World Population Day 2014 will be observed on July 11
The United Nations' (UN) World Population Day is annually observed on July 11 to reaffirm the human right to plan for a family. World Population is estimated to be 7.023 billion with a rapid growth in the last 200 years. |
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| The population problem isn't just a matter of the number of people. People consume food, fresh water, wood, minerals, and energy as we go about our daily lives. And producing food, pumping groundwater, harvesting wood, mining minerals, and burning fuel all deplete our resource base and produce pollution. A critical factor is energy consumption. Americans make up only 5% of the world's population and yet consume 20% of its energy! |
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How Much Energy Does the U.S. Use?
 We all know the U.S. consumes a massive amount of energy but it's hard to wrap your head around the numbers. How much do we rely on oil? Do renewable resources make up a significant portion of our energy use?
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Obamacare isn't the big problem facing America; Overpopulation is
 The real issues facing our country lurk in the shadows, blissfully ignored while impacting every one of us. Chief among these issues is overpopulation. Just how big a problem is it? Centuries ago, Thomas Malthus warned about what could happen if populations were left to grow unchecked. Urban designer and public policy analyst Michael E. Arth, a leading voice on population matters, tells The Washington Times Communities that "(w)e have a catastrophe, but it is necessarily more complicated than what a country parson living in England envisioned back in the 18th century. When Thomas Malthus published ‘Essay on the Principle of Population' in 1798 the world's population was around 1 billion.
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World Population Balance
 Learn more from one of Earth Protect's Nonprofit Partners World Population Balance. WPB envisions a world where no one suffers in dire poverty and misery for lack of enough food, water, and other basic needs. We alert, inform and educate that overpopulation is a root cause of resource depletion, species extinction, and rising poverty. To avoid more misery, catastrophe, and death, we advocate and support a smaller, truly sustainable population. |
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sponsored by Earth Protect and the CA Coastal Conservancy
Are you stoked on the coast? Submissions accepted through August 3!
Get behind the camera and prove it! Heal the Bay invites young California filmmakers in grades 5-12 to express their passion for the ocean by creating a short film for our first ever Student Film Festival! Whether it’s mild, wild, silly or serious, your film should be as fresh and original as you are.
In addition to an exclusive screening event, all entries will be in the running for the Grand Prize, awarded to the filmmakers who most compellingly depict their connection to the coast.
Submissions will be accepted until August 3, so stoke your inspiration!
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