1º VIDEO0:01have you ever stop to think about how your actions adolph over a lifetime0:07got all the things we produced and consumed0:10imagine0:11reheat all the soldiers who drink0:15fires0:15flushed down the drain0:16all the clothing revised for the amount of fuel reviews0:21and all the things we depend upon we're going to lay it out some of the everyday0:26includes we consume in our lives show the impact0:30each of us makes up on the way0:33it's the journey of a lifetime and as we take each step0:37we will see how we leave our impression our staff upon them0:43is our human0:48this is our world a finite placer infinite possibilities0:54it's been around for over three point eight billion years0:59if we think of the earth has been one day old1:02than we'd been around for just a few seconds1:08with over six million of us on the planet our presence is correct shaking1:13as individuals weenie think we have little impact on the world around us1:17we may feel that our contribution to the rule goes unnoticed we'd be wrong1:22each of us makes a contribution week each megan1:27week each leave a footprint1:30by examining everything1:32we consume across the country1:34

we've been able to calculate the effectively each make it on the world1:37around us1:39miles week each drive the waste we throw away gasoline resumes1:45quantities the numbers that revealed the1:48each of us makes1:51currently timing1:54as individuals who are all different but statistically were remarkably the same1:59so let's imagine the average american boy and girl2:03they could be anyone2:04and they're a bit like every black2:07as they grow up we will follow them on the seventy-seven year nine month2:11journey from baby home to old age2:15we will see what we travel2:20and what reviving consumed during each phase of our lives2:25because an unknown time history2:27consumed as much as we are now2:33recently the wildlife conservation society matt guarantee2:36on the planet2:38they contest the human2:40and found that just seventeen percent of the world's land surface is unaffected2:45by us2:49these untouched areas they called the last of the wild2:53this means that we directly influenced eighty three percent of the world's lan3:04one of the most developed countries on earth is the united states home to three3:08hundred four million people3:12

and it is here in the u_s_ that our boy and our girl grow up3:18and even is toddlers were already using a resources3:23we spend your first two and a half years in diapers brilliantly designed for3:27comfort convenience and hygiene3:32dangers are made to use once and throw away so busy parents lose track of just3:37how many of them are children go through and we never stopped to think about what3:42is gone into may keep the average diaper3:47we're setting up all of the hearts of materials that make up the day3:51we need a lot of space to do this because just one3:54diapers contains a surprising of raising three kids3:59remain on all the materials needed to make not just one4:02but all the papers a single child will get4:09so how many diapers require changing over our first two and a half years of4:13life4:15adds up fast4:16extend that locks4:17like this4:18this is a little more than four diapers a day4:22fifteen hundred eighteen diapers a year4:24for a total of three thousand seven hundred ninety six dampers over our4:29diaper wearing time span4:31it's convenient for parents but all of these dampers make a big impact on the4:36wider world4:40because there's more inside a disposable diaper than meets the eye and it takes4:44a pint of crude oil her diaper to make the plastic waterproof lining that in4:48

cases that this is the amount of crude oil you'll need for just one child4:54and every thirty months that single diapered baby leaves seven hundred4:59fifteen pounds of plastic texas has a history heavyweight wrestlers5:05and that's not all this off my feet having on the inside requires the poll5:10but for now5:12all dixon one that they're getting time like tight5:21multiply that by the number of babies in the u_s_ in the grand total is eighteen5:26billion disposable diapers throwaway every year5:32enough just stretch around the world5:35ninety times5:36and all those divers will long outlive the babies who saw healed up5:43five hundred years or more for them to find a great5:47it could be even longer because we don't really know how long it takes plastic to5:51break down5:52and the five hundred years supplying of diapers would cover the entire state of5:57texas5:59we avoid doing this6:02they may think they were usable diapers are the answer there made it natural6:06fibers at a point plastic but had you ever consider what it takes to launder6:09them6:10washing mother's day present home will use twenty two thousand four hundred6:14fifty five gallons of water6:28inquire first birthday we will already have been responsible for more carbon6:31dioxide emissions and someone in tanzania will generate in a lifetime6:45this is just the start of the impact we make6:50

as crucial as the air we breathe toddlers require6:54came from the very beginning6:56this means no6:59a lifelong taste for milk has begun7:04metering content7:07overdone cereals7:10we find it contains7:16in ice cream7:20milk is in so many foods we can consume end without even realizing it7:28bollywood busy consuming milk a whole industry is busy preparing7:35transporting it to us7:37and it all starts here7:40can't live on sixty five thousand dairy farm stretched across the united states7:45one cow produces six-and-a-half gallons of milk every day7:50each cali's one hundred pounds of grass in other food stamps each day brings7:54twenty five to fifty gallons of water7:58to serve all of america takes nine point to million cows more than a human8:04population of new jersey and all those cows need a lot of space to get a sense8:10of it dairy cows occupy a chunk of america covering more than twenty8:15million acres the size of the state of louisiana8:24because each of us drinks about three flights of milk week in amount we down8:30fourteen points8:31which in a year adds up to one hundred sixty eight pints8:38over the course of a lifetime all those cups of coffee told us that cereal and8:43ice cream matchup8:47

envious he's what it looks like8:50we've laid out every single pint of milk that we will each consume in our8:56lifetime

2º VIDEO 0:11 d six hundreds of millions0:13per person0:14her lifetime0:18mills is only a tiny part of our diet0:21as i talk a little of the dispute children built a senate have alleged to0:26be put into their bodies0:36already in just two minutes happy returns0:38they have left the lengthening trail of debris behind them0:43and much of it memorials in plastics visas0:47album0:50so far we've seen only the basic consequences of using diapers and0:54drinking milk for now0:56a lifetime of needles awaits our young school children look at a hardship quite1:02a hefty helping engine ever growing footprint1:13hello1:16one of the things that we do1:17his actually putting the product set in stone1:22we want to do that marine won't chief person apartment1:27meditate so that they would phyllis r1:31and we could extend forever1:33we're not using any computer graphics tool1:37

and i think it's over1:39film credits for ages1:41that anything is our guest this lady's billing1:44wanna come in and have the address bar1:46the school officials1:50helpers1:57you know we're trying to capture seem here and uh... they're from another2:00express those views of the public we can't have was standing on the samples2:04we made a point to get fourteen thousand quarts of milk filled with water so that2:08we would have been which fight for themselves2:22this is the story of our human footprint2:28now how american investors have become after the shows that2:35as they grow some of the appetites2:40good thing we live in the land of plenty2:44and one thing there is plenty argues convenience foods2:48medium valor our foods in packages2:52foods from the microwave2:54foods we can grab a on the run2:57need between fifteen hundred and two thousand calories each day to propel us3:02through our busy lives3:04and as a nation we even total of over a billion and a half pounds of food3:10everyday3:14if you add up all the stakes hotdogs and hamburgers each of us concerns in a3:20lifetime it's more than enough just duck this story and it amounts to be quite a3:26few head of cattle3:29

over a lifetime it's nearly five goals like these are nearly to what i have3:33tons of beef3:35person3:36then there's the pork3:38we do see how much of that week3:41all that they could hand adept at one point seven times more toward3:46sixty seven3:48these big speech wave five hundred fifty pounds of of the largest one comes in at3:53a massive six hundred fifty pounds3:56making up our lifetime supply of torque4:00point to seven4:04exist small game when compared to the amount of chicanery4:08there last time4:09skim or one thousand four hundred twenty-three year ben franklin in birth4:14chickens industry4:16pounds of chicken4:18almost equal to the amount of b4:25and we don't stop their and we also learned their any as4:31america's hens stayed busy keeping up with the demand lane over two hundred4:35ten million aids everyday4:40in one year the total egg production across the country is a staggering4:46seventy six point ninety eighty billion blade bike two hundred fifty five4:51million birds4:55five days a week and soon they start to end up this is a year supply of eggs and5:02as we make our way along and we consume to see how five days a week becomes5:08

twenty-one in a month which multiplied by twelve months makes up our annual5:13total of two hundred fifty height agents5:19we love unscramble5:22proposed store fried on their own5:25more had it been cakes custer police officers believed they could escape is5:30so hard to avoid that wheat one point three5:35to visualize just how many that is we have gathered together at the exact5:39amount weekly lunch consumer5:42these days are about to expire once they are loaded into a giant docket5:47we will dump them in order to show you what a lifetime supply of aids really5:51looks like5:53stand aside for the alma alike6:51nineteen thousand eight hundred twenty six aids6:55per person6:57lifetime7:01to meet and a said that dietary staples and nutritional7:05powerhouses giving us the protein to grow big and strong7:13for day-to-day energy nothing compares to carbohydrates7:18our favorite source is the potato7:24we give that wisdom7:25roasted7:27boiled7:32so how did that here's is the average american7:34in a lifetime7:36the answer is nine thousand nine hundred seventeen pounds words that's more than7:40

four times about the weight of this tractor and trailer about twenty7:45thousand potatoes and all8:19maybe even that's not enough to satisfy our craving for carbs8:27silly tear into branded8:29from sandwiches and pizza crust8:32rolls into homestead8:34arafat french includes a trail of bread crumbs8:39and justin8:40and see how many weeks feels it takes to make it all8:46american journalism area and the size of wyoming8:49just two-week feels8:54cheers the bread8:55were laying out a display of all the loads and weak eternal life time9:00that's fifty-five redeemer9:02and when you start delay them all down here's how they stack up9:20wounds9:38goddard

VIDEO 30:02each of us were even our lifetime0:05four thousand three hundred seventy six loaves of bread0:09that's more than eighty seven thousand slices0:22it's true that we can't live on bread alone and thankfully we don't have to do0:30the hot dog and a hamburger shop again0:33u_s_ consumers spend nearly four million dollars on hot dogs and sausages in0:39supermarkets alone0:41

we are the hot dog eating champions of the world0:47through0:48because we each consumed five thousand four hundred forty two of them in our0:53lives0:55most of this happens on independence day when one hundred fifty million hot dogs1:00get devoured nafta stretch along the entire coastline of the united states1:12but it's not really relish our hot dogs that's nothing compared to our love1:16affair with the hamburger1:18americans eight forty seven billion of them last year in our lifetime the1:22amount of hamburger each of us will eighty cools the weight of a family car1:29had more than five thousand hotdog roles in more than twelve thousand hamburger1:33buns to the break the lease1:35this is what you will get1:38could say it's an american obsession2:24and as our children2:25grow into young teenagers their taste buds will lead them toward everything2:30soon2:31from seller2:32to candy2:33there'll be no stopping that2:37or2:40eric2:46lessons that want to be seen at the time2:56headquarters2:57they don't have any of those guys3:00

unintended by mistake3:03hotels3:06akshat3:13but3:14he's looking for3:17step toward big guys3:19spillway but nothing too3:22that's right3:23date back to our erie co3:24wrong everybody standby lockouts lost3:29fashion item3:44this is the story of our human footprint montreal leave on the world simply can't3:49buy anything yet3:54american kids are exposed to a world of3:57into a system3:59some nobody track4:01fathers they'll try to avoid4:06it hard to twelve-year-olds had free reign in the supermarket del more often4:10than not she was a lifetime supply and4:16feature his novels an average of nearly twenty five4:20pounds of candy each year4:22four shopping cart halt4:25over a lifetime network set to be fourteen thousand five hundred eighteen4:30candy bars over twelve of these cards4:40dieted candy bars as one thousand fifty-six house to a lifetime's shut her4:45

mouth4:53this may not look like much but when you consider that this big bad holds just4:58five pounds4:59you need more than two hundred of them to make this lifetimes pile5:04the housing option is to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables but in order to5:08get them to us that they have to undergo processing and transportation that makes5:13our human footprints wider and determine this apple is just one of eleven5:19thousand one hundred ninety six what he did our lifetime in season apples like5:23these grow all over the country but5:25alice season they come from all over the world and must be stored5:29and shipped5:31food preservation means wider variety of all year around5:35the ones you'll find in the supermarket are likely to have been sprayed with5:39pesticides and children very low temperatures5:43in the winter months some will stay in a warehouse for nearly5:46years before the shiftless across the country5:54our youngsters park consuming more fruit6:01we think of them is in everyday to nothing fancy about a banana6:08yet the american bananas week each6:10each will have traveled6:12lesson millionaire miles to reach us and here they are at the ended their journey6:21tiny supply6:24sixty seven6:44if that's more than you bargained for just imagine what your living room would6:49look like it was filled with the lifetime supply of oranges here's how6:54

face death7:38if u and together the distance each oranges traveled to get to you it comes7:43to twenty three million miles7:46the same is going to moan and back7:49fifty times7:51each peel our way through twelve thousand eight hundred7:54eighty eight oranges8:00most of our food has to be delivered as cleanly and conveniently as possible8:06we'd like everything nicely washed packed and especially8:12then when we bump after groceries we throw all that packaging away8:18yet another plastic bag in the trash can8:46it's not just plastic rappers that we throw away we also tossed a huge amount8:51of aluminum into the trash and most of it is so we can8:55let's face it8:57invented so different8:59some drinks had become an immense industry9:04days one hundred seventy eight million cans are popped open across the country9:12thousand campaigns a second9:15and exactly how many cancers that over seventy-seven year lifetime ten thousand9:21fifteen thousand9:22not even close9:27it is taken many hours for these dedicated volunteers to lay out all the9:32soda cans we9:33heat will get through9:35just guess how many9:38

the average american will consume forty three thousand three hundred seventy-one9:42cans of soda9:43over his or her lifetime

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battles0:50tonight we've seen some of the food we put away0:54and appalachia0:59asean k1:01this is just part of what we conceived1:05as we grow up1:07what goes into1:08bodies is only one aspect of our but1:17the1:25need to be dropped are a few1:34service in vietnam1:58national2:08scope on sanctuary woodstock2:10and a m restaurants here2:15that we've estimated donate them2:17feed for these things2:19have significantly2:28what our national languish2:29a lot of teenagers2:31will discover that our human footprint is about2:36from no one2:38

body beautiful will be important to us for the rest of our lives2:43but if you ever stop to think about how many shallower she'll take in your2:47lifetime2:48and how they add up2:51each rubber duck represents one of them2:56yes2:58dude3:02do it3:07the3:10handed3:14got3:17p3:21and3:53eight thousand four hundred thirty three showers3:56in a lifetime4:02and although showers4:04use more than seven hundred thousand gallons of4:07he noticed the old four proves this size4:14cleanliness is just the beginning4:16once were clean we're ready to enhance ourselves with cosmetics perfumes and4:22locations4:27it's not going fast that americans spend more on the uti that on education every4:31year4:32just take a peek inside your bathroom cabinet4:34how much did you send the stock at now multiply that4:38

by a lifetime4:40formers powers of sorrow4:43jealousy cleansers4:47criminal lifetime supply and those products this is what your bathroom4:51might look like a one hundred fifty-six toothbrushes4:54three generating nineteenth toothpaste to squeeze on to them cure all the bars4:58of soap you use six hundred fifty six of them5:01and one hundred ninety-eight bottles of shampoo at5:05you used two hundred seventy two sticks of deodorant and for the final twist5:10thirty-five to said hair styling gel5:15a woman mls5:16smooth5:17four hundred eleven skin-care products5:20dam and thirty-seven bottles of perfume5:23eat with twenty-five models and nail polish and fifty two months of mr5:32consider the dirty secret of cleanliness every time we watch ourselves with so5:37hurry sarkar cosmetics5:40stuff goes someplace5:42cosmetic industry uses more than five dollars in different ingredients5:47once queen seven average beauty product could unleash a veritable science lab5:53including preservatives antioxidants and antimicrobials to fight bacteria6:00excluding shall6:01risky charter schools6:02was more than one6:04ilene gallons of water in our lifetime6:07

that's a bad as much water as into olympic swimming pools like these6:16at the same is leaving kitchen tap running for sixty two we6:21turning the shower all and i think your chance to one point eight million6:27ads like leaving a tampon continuously for more than a year6:35this water6:36and six hundred6:38piles of sewer lines6:41beneath our streets6:43that's enough to wrap around the world6:56everyday each a person's twenty gallons through the sewage system7:05five hundred sixty seven thousand7:07five hundred seventy five gallons each in a lifetime7:12and event takes more than sixteen thousand treatment centers like this one7:16just processed and purified it all7:19but it's not just our human waste that goes down the drain7:23everyday before showing the millions of tons of tissue7:28i think about where it can7:31everything that doesn't break down must be scooped out7:37what about all the trash that doesn't go down the drain7:41to the trash can where the garbage truck7:44though something away and as far as we are concerned that's the end7:57it's not really the end at all from for example resignation we throw away8:03sixteen million plastic bottles8:08that means that every second we throw at six hundred ninety four plastic bottles8:12we also toss out eleven million tons of glass bottles and charged every year8:17

that's the same weight is four hundred forty titanic sore thirty empire state8:22building its8:33and we dispose of one hundred million aluminum and steel cans everyday another8:38did know the roof over all of new york city8:42let's thirty six billion cans trust every year9:03one of us and sixty four times of ways to delay9:06film during our lives that's nearly four of these trucks appealed to the brink9:12and there are more than three hundred million of us9:15which means that together every year regenerate two hundred forty six million9:21tons of waste9:29our young couple are growing up fast9:32behind them they're already leading a surprising footprint azar teenagers set9:37off into adulthood we will see how as we get older our ever evolving footprint9:43will expand9:54so far we've seen the fuel we need to keep our bodies going the food9:59republican

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again water we use to blockage0:03the lotions the apply and waste controlling0:09lessard journey moves from childhood to early adulthood document footprint0:13changes0:16now why young man and woman are in their twenties0:19networking and that means they've got some money0:22plenty of ways to spend it0:26at this age we want to look good0:29

make an impression0:30that means clothes0:32lots of them0:34party dresses shoes handbags suit0:38jackets fluxes in jeans0:41conservative0:42casual alert ranjit0:44we've got them all spread on average we buy forty eighty new pieces of clothing0:49each year0:50it's created a closing market in the u_s_ worth more than three hundred forty0:54five billion dollars0:57which means that everyman0:59woman and child in the country's spends an average of one thousand dollars a1:03year a new route six1:05and gain weight rosalie sixty-eight pounds of clothing and textiles each1:10year1:13technol ever stopped to consider what goes into making justin everyday item of1:17clothing1:19simple garment has hidden costs in terms of the footprint creates1:23it takes five hundred and twenty eight gallons of water for example and one1:26third of a pound of chemicals along with some kind to make one t-shirt1:33and then you begin to imagine how many teachers there must be1:37but the resources used to make one of them are only one part of the footprints1:41that have basic t-shirt leave1:44and whether you take it on vacation or not that t-shirt is already logs and1:48

serious air miles from the u_s_ to china and back1:52fourteen thousand six hundred twenty five miles1:55just to get the components to the factory and the t-shirt back to you2:02come out of genes2:03most of them are manufactured abroad so an average parent genes have already2:08traveled twenty thousand miles before we go anywhere in them2:16ten cents for a mechanical2:18friends just see what goes into these sneakers mass of different natural and2:22synthetic compound2:44letter comes from texas2:46but it may be tandon south korea events stitched together in2:51before they're even out-of-the-box they're likely also drew traveled twenty2:56thousand miles2:57using a resources and2:59christened awaited them3:04pair of sneakers will have3:06farther and3:07ever often3:10and given time and then they'll have seven pairs of jeans an average of more3:15than twenty-five t-shirts3:18on average each garment last three years3:28over a lifetime a man spends fifty two thousand nine hundred seventy two3:32dollars on his wardrobe3:35which looks like3:36sp3:38

a woman's wardrobe is more extensive and3:42more expensive3:43as dainty feet can create a big footprint3:48here it is3:50lifetimes wardrobe4:09the world of expense doesn't stop here4:18inevitably all those clothes4:19does become dirty laundry the average american generates five hundred pounds4:23of dirty laundry every year4:26adds up to a colossal thirty-five billion loads of laundry across the4:30country4:30it's eleven hundred load started every second4:33and all that laundry uses up to five hundred sixteen billion gallons of water4:39equal to the amount that flows over niagara falls every eleven days4:44think of vips as the washing machine which we need to leave running for4:48eleven days to wash4:50the nation's clone4:59but laundry days the farthest thing from the minds of our young couple5:05now there after party and for many drinkers that means dear5:13joined by any normal industry of nearly fourteen5:17hundred who was released5:30on average each person in america puts away allot of beer5:34in fact this much5:37it looks as if life has been one long party6:19a lifetime consumption6:21

thirteen thousand two hundred forty-eight ears6:29a wine drinker will open this many bottles in our lifetime6:51nine hundred forty two6:57and some of those bottles are likely to be held in denver glasses boredom on the7:01most important dana couples like7:04their wedding7:07four and a half million of us get married each year and to sell lavishly7:13on average the big day cost twenty six thousand three hundred twenty seven7:18dollars7:26amanda constantly being day is nothing to the lifetime expense the release are7:31newlyweds7:34a surprisingly large sum of money with passed through their hands7:39but as it does and we will see how they're footprint upon the world will7:43get heavier7:45each step7:46every dollar7:57an average american couple in a typical american town8:02now are newlyweds are setting out to buy their first8:06on average remove about ten times in our lifetime8:17hollywood we can look beneath the skin of the8:19house can we see all the materials that have gone into it8:24it takes more than sixty four trees to supply although8:28widely used in an average home8:32if we examine a new two thousand square foot house8:36we come across nearly8:39

thousand feet of lumber8:41and to get an idea of how much of that is8:44if you've placed it all end to end they would be another lumber to stretch8:48across the brooklyn bridge and back again8:54then there's eleven thousand five hundred square feet of siding enough to8:58cover for tennis courts9:06house will need seventeen tons of concrete9:13there more than five-and-a-half thousand square feet of interior wall materials9:18with handling and insulation9:22four hundred9:23of copper piping9:25there are eighteen windows plus toilets in bathroom9:31and then the whole house has to be painted9:34requires thirty gallons in all9:36enough to fill up one and a half bathroom tiles9:41it's big it's costly but we college holiday with everything that goes into9:45what is a big part of our human footprint9:48with the american population expanding faster than ever the demand for housing9:51is soaring with one point five million new homes like this one being built9:55every year9:58and if we don't buy a newly

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built house then they're still all the things you need to furnish it0:05the average new homeowners spends nearly nine thousand dollars on furnishings and0:10decorations0:13

there are carpet somalis tables and chairs0:17a sofa0:19seems to hang on the wall as well as president0:29we love to spend we'd love to shop0:33mainly by0:34loads and loads of stuff0:37they are all the appliances that washing machine and dryer0:42the other microwave are learning vacuum cleaner0:49a washing machine nothing to get excited about we depend on it and then one day0:54it breaks down0:56four-week just one day one0:58minutes away from the old one out and buy a new one1:02do that so many times1:05the same with refrigerators and we'll only five of them1:10and tiki barber who will will go through seven air conditioners1:17invite eight microwave1:20t_v_ sets1:22fifteen computers1:25to get an idea of how they all stack up we have melted them against a wall2:00even when you see just a part of all the goods we collect2:03it becomes of revelations3:08her call to make the electricity to fuel all these appliances3:16over half our electricity comes from one of six hundred coal-burning power3:20stations3:24cole was a fossil fuel containing between forty and ninety percent carbon3:29

we need is burned it releases carbon dioxide greenhouse gas which can build3:34up in the atmosphere traveling in heating and changing our climb out3:39yeah virgin america increased twenty two tons of carbon dioxide emissions every3:44year that's a lot more than a worldwide average of six times3:48but a few small changes to make a big difference in our energy consumption3:52if we just below where our thermos tend to have a great in the winter time and3:56raising two degrees in the summertime wiki each save two thousand pounds of4:01carbon dioxide every year4:04carbon dioxide is invisible but this is what two thousand houses part carbon4:09cole4:10it's like you4:16by replacing just one bold within energy-efficient one we conceive half a4:20ton of carbon dioxide over the bulbs lifetime4:25if every household in america were to do this we could prevent five hundred4:29million tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere4:37each of us can save another half a ton of carbon emissions each year simply by4:42un plugging our appliances and we're not using them4:48there are a lot of ways we can reduce your carbon footprint for more ideas4:53visit our website did w_w_w_ dotnet geo human footprint dot com5:01appliances drive our world5:03their everywhere and there's never a shortage of new inventions to improve5:07our lives5:08takes the computer5:10twenty years ago5:11barely made in india5:14

five hundred seventy four million of them are sold5:18worldwide every year5:20at least one hundred million computers belong to american5:23and it takes away wide range of materials and resources to make each one5:29for the computers reported everyday foods5:31asked warehouses like this when bother getting smaller the guts of the computer5:35along with a plastic and metal case leave a heavy footprint5:39to make a single desktop it requires at least five hundred thirty pounds of5:43fossil fuels and forty eight pounds of assorted chemicals5:47add to that one point seven times of water used in production and all of a5:51sudden your little desktop5:53always a lot5:56but it's hard to imagine life without them online shopping helps us save6:01gasoline email makes us more time efficient6:04computer syllabus design and manufacture things6:07you crave and say they control us6:15and when you look at the bigger picture6:19our traffic systems6:23our navigation systems6:25our communication systems6:30systems6:31are finding it systems you name it in a computer runs it6:37somalis downloads music off the internet or sort out our photos are desktops and6:42laptops have become everyday parts of our lives6:47we use them to keep in touch with her friends across the world we use them for6:52

shopping for information for entertainment6:56but what about all the other things we do7:00how long do we spend reading a newspaper7:03watching the television7:04and how did they have factor human footprint7:09and then when we have sons and start consuming like there's no tomorrow like7:13on thanksgiving or the fourth of july what impact will all that7:29we're following the journey of a lifetime toddler adrian looked at all7:34the milk will drink in our lifetime7:39and that's cool7:40late we've seen a lifetime supply of bananas and oranges7:47we've looked at the teenage years and seen all the showers we will take and7:51all the cleansing products we will use7:56when there are couple reached their twenties at least our lifetime supply8:01appear8:02and all the closing8:05and we've laid out some of the appliances and household goods we will8:09accumulate8:10throughout our lives8:15power couple have already built the foundations of their lives together8:19and now it's a ten years later8:22in their thirties8:25fifteen children have bought a bigger house8:29but we still solely consumer8:32interior elsewhere8:33

we continually absorbing information and culture and like most of us that means8:38watching television8:41even with their computers we trust independent televisions to bring the8:46world into our living rooms8:50the average home has at least two t_v_ sets8:53and the average american watches four hours8:58over a lifetime that's more than twelve and a half years spent sitting in front9:03of the truth9:05when you watch the screen you are never alone9:08because across the country there are another two hundred eighty-five million9:13television sets twelve years of t_v_ watching her owns more than twenty two9:17thousand kilowatts of electricity nafta power unlike9:22for forty three years9:27despite the popularity of television it hasn't quite managed to kill off the9:30written word9:32it's been estimated that at least thirty two million books have been published9:36over the last two thousand years9:39and today but the book is published somewhere in the world every thirty9:43seconds9:45the average american blood polish off almost six books a year

7º VIDEOfour hundred twelve books over a lifetime0:07for portable news there is the newspaper0:12with the population of more than three hundred million we need a lot of0:16newsprint0:20trees are the longings of the planet resort carbon dioxide and

0:25release oxygen0:28papers you leaving0:29time requires forty three trees per person0:34fortunately fairgrounds specifically for paper making0:38it takes five hundred thousand trees just to make our sunday papers each week0:43to make all our papers for one year we have to cut down one hundred ninety one0:49million trees enough to cover the entire state of south carolina0:55cutting down these trees means that three hundred sixty five thousand five0:59hundred tons of carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere each year1:05rather than be absorbed by them to create oxygen1:10as one thousand tons of carbon dioxide a day seems to really1:15the newspapers1:19if your lifeline new york times greater than your thumb through forty thousand1:23forty1:24allison is pressed that's forty one wells like this stretching out for four1:28hundred seven miles1:30that's a path of newspaper long enough to stretch from los angeles to san1:34francisco1:37over our lifetimes will win this many newspapers1:40five thousand fifty four of them1:52then there's the1:53magazines we buy one million everyday1:58our love of all things paper doesn't end there2:01those little greeting cards really add up2:06around valentine's day we send one hundred ninety two million cards

2:11fund a big one is the holiday season when each year we mailed one twenty nine2:17million cars2:18that's enough cars to cover the city of san francisco2:23and then there's the wrapping paper on top of that2:27while we're on the topic of cutting trees we chatted and more than twenty2:32million christmas trees each year2:34steering plantations covering in areas thirty times margarine happy2:42the holidays are also a time to eat ground2:45at thanksgiving2:47the nations of valerie's the bulk of its annual intake2:51two hundred sixty five million turkeys2:54consumes a big portion of its eight hundred thousand tons of sweet potatoes2:58and relishes the greater part of three hundred thirty two thousand tons of3:03cranberries3:04that's almost eight3:06hundred jumbo jets phone3:09but that's nothing compared to the super bowl3:12the n_f_l_ championship is the number one party event of the year3:17it's bigger than the new year's seats3:22almost fifteen thousand tons of chess3:25four thousand pounds of3:27forgave eaten on that single sunday3:32each shift were lined up the trail with stretch ten times around the lower3:37forty-eight states or one hundred eighteen thousand miles3:44and points during that week circled the earth over five time

3:53in america3:54football maybe or driving passion but it doesn't fear passion for driving4:02congress freedom on wheels and we have embraced it more than any other country4:06on earth4:08but how do you ever be going to realize what he's really impacted4:18following a life span of an american couple to see all the things we use and4:24consume throughout our lifetimes4:26yeltsin had reached middle-aged4:28while there's no place like home most of us like to get out and about from time4:32to time4:33and so we don't watch fight4:36buses4:38trains and planes4:41thanks to henry ford we've become in automation our cars become our4:45pride and joy and with so many different kinds of shoes from from passing these4:49two convertibles4:50our car remains a symbol of freedom4:56in the car has transformed the landscape4:59it has enabled us to work in one place and live someplace else5:05although a nation has only five percent of the world's population we have5:10thirty percent of the world's ka5:15recieve our lives around the carton5:17remains intact and cities for it5:23life without it is unimaginable5:26with its comes at a cost

5:37first are complicated machines requiring a natural resources and high technology5:42to manufacture5:43take a typical ford for example the expedition is assembled and wayne5:47michigan the edge in ontario canada and the ford fusion in sonora mexico5:53but to see the really extent of the environment a footprint we have to see5:56where all the parts of a typical ford come from6:02consider the body is made from a higher steel aluminum enough other metals6:10wide range of synthetic plastics6:14rosenthal's6:17houdini's glass and robert6:21materials we can see include toxic solvents such as tumbling6:26minerals such as medical and so far6:28and if you ask for electricity introduction also come from around here6:35and last time the consumable materials6:39gasoline the motor oil and other lubricant6:43transmission break-in steering fluids6:46windshield washer fluid6:48and all the replacement parts from lightbulbs infuses6:53to break hasn't tires6:58any harm american-made or four n7:01is manufactured from raw materials gathered from around the globe7:06so we took our party typical ford to see where all the parts came from7:10the plastic stem from canada the driveshaft axel and chassis comes from7:15toledo ohio the brake steering in suspension systems come from livonia7:19michigan the battery and interior systems comes from milwaukee wisconsin

7:23and the aluminum wheels come from van nuys california7:28the windshield comes from pittsburgh pennsylvania so far parts from all over7:32the united states and canada and we still have miles to go7:38and with a modern car made from thousands of components eats footprint7:43here's truly global7:46the seat belts and air bags come from sweden the sink metals chemicals inc7:51catalyst come from belgium7:52and the anti lock breaking fuel injection systems door in c components7:57all come from germany7:59the tires are from south korea the stereo wiring are from japan and china8:04and there are aluminum parts from thailand8:07and that's not taking into account all the raw materials like manganese iron8:11ore in a rubber8:13all before we leave driven a single mile8:32but that's not the end of it8:34because in our lives we don't just over8:37one car8:38we teach alone an average of twelve cars in our lifetime in the two hundred8:42million cars in the united states will be replaced wesley every seventeen years8:48but it's winter cars are a few of the things that really make an end8:52though8:54americans use of quarter of the world's oil and it takes that if you will all of8:58our cars9:00announced a ten and a half million barrels of oil everyday reached ratting9:06average of eleven thousand miles a year that six hundred twenty seven thousand

9:10miles over a lifetime or twenty-five times around the world9:14and on that jury will you started one thousand three hundred fifty gallons of9:19gasoline barred and off to fill the9:22eats three fuel tankers9:27it's difficult to imagine that the invisible gasses pumped out of the9:31family car creators nearly six tons of carbon emissions in here9:36over driving lifetime this adds up to three hundred sixty times beach9:43there is good news9:45everyone drove a hybrid car it would be possible to cut emissions by a third9:50promoters on how we can reduce our emissions9:53visit our website at w_w_w_ dot ngo human boyfriend dot com