In late 2011, the world’s population is estimated to reach 7 billion. Demographers project a range of possibilities for future population growth, with the most commonly cited figure being a world population of 9 billion by 2043.
The 9 billion number assumes a dramatic decline in fertility rates across the world, converging to 2.1 children per woman. This is unlikely unless we respond to the 215 million women around the world who want to prevent pregnancy but need contraception. In nations such as Yemen, Afghanistan, and much of sub-Saharan Africa, women continue to have an average of more than 5 children.
Nearly half the world’s population—some 3 billion people—is under the age of 25 and entering their childbearing years. Their childbearing choices, and the information and services available to them, will determine whether human numbers climb to anywhere from 8 billion to 11 billion by mid-century.
A common argument is that the earth cannot sustain 7 billion people. PAI believes the issue is not the total number, but how much they consume and where they are concentrated. The average person in the United States, for example consumes almost fifty times more energy than a person in Ghana. And the vast majority of greenhouse gasses have come from the developed world. If the problem is overconsumption, the international policy focus should be on developed nations’ consumption, not African fertility rates.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Did You Know
Did You Know
* By the time you finish reading this sentence, the population will have increased by approximately 12 people.
* Whether the world population reaches 8 billion or 11 billion in this century depends on the choices we make today. Around the world, more than 200 million women want to prevent pregnancy but lack contraception.
* By the time you finish reading this sentence, the population will have increased by approximately 12 people.
* Whether the world population reaches 8 billion or 11 billion in this century depends on the choices we make today. Around the world, more than 200 million women want to prevent pregnancy but lack contraception.
What's Your Number?
http://populationaction.org/Articles/Whats_Your_Number/seeandsave.php
my no. is 5, 893, 580 , 071. U shld check yours too!:)
my no. is 5, 893, 580 , 071. U shld check yours too!:)
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Outdated Gal
i am now officially a member of the FOSSIL'S CLUB. i am soooo outdated, and my observation skills are seriously lacking. considering that i frequent the mall on a weekly basis, it came to me as a surprise that there is a new Seoul Garden outlet on the 3rd florr. Oops. Epic fail in observing.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
review of book
Monday, November 22, 2010Mao's Last Dancer--Book Review
Book title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Author: Li Cunxin
Non-fiction, autobiography. 2003. Fusion Press. 368 pages.
Through dance, a poor Chinese peasant child found a new life in America—the frog had escaped the well and could see the expanse of the sky. Mao’s Last Dancer is his story.
If you enjoy reading autobiographies, or perhaps if you like the subject of ‘life under communism’, you will probably enjoy this book.
Li Cunxin grew up in a remote commune village in Qingdao, China. His life was one of daily hardships—there was never enough food for Li and his six brothers. Then, when he was eleven, Li was chosen to train as a ballet dancer at Madam Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy. He had to under go seven years of gruelling training, face shouting teachers, endure painful injuries, put up with teasing, overcome homesickness, and finally, himself. Dancing his way to a scholarship to America, Li began to have doubts about communism after his first taste of freedom and was later defected.
The novel ends with the author leaving China with his wife to start a new life in the West. The book includes a postscript written in Melbourne, acknowledgements, the author’s family tree and pictures of the author.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Mao’s Last Dancer. I didn’t expect an autobiography to be such a compelling read. It was truly an honest recount of how a peasant boy rose to stardom in the West.
Book title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Author: Li Cunxin
Non-fiction, autobiography. 2003. Fusion Press. 368 pages.
Through dance, a poor Chinese peasant child found a new life in America—the frog had escaped the well and could see the expanse of the sky. Mao’s Last Dancer is his story.
If you enjoy reading autobiographies, or perhaps if you like the subject of ‘life under communism’, you will probably enjoy this book.
Li Cunxin grew up in a remote commune village in Qingdao, China. His life was one of daily hardships—there was never enough food for Li and his six brothers. Then, when he was eleven, Li was chosen to train as a ballet dancer at Madam Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy. He had to under go seven years of gruelling training, face shouting teachers, endure painful injuries, put up with teasing, overcome homesickness, and finally, himself. Dancing his way to a scholarship to America, Li began to have doubts about communism after his first taste of freedom and was later defected.
The novel ends with the author leaving China with his wife to start a new life in the West. The book includes a postscript written in Melbourne, acknowledgements, the author’s family tree and pictures of the author.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Mao’s Last Dancer. I didn’t expect an autobiography to be such a compelling read. It was truly an honest recount of how a peasant boy rose to stardom in the West.
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