YOU are the Change
National Geographic has launched a special series dedicated to the major milestone the world will encounter in October 2011—hitting a population of 7 billion people. The time it takes the world to gain another billion people is shrinking—meaning that a much larger amount of people are being born than dying. This does not only affect the geographic areas with a surge in population, it affects you as an individual as well. We must overcome the struggles of maintaining a world with 7 billion, and focus on what opportunities this brings us. After all, the future generations will be the ones experiencing life with 7 billion+ people.
7,000,000,000 is merely a number that is too hard for a human mind to grasp. But the organization 7 Billion Actions puts actual faces onto these numbers.
The McGehee Global Issues class is challenging you to LOOK UP from your daily life, and take a moment to reflect on what life with 7 billion people will be like. Does it matter to you? How can you make the world more unified with 7 billion people?
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