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  • The TED 2011 Speakers…

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  • Isildur1’s First Two Million

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  • Dabangg Cry-Baby

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  • Munro and Co.

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  • Miyamoto’s Fish

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  • Fish consumption reaches all-time high

    Updated: 2011-01-31 10:41:05
    The contribution of fish to global diets has reached a record of almost 17 kg per person on average, supplying over three billion people with at least 15 percent of their average animal protein intake. This increase is due mainly to the ever-growing production of aquaculture which is set to overtake capture fisheries as a [...]

  • World carbon dioxide emissions data by country

    Updated: 2011-01-31 10:33:34
      And the latest figures - published by the respected - show CO2 emissions from energy consumption - the vast majority of Carbon Dioxide produced. A reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions is not only the decided goal of environmentalists but also of pretty much every government in the world. Currently 191 countries have adopted the Kyoto [...]

  • UK: Water metering could be compulsory

    Updated: 2011-01-31 10:22:06
    The possibility that every householder will have to install a meter is one of a number of options being examined by the Government. A proposal on changes is due to be unveiled next month by Caroline Spelman, the Evironment Secretary. According to Whitehall sources, any changes would be intended to introduce greater fairness in the [...]

  • After food protests, water riots are next

    Updated: 2011-01-31 10:19:42
    The rise of the middle classes in emerging markets, coupled with a soaring world population, underpin an increase in the price of basics such as wheat, corn and sugar. But the situation is going to be made much worse by the scarcity of water – the most important commodity there is. “Water remains a more problematic [...]

  • Wrong side of the tracks: How to beat the commute

    Updated: 2011-01-31 09:58:30
      Photo: Getty Images Europe Really, there are few worse ways to start the day. Barely awake, destined for their desks, and rammed, elbow-to-nose-to-ribs-to-cheek-to-chest inside a metallic box – little more than a glorified cattle cart – several million people are shaken, bumped and jolted into work. The cramp, the squeeze, the astringent smell of other people’s [...]

  • And you thought your commute was bad

    Updated: 2011-01-31 09:48:39
    Photo: Reuters/Andrew Biraj More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/picture-of-the-day-and-you-thought-your-commute-was-bad-2199015.html    

  • Feeding a larger population on a warmer planet

    Updated: 2011-01-29 15:33:14
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article from the Post Carbon Institute’s Energy Bulletin. —————— At a recent event hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C., Mark Rosegrant, Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, said, “Income and population growth drive food prices higher, putting pressure on our food [...]

  • How land grabs in Africa could herald a new dystopian age of hunger

    Updated: 2011-01-29 10:18:57
    Land grabs have grabbed global attention. It’s on the agenda at the World Economic Forum this week, and as the trend for large land acquisitions accelerates, it has moved from being primarily a story about Middle Eastern petrodollars pouring into Africa, to a much more widely spread phenomenon affecting many parts of south-east Asia, such [...]

  • India: Sex education on mobile

    Updated: 2011-01-29 10:02:33
    Tata Docomo, a mobile phone service provider, has introduced Sparsh – an IVR based Value Added Service (VAS) to provide sex education. Zubin Jimmy Dubash, vice-president of New Product Development of VAS of Tata Docomo said that majority of the Indians were against openly discussing and clearing doubts about sex. Sparsh will aim at providing a solution [...]

  • Indonesia: Clerics ‘key to success in family planning’

    Updated: 2011-01-29 09:59:39
    The success of the family planning program in Situbondo, East Java, is proof that the role of religious leaders in debunking myths surrounding male contraception is important. Situbondo, known for its Islamic boarding schools, has the highest number of vasectomy participants in Indonesia. As of 2010, 1,552 Situbondo men have undergone the procedure, making up [...]

  • Soil erosion lessening the hope that we can feed our booming population

    Updated: 2011-01-28 00:18:58
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article. —————— Editor’s Note: A recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN has concluded that soil erosion is a critical threat to food security. Increasing world population means that more food will need to be produced. Yet little new land exists for cultivation. Further, [...]

  • Plant consumption rising significantly as population grows and economies develop

    Updated: 2011-01-27 15:07:18
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article. See a related article at http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/humans-consuming-25-percent-all-plant-life.php. These findings are more optimistic than research two decades ago by Stanford biologist Peter Vitousek, which found that, at that time, humans were appropriating 40 percent of the products of photosynthesis. Sanderson and others have classified up to 83% of the global [...]

  • Interview with Bill Ryerson

    Updated: 2011-01-27 14:46:04
    Bill Ryerson appeared on Vermont Public Television’s Profile with Fran Stoddard on January 7, 2011. Watch the full episode. See more Profile.

  • Can We Support Everyone Counted?

    Updated: 2011-01-26 15:05:33
    The first census, in 1790, counted our numbers, then about 4 million. With the release of the current census, we hear about how we are becoming older or more diverse, but we get no discussion of the stunning fact that our nation is one of three global population supergiants and the world’s fourth-fastest growing nation! [...]

  • The Perils of Climate Change in Brazil

    Updated: 2011-01-25 14:38:42
    At a time when economic growth remains elusive for the United States and many other major world economies, Brazil is attracting attention from the global business community because of its strong growth prospects. The Brazilian economy, the largest in Latin America, is expected to grow by 5% in 2010, according to the country’s central bank. [...]

  • Integrating Women’s Human Rights into Global Health Research: An Action Framework

    Updated: 2011-01-24 15:34:13
    Donna Baptiste, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago has published an article in the Journal of Women’s Health that describes Population Media Center’s work in northern Nigeria. It discusses PMC’s program promoting maternal health and addressing obstetric fistula, starting on the sixth page of the attached document. Donna Baptiste Integrating Women’s Human [...]

  • 8 things you can do about population

    Updated: 2011-01-24 14:11:54
    Thanks to Lisa Hymas of Grist for this article and to Kathlene Carney for bringing it to my attention. ——————– As we zoom toward 7 billion, population growth is looking ever more hairy and daunting. The big-picture solution is empowering women everywhere and making sure they have the tools, knowledge, and support to control the [...]

  • America’s Most Pressing Issue In 2011: Human overpopulation-what you can do about it

    Updated: 2011-01-23 14:06:03
    Thanks to Frosty Wooldridge for this article. Also, see Mark Powell’s excellent commentary on the way the U.S. Census Bureau characterized the growth that occurred from 2000 to 2010. You will find it at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B5F-idWfw7TeNWFiMzE1MzctZTA0NS00YzkyLTljNjktOWIyZmViNDcwMjlh&hl=en&authkey=CKDbmc0I ———————– You may have read about the results of the U.S. Census last week. The United States grows by 3.1 [...]

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