7 billion people now and worse to come With 31st October marking the date on which the United Nations estimates the world’s population will reach 7 billion people, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says this figure represents nothing less than a crisis. National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that the failure of nations to address
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On October 31st the world’s population will zoom past the 7 billion mark just 12 years after reaching 6 billion. Despite taking all of human history up to 1800 to reach 1 billion, many seem to think the phenomenon of ever increasing human numbers is inevitable and normal! Globally we are growing at the expense
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Some global media is taking note of the dubious milestone of 7 Billion people on earth such as the UK's Guardian. It has published an article by Roger Martin, chair of SPA's UK counterpart, Population Matters. We don't currently see any major Australian newspapers publishing articles similar to this. Article Publication: The Guardian, UK Article
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This population classic, a short, illustrated book by Nola Stewart that was originally written in 1982 and has been updated multiple times since, has been both updated again this year and also turned into a series of YouTube videos: Part A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUgcw-TxGDA Part B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBUIP9Foco Part C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgn7WSbRcSs Attachments: ConservationThroughHavingSmallerFamilies2012.pdf Image:
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There’s a growing volume of letters to daily papers with story after story of community outrage at Victoria’s Planning Minister. The illogical actions of Minister Guy last week over the Ventnor matter is far from a one-off as people around the state send in their particular tale of Ministerial interference or inconsistency. SPA Vic President
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