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Green Community: By the Numbers
- 5.5: The number of global hectares currently required to support the average resident of Solihull in the UK. This could be reduced to 3 if all the recommendations in this report [PDF] were followed through at the national, local, and individual level.
- 25,000: The number of tons of garbage that is collected in the city of New York each day, and over 1.2 billion gallons of water are drawn daily from reservoirs that are over 100 miles from the city.
- 101: The number of communities listed on the Transition Towns website as of November 2008. These groups are actively engaged in planning a future for their community beyond fossil fuels.
- 40 percent: Percentage of members of Zipcar, a car sharing club, ultimately decide against owning a car. They also drive up to 50 percent less than they would otherwise.
- 11,000: The number of sustainable villages in Sri Lanka that are joined together under the umbrella organization of Sarvodaya. These are in turn linked to thousands of others worldwide via the Global Ecovillage Network.
Sources: World Wildlife Fund, Transition Towns, ZipCar, Sarvodaya
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