Facts & Figures

Environment Facts & Figures

More than 50% of insurance regulators believe climate change is likely to have a high impact or an extremely high impact on coverage availability...
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Fair Trade Facts & Figures

Definition Fair Trade is a movement that helps farmers and workers in developing countries to build mutually beneficial business relationships, obtain livable...
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Health Care Facts & Figures

Global Every year, nearly 11 million children around the world die before reaching their 5th birthday, most from preventable causes. That is approximately, 30,000...
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Housing Facts & Figures

Around the world about 1.6 billion people live in substandard housing and 100 million are homeless. Another billion people―32% of the global...
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Hunger Facts & Figures

International Around the world, nearly 800 million people remain chronically undernourished. Approximately 50 million children under 5 years are wasted; over 2...
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Immigration Facts & Figures

There are approximately 41 million immigrants in the United States, an all-time high for a nation historically built on immigration. The United...
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Labor Facts & Figures

Union membership has been on the decline for more than 30 years and is approximately 10% of the workforce. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Microfinance Facts & Figures

Definition Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the...
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Poverty Facts & Figures

International Of the Earth’s population of approximately 7 billion people: 66% (4.6 billion) live in poverty The World Bank  48% (3.3 billion)...
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Public Witness Facts & Figures

Definition: A prophetic critique of the social, political, religious and economic structures. Community Peacemaker Teams https://www.cpt.org/resources/witness Types of public witness activities include:...
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Racism Facts & Figures

Overall Population White -76% Hispanic -18% Black – 13% U.S. Census Bureau Science All human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens....
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Simple Living Facts & Figures

Definition Simple living involves a wide variety of practices to simplify one’s lifestyle. These may include, for example, reducing one’s possessions, generally referred to as minimalism, or increasing self-sufficiency....
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War Facts & Figures

Spending The world spends about $2 trillion on its militaries — each year. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute $2 trillion represents about...
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Welfare Facts & Figures

There is no one program called “welfare.” The word refers to government assistance programs that provide help to Americans struggling with poverty...
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