Earth Day in Santa Barbara
for one day a year we raise our awareness to focus our intentions for the rest of the year. In Santa Barbara Earth Day produced by Mike Lazaro, a proud supporter of GirlMan Media.
Acknowledge the state of the union and the state of our world:
70 % of all anibiotics in the United States are given to farm animals
Somewhere in the world, one new car appears every second
40 million tons of municipal waste created per year, which averaged 1.272 tons per person. The recycling rate 30%,
Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion dollars annually, enough for a new state of the art computer for every student.
One in six American women are victims of sexual assault, and one in 33 men.
incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment. - For White males ages 25-29: 1,685 per 100,000.
For Latino males ages 25-29: 3,912 per 100,000.
For Black males ages 25-29: 11,695 per 100,000. (That's 11.7% of Black men in their late 20s.)