At this point in time, humanity is using Darwin's model of behavior and existence. The root belief which holds this Darwinian paradigm of competition and comparison, survival of the fittest, in place is the belief that 'there is not enough.' This limiting belief is the source of tremendous struggle, lack, despair, contention and deprivation. This is a paradigm of winners and losers -- AND IT IS A LIE.

We offer you these facts and statistics, so that you too can stand on the truth. There is enough for all.

FOOD

" …in a world that produces enough food for almost 9 billion people, yet we only have 6 billion people on the planet." - Margulis, Charles. "Harvest of Fear". Interviews. Available on Internet (www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/interviews/margulis.html). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"Abundance, not scarcity, best describes the world's food supply. Enough wheat, rice and other grains are produced to provide every human being with 3,500 calories a day."
"Enough food is available to provide at least 4.3 pounds of food per person a day worldwide: two and half pounds of grain, beans and nuts, about a pound of fruits and vegetables, and nearly another pound of meat, milk and eggs- enough to make most people fat!" -"12 Myths About Hunger" based on "World Hunger: 12 Myths" 2nd edition, by Frances Moore Lappe', Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset, with Luis Esparza (fully revised and updated, Grove/Atlantic and Food First Books, Oct. 1998. Available on Internet (www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/1998/s98v5n3.html). Retrieved on Dec. 26, 2002.

"The United Nations Development Program estimates that the basic health and nutrition needs of the world's poorest people could be met for an additional $13 billion a year.
Animal lovers in the United States and Europe spend more than that on pet food each year." - Bread for the World. "Hunger Basics" (Internet site at www.bread.org/hungerbasics/). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

" The cost for eliminating starvation and malnutrition in the world is also about 75% of what European governments spend annually on subsidies to their farmers." - The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what01.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"The world has the material and natural resources, the know-how and the people to make a poverty-free world a reality in less than a generation." - "Human Development Report 1997". Published for the United Nations Development Programme 1997: iii Available on Internet (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1997/en/).

SHELTER

"The total cost of providing self-help housing to all of the inadequately sheltered and homeless people of the world-primarily in the developing world where the needs are greatest - would cost about $21 billion dollars per year for ten years. This is 2.6% of the world's total annual military expenditure… the amount the
U. S. spends on golf every 16 months."
- The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what03.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated the principle: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services." -Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". (Internet site at www.udhr.org/history/default.htm). Retrieved Dec.27, 2002.

HEALTHCARE

"The total cost of implementing the PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, which would provide basic health care to all those in the world who are currently in need would cost $15 billion per year or 1.9% of the world's total annual military expenditures (less than seven days worth), or less than 18% of what the United States spends on alcohol each year." -
- The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what02.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"The 2.5 billion per year for ten years' cost of PROVIDING HEALTH CARE for CHILDREN (a proposed program) is .0032% of the world's total annual military expenditures. The world spends this amount on the military in 28 hours. It is also the amount spent per month by the former Soviet Union on vodka." - The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what02.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"The combined costs of the PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, PROVIDING HEALTH CARE for CHILDREN, the IODINE DEFICIENCY PROGRAM and the AIDS PREVENTION and CONTROL PROGRAM (PROPOSED world wide health care programs) would be $21 billion per year for ten years. This is 2.6% of the world's annual military expenditures or 2.1% of the world's illegal drug expenditures…
also what the U. S. spends on running shoes in 15 months."
- The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what02.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

EDUCATION

"Less than 1% of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen." -Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"The costs of launching a satellite network, providing solar-powered television sets and satellite receivers to villages without adequate schools and developing appropriate programming for the satellite-based education initiative would total about $2 billion per year for twenty years. This is less than the cost of one B-2 bomber." - The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what05.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"Supplying textbooks, teaching aids, in-service teacher training and supervision would cost about $3 billion additional per year. The total amount, $5 billion per year, is about 0.06% of the world's total annual military expenditures, or 0.05% of worldwide annual illegal drug sales,or 5% of the cost of the Gulf War, or what the US spends on video game software in 14 months." - The World Game Institute. "What The World Wants." (Internet site formerly at www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/what05.shtml). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

MONEY

While most of these areas of need come down to money, as well as the choice to prioritize differently, the world is not short on income.

"The world's 497 billionaires in 2001 registered a combined wealth of $1.54 trillion, well over the combined gross national products of all the nations of sub-Saharan Africa ($929.3 billion) or those of the oil-rich regions of the Middle East and North Africa ($1.34 trillion). It is also greater than the combined incomes of the poorest 1/2 of humanity." - Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world's poorest 2.5 billion people." - Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"20% of the population in the developed nations consume 86% of the worlds' goods." - Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"51% of the world's 100 wealthiest bodies are corporations." - Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world's countries) is less than the wealth of the world's 3 richest people combined." - Global Issues. "Causes of Poverty". (Internet site at http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp). Retrieved Dec.26, 2002.

"The costs of eradicating poverty are less than people imagine, about 1%of global income."
"No longer inevitable, poverty should be relegated to history-along with slavery, colonialism and nuclear warfare." - "Human Development Report 1997". Published for the United Nations Development Programme 1997: Available on Internet (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1997/en/).

"Today, (1997), the net wealth of the 10 richest billionaires is $133 billion, more than 1.5 times the total national income of all the least developed countries. The wealth of the single richest Mexican in 1995 was $6.6 billion, equal to the combined income of the 17 million poorest Mexicans." - "Human Development Report 1997". Published for the United Nations Development Programme 1997. Available on Internet (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1997/en/).

ENERGY

Where there is energy, there is a way.

"There is enough wind resources spread across the six continents to meet the entire energy consumption of the world roughly 4 times over." - The Ecohumanist Organization. "Renewable Energy"- Aeolic. (Internet site at www.ecohumanist.org/). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"Wind energy has become the least expensive renewable energy technology in existence." - The Ecohumanist Organization. "Renewable Energy"- Aeolic. (Internet site at www.ecohumanist.org/). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"Enough sunlight strikes the earth every hour to meet all human needs for one year."- The Ecohumanist Organization. "Renewable Energy"- Solar. (Internet site at www.ecohumanist.org/). Retrieved Dec. 26, 2002.

"Another essential form of collective action is the self-mobilization of people into large movements. Although these movements are often equated with unrest and violence, it is often the resistance to them by repressive regimes and corporate interests that cause the violence- not the movements themselves.
To be effective, the people's movements must emerge spontaneously from grass-roots initiatives, not to be controlled or manipulated from above." - "Human Development Report 1997". Published for the United Nations Development Programme 1997. Available on Internet (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/1997/en/).