Wednesday, November 09, 2005

EARTH from above - Yann Arthus-Bertrand



In the last century, the population of our planet has been multiplied by 3, the world fresh water consumption by 6.
20% of the world population lacks access to improved water supplies.
40% of the world population does not have access to electricity.
Every week, more than 1 million people are added to the urban population in the world.
826 million people are under-nourished in the world.
The amount of oil consumed in 6 weeks, half of which is used in transportation, would have lasted 1 year in 1950.
Total world military expendititure : US$839 billion
Official Development Assistance : US51.4 billion
11 of the 15 majot fishing zones in the world are in decline today.
Half of humanity lives on less than US$2 a day.

The above are just some of the messages that was delivered through the photo exhibition by French Photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

Our Planet Earth is beautiful, but it is endangered due to human oversight and folly.
Save the earth, before it is too late.

Ugly Scene on Earth : IRAQI TANK GRAVEYARD IN THE DESERT NEAR AL-JAHRAH, KUWAIT

















Beautiful Scene on Earth : ICEBERGS OFF THE ADELIE COAST, ANTARCTICA

















Lovely Scene on Earth : GREATER FLAMINGOS ON LAKE NAKURU, KENYA

3 comments:

Eden said...

saw this stretch along Orchard Road .. dunno what they are till i saw yr blog ... i see ... =)

Garfield said...

well-taken photos

Carrie said...

the world is getting smaller...