Comments on: 8 Ways to Look at 7 Billion http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/14/8-ways-to-look-at-7-billion/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Other False Balance in the Climate Fight - NYTimes.com http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/14/8-ways-to-look-at-7-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-43714 The Other False Balance in the Climate Fight - NYTimes.com Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:47:21 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18999#comment-43714 [...] I met Kathy Zhang, a student and communicator focused on humans and their environment (here’s a post of hers on population from the Earth Institute [...]

]]> By: GPSO 2011 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/14/8-ways-to-look-at-7-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-24162 GPSO 2011 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:25:58 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18999#comment-24162 Because the population of the world ultimately affects most of the issues that we all really care about, the 7 Billion: It’s Time to Talk campaign is working to open up the conversation on population to new audiences around the globe. When everyone recognizes that there is a need to talk openly about population growth and the importance of family planning, the empowerment of women, and reproductive health and rights, we can more easily find the solutions to issues like global hunger and the environment. When people discover how a rapidly growing world population affects them and their hopes for the future, we know that more people, particularly young adults, will want to lend their voices to the global discussion.

]]> By: David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/14/8-ways-to-look-at-7-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-24033 David Funkhouser Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:59:38 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18999#comment-24033 Thanks for your comments. I’d note that underlying population growth are issues that directly affect individuals like these two young girls: educating and empowering women, for one, which can have a significant impact on development, family size, public health, etc.

The post is not an “article about the population problem,” but rather points to other sources of information on the issue, with varied views — hence “8 ways to…” The intent is to help people learn more about the issues. The picture was intended to encourage people to think about the human impacts. It was not intended to suggest those two girls are the problem. Sorry if you interpreted it that way.

I looked at it this way: The girls are two reasons we should engage with these issues. DF

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