Kirk, Ellen, 1950-

Human footprint : everything you will eat, use, wear, buy, and throw out in your lifetime / by Ellen Kirk. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. - National Geographic kids .

"The book is based on the Preserve our Planet National Geographic Channel presentation, Human footprint"--P. 32.

Includes bibliographical references.

"What's your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk; 28,433 showers; 12,888 oranges; 14,518 candy bars; 43,371 cans of soda; and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. And that's just a fraction of the mountain of stuff you'll consume. Think of that times six billion other footprints. Makes you want to step more lightly on the Earth!"--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN: 1426306342 (pbk.) 9781426306341 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human ecology--United States.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Population--Environmental aspects.
Lifestyles--Social aspects--United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 304.28