"We have to take care of this planet and everyone on it because we are on it for such a short time. Our parents and grandparents did not have the knowledge and technology to take care of the earth and it's inhabitants the way we do now.... We owe it to our children and our grandchildren to make a profound change, especially now. We are either moving forward or falling backward, there is no standing still."

~Kelly Collison

Fredric's Corporation

Environmental Guardian

6 THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY

LOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Over the past 50 - 60 years of industrial development, increasingly large quantities of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) have been used around the globe—sending carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, where it accumulates.  

WATERPOLLUTION Runoff from agricultural lands and urban areas is the primary source of the leading pollutants threatening water quality in most industrialized countries.  

HABITAT DESTRUCTION It has been estimated that an average of 137 plant and animal species are driven into extinction each day.  

AIR POLLUTION Air quality continues to be a challenge in most large cities today. From Mexico City to Bangkok to London, millions of people suffer from respiratory problems directly linked to the air they breathe.  

TOXINS IN THE ENVIRONMENT Contamination from toxic chemicals is now pervasive and global from the tropics to the poles, in our oceans and on the land.  

WASTE GENERATION If there is one single indicator of the impact each of us has on the global environment, it is the amount of waste we generate.  

 

*source: Aveda Corporation