Earth

Since Joni Mitchell performed "Big Yellow Taxi" live, we have nearly doubled the people on the planet and continue to pave paradise and put up parking lots. It reminds me of the lyrics of another folk song ... "when will they ever learn .... when will they ever learn". "They" are "us" and we need to pay more attention to what we are doing to our nest. The message has been there but not heeded. At least I made the border green.

World Population Growth

Year	Population

1965	3.3 billion
1970	3.7 billion
1975	4 billion
1980	4.5 billion
1985	4.85 billion
1990	5.3 billion
1995	5.7 billion
1999	6 billion
2006	6.5 billion
2009	6.8 billion