FAST FACTS
SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE

living democracy, feeding hope.

BACK TO SMALL PLANET HOME PAGE

Search over 1,700, often surprising, info-bites covering food, hunger, farming, inequality, living democracy—and more. A public database developed by the Small Planet Institute research team:

Report on reforming energy subsidies

Report on reforming energy subsidies

FAO considers 1/4 of world marine fish stocks to be overexploited, thus unsustainable

FAO considers 1/4 of world marine fish stocks to be overexploited, thus unsustainable

Nigeria cultivates just 40 percent of its available arable land

Nigeria cultivates just 40 percent of its available arable land

Diabetes rates & costs

Diabetes rates & costs

Venezuela least unequal country in Latin America. Poverty and unemployment cut by half in a decade

Venezuela least unequal country in Latin America. Poverty and unemployment cut by half in a decade

Three fourths of Americans believed crime went up in '09, but it actually went down

Three fourths of Americans believed crime went up in '09, but it actually went down

Farm Bill 2013 could cost US taxpayers $18 billion annually

Farm Bill 2013 could cost US taxpayers $18 billion annually

Shell cancels Arctic drilling in 2014

Shell cancels Arctic drilling in 2014

Top US 0.1% own as much household wealth as the bottom 90% (2012)

Top US 0.1% own as much household wealth as the bottom 90% (2012)

Record breaking 1,210 billionaires with combined $4.5 trillion in 2011

Record breaking 1,210 billionaires with combined $4.5 trillion in 2011

172173
174
175176
Search By Category
  • Food (315) 315 posts
  • Democracy (283) 283 posts
  • Farming (423) 423 posts
  • Economy (348) 348 posts
  • Health (172) 172 posts
  • Environment (298) 298 posts
Search By Tags
No tags yet.
  • SPI FAST FACTS

  • SMALL PLANET HOME

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.