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:
More Americans hold membership in a cooperative than hold shares in the stock market
US Department of Energy projects that wind could make up 20% of US energy production by 2030
Child Nutrition in USA 2012: One in Three children is overweight or obese
Austerity Kills: Crisis and unemployment, deaths from suicide overtook deaths from car crashes
Venezuela Election rate of participation is 81%. In the US, it is only 54%.
US Gini index rose from 29 to 37 from 1973-2010. Venezuela fell from 50 to 39 in same period.
Geographical area of Africa, China, U.S., and Europe
Verena Owen and Club's Beyond Coal Campaign stop 150 nationwide coal plants from opening
Average farm size in Europe 15 Hectares vs US at 180 Hectares
More than 80% of exports of major grains come from five countries and are controlled by 4 major comp
