MP Attempts to Juggle 'Three Planet' Lifestyle

11.43.27am GMT Mon 6th Nov 2006

Julia Goldsworthy MP may be used to juggling her workload but WWF challenged her to juggle three planets to highlight how everyone in the UK is using more than their fair share of natural resources, and emitting more CO2 than the planet can absorb.

WWF held an event recently in Parliament to raise awareness about its One Planet Living Campaign which aims to make sustainable living easy, affordable and attractive.

Julia Goldsworthy has argued that the Government has an important role to play in helping people live within the planet's natural capacity. Our homes, our communities and our lifestyles - what we buy and consume, the energy we use and what we do with our waste, all have an impact on our environment. If everyone in the world lived as we do in the UK as a whole, we would need three planets to support us.

Commenting, Julia Goldsworthy MP said:

"Climate change is the single biggest threat to mankind. There is so much we can do in our everyday lives to reduce our impact on the environment. Simple steps like cutting down on using our cars for short journeys and switching our televisions off from standby can help make all the difference."

A recent report by WWF has shown that the world's natural ecosystems are being degraded at a rate unprecedented in human history. The Living Planet Report 2006 showed that we were using the earth's resources 25 per cent faster than they can be renewed.

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