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World Population Day

What Does It Mean To Be One Of 7 Billion?

Posted 07.13.2012 | Parents
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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: The Earth’s seven billionth person was born this past October -- ...

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Population Growth: Six Hours to Fill Yankee Stadium

John Seager | Posted 09.10.2012 | Green
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John Seager

Let's put population growth into terms any baseball fan can understand. Every hour, the world population increases by about 9,100 people.

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A World Population Day Worthy of Celebration

Robert Walker | Posted 09.09.2012 | World
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Robert Walker

This year we actually have something to celebrate on World Population Day. Foundations, NGOs, and donor countries, led by the United Kingdom, will come together for an international summit on family planning.

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World Population Day Highlights Reproductive Health As Key Theme

Posted 07.10.2012 | World
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Ahead of this year's World Population Day on July 11, 2012, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon issued a statement reiterating the importance of making...

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World Population Day: Agriculture Offers Huge Opportunities for a Planet of 7 Billion

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 09.06.2011 | Impact
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Danielle Nierenberg

Agriculture is emerging as a solution to mitigating climate change, reducing public health problems and costs, making cities more livable, and creating jobs in a stagnant global economy.

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Family Planning: It's Time to Welcome Men Into the Discussion

Ashley Judd | Posted 09.11.2011 | World
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Ashley Judd

On World Population Day, the United Nations Population Fund officially launched 7 Billion Actions -- a campaign to raise awareness and action around our planet's growing population.

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Observing World Population Day

Robert Walker | Posted 09.10.2011 | World
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Robert Walker

The world population will cross the 7 billion mark on Oct. 31, 2011, but in a world suffering from climate change, water scarcity and the rising price of food and energy, population growth is a challenge, not an unequivocal triumph.

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Is There A Taboo Connection Between Overpopulation And Global Warming?

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 09.10.2011 | Green
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The world population is expected to soon surpass seven billion. That is more than double the number of people living on Earth just 50 years ago. Monda...

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World Population Day 2009 -- Time to Finally Make Maternal Health a Priority

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Sharon L. Camp

World Population Day serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments must boost investments in global health -- especially the health of mothers.

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