• In Copenhagen, Denmark, 36 percent of the population – about 600,000 people – bike to work and school everyday on more than 200 miles of bike lanes.
• 40% of all car trips we make in the United States are less than two miles
• Depending on where you live, 75 – 90% of your waste can be recycled
• America produces a third of the world’s garbage, or 4.5 pounds of trash per person per day.
• The aluminum cans we throw away each year use up the equivalent of 16 million barrels of oil, enough to fuel a million cars for a year.

Source: Go Green, Live Rich by David Bach

[Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art]