A fellow blogger (Christine) showed these stats and I thought it was worth repeating here. Pretty eye opening, I think.
If our diverse world were melted down to a village of 100 people, do you know what it would look like?
57 Asian, 21 European, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, 8 African
52 Female, 48 Male
70 Non-white, 30 White
70 Non-Christian, 30 Christian
89 Straight, 11 Gay
6 people hold 59% of the world's worth (all from the US)
80 live in substandard housing
70 are unable to read
50 suffer from malnutrition
1 has a college education
1 has a computer
How does that jibe with your reality? She got the information from this website:
http://www.sustainer.org/meadows/
Come On Over
18 years ago
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Thanks for sharing the interesting stats. I've seen a slightly different list before. Check out this site for another global perspective on reality: http://globalrichlist.com/
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