Wasn’t it only yesterday that world population hit 6 billion (well not really – but recently for sure).
Of all the sensitive topics surrounding the Climate Change discussion – none is more so then the topic of human population growth - its (our!) impact on the planet and how reasonably and ethically to control/curb/reduce…
I believe that as a part of understanding – climate education – women’s rights – global literacy issues – global poverty and global resource management population growth is something that our political leaders, religious leaders, and academic leaders need to help all of us think seriously about….
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It is hard to fathom what 7 billion people means. How much does the world population increase in a day? A week? A month? A year?
Read this, it will just blow you away. It is posed as a ‘challenge’ but the solution is posted at the bottom:
http://blogontheuniverse.org/2009/06/02/weekly-challenge-2-people-people-everywhere/
Then think of the resources that need to be made available to provide basic needs.
Jeff Goldstein
Center Director
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
thanks!