley\'s goal is to make Chicago \"the greenest city in America.\" From its growing fleet of hybrid vehicles to its restoration of lakefront parkland, and grants, incentives, legislation and education programs, Chicago\'s environmental efforts are visible everywhere.
This playful globe gets nothing but net as it displays the signatures and numbers of the 2008 Chicago Bulls, expressing their support for Cool Globes.
\"Responsible stewardship of the earth is something we owe to our children and ourselves. Whether preserving our Great Lakes, championing ethanol and renewable sources of energy, or cleaning up toxic waste sites, I am committed to a healthy, vibrant environment,\" states Senator Durbin.
\"I think that living, working, designing, manufacturing and projecting America in a green way can be the basis of a new unifying political movement, not meant to trump the traditional Republican and Democratic agendas but rather to bridge them to address jobs, temperature and terrorism.\"
The ink cartridges on this globe were collected during two years from two computers at a small business that employs three people; imagine big business ink cartridge usage. Everyday our constant trading of convenience over conservation becomes more and more apparent. Why haven\'t we gone paperless/inkless yet and will that really solve the problem?
Blake Lewis, finalist on \"American Idol\" and opener for the Earth Day National Mall 2008 celebration performing a thrilling beat-box version of America the Beautiful, supports the use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, depicted by artist Linn Woloshin.
Grammy Award winning recording artist Bruce Hornsby created this dazzling metallic turquoise and green globe because global warming is not \"just the way it is.\"
When Captain James Lovell commanded Apollo Moon Missions 8 and 13, he marveled at the view of earth from space. Captain Lovell and his son Jay depicted what he saw over a 24-hour period from space. Their unique perspective demonstrates the grandeur and fragility of our planet.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\'s reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine\'s \"Heroes for the Planet\" for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group\'s achievement helped spawn more than 130 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai\'s Green Belt Movement joined with the United Nations Environment Programme to launch Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, which encourages online tree planting pledges with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide each year.
His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. Yet at age 76, B.B. King is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with relentless passion.
On this globe, pop-artist Peter Mars\' familiar polar bear demonstrates the importance of bi-partisan cooperation in Congress.
Painting in the pointillism style of Seurat, Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk has decorated this bright and colorful globe to highlight the need to protect the Great Lakes from climate change.
For the Summit of the Americas, Gorbachev\'s State of the World Forum, and the United Nations Earth Summit, Max designed a series of 12 stamps that became the best-selling in UN history. Max sees enormous possibilities for the new millennium and a need for a greater responsibility to our planet.
Artist, activist, political aficionado and compassionate mom, Chicago-based Lucy Moog reminds us with her whimsical collage that global warming is a \"Hot Button\" issue.
As we connect with each other through stronger global communications, we tie ourselves into a network of unity for common change and solution. The more connected we are in a global sense, the less distanced we are from changes and occurrences in other parts of the world, and we gain the strength to solve problems such as global warming through a unified worldview.
Golfers voicing their climate concerns include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney, Brett Wetterich, Dow Finsterwald, JB Holmes, Matt Kuchar, Matt Hendrix, Charles Howell III, and Rich Burn.
The \"Incredible Hulk\" is also an incredible environmentalist. Ed Norton, a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe winning actor and director, campaigns tirelessly for many critical environmental issues of our day. The globe planted in a life-giving tree is by artist Jessica van Brakle.
The first Earth Day in 1970 helped lead to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of many environmental acts. Artist Yvonne Bauduin works with adults with developmental and mental disabilities at D.C.-based Art Enables.
O.A.R. stands for \"Of A Revolution,\" which is what we need to stop global warming. Painted by artist Alice Whealin, the Rockville, Maryland band lent its voice during Earth Day 2008 on the National Mall.
Redford is a founding board member of the Natural Resources Defense Council and has been awarded the 1987 UN Global 500 Award; the 1989 Audubon Medal; the 1993 Earth Day International Award; the 1994 Nature Conservancy Award and others.
Dr. Oppenheimer, along with his Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) colleagues, received the Nobel Prize in 2007, issuing a landmark report stating that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases are warming the planet\'s surface. Oppenheimer states, \"If we don\'t deal with [global warming] now, our children will pay for it later.\"
One of the most successful American-born goaltenders in history, Mike Richter is a former NHL goaltender and Olympiad. Mike reminds us that unless we change our ways we will be \"skating on thin ice\".
Speaker Pelosi aims to make America more energy independent and help fight global warming. She reminds us that solutions take leadership.
\"Montana leads the nation in wind energy power potential. Wind energy is clean and renewable and provides the \'green\' complement to Montana\'s natural resources,\" shares Governor Schweitzer.
The United Nations Environmental Programme\'s mission is to \"To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.\"
The best way to get around your city will soon be on two wheels. The benefits are clear: cleaner air, less noise and traffic congestion, and improved public health and fitness. Linda Doyle\'s globe features a story–meant to be read from top to bottom so all ages and heights can enjoy it–that tells of the benefits of biking in and around your city.
Oprah: Winfrey hosted actor Leo DiCaprio and environmentalist and Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Michael Oppenheimer to discuss the consequences of an over-dependence on fossil fuels. They also discussed the contribution of landfill waste to green house gases and the dire need for a strong policy response to the problem.
Hall of Fame baseball legend David Winfield coaches us to \"Come on team! It\'s late in the game. Let\'s start a rally against global warming!\" Winfield played for 22 seasons with six different teams spanning his lifetime career.
Evans was reintroduced to painting by a therapist treating him for stroke damage. Images of Washington, D.C., which he collects in his mind as he travels the city, often make it back to his canvases. Evans practices painting at Art-Enables, a Washington, D.C.-based arts-entrepreneurial program for adults with developmental and/or mental disabilities.
Currently, more than 10,000 homes in the U.S. are powered by photovoltaic solar electricity. Through solar thermal power, sunlight can be converted to usable heat for water, living spaces and swimming pools. Ted Haug\'s globe displays the variance in energy use around the world. Dark orange represents high-energy use areas while light orange shows low-energy use.
Washington, D.C.-based Folger reflects the ever-changing scope of environmental problems due to the toxic levels of pollution caused by carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear waste and other environmentally hazardous waste. The intense skyscape warns of the potential severity of weather changes and the need for public attention and behavioral change.