Around the Internet 12.09.11
This week's notable links are related to world population. I tend to be interested in a subject, read about it and discover these links.
7 Billion on National Geographic. Special series on the world's 7B population, with stories and discussions. They have a counter of world population as well.
7 Billion Actions. A site where anyone can upload a story, highlighting positive action. I was checking through the site and was encouraged by all the good work that people do. Really, we can be hopeful. It's just a pity that only the sensational negative stories get highlighted in the media. Positive stories are found right here. And thanks to the internet for making this possible.
What's Your Number? 7 billion is an overwhelming number. This site let's you enter your birthday and plots you on the population chart and identifies your specific number (datapoint). Of course this is not perfect and employs some algorithm to estimate where you are on the chart but still interesting stuff. I am 4.3B+th person, Neil is somewhere around 6.7B.
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. Population is an important concern for humanity. A lot of issues correlate with the growing population like poverty and inequality, environmental impact, energy. I recall a documentary (NatGeo?) that says we are living off of energy produced in the past by the ancient sun, like coal and oil. If we only had the sun's annual product to sustain us for a year, then only about 3B population can be sustained. Imagine the discrepancy... The author of the book The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Thom Hartmann, talked about this in the documentary.
It's a cliche but really, each of us can do something. It's the little actions, pooled together, that make a huge impact. Don't throw trash anywhere, give away stuff you don't need, treat people nicely, be positive, etc. Let's choose to do better.
7 Billion on National Geographic. Special series on the world's 7B population, with stories and discussions. They have a counter of world population as well.
7 Billion Actions. A site where anyone can upload a story, highlighting positive action. I was checking through the site and was encouraged by all the good work that people do. Really, we can be hopeful. It's just a pity that only the sensational negative stories get highlighted in the media. Positive stories are found right here. And thanks to the internet for making this possible.
What's Your Number? 7 billion is an overwhelming number. This site let's you enter your birthday and plots you on the population chart and identifies your specific number (datapoint). Of course this is not perfect and employs some algorithm to estimate where you are on the chart but still interesting stuff. I am 4.3B+th person, Neil is somewhere around 6.7B.
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. Population is an important concern for humanity. A lot of issues correlate with the growing population like poverty and inequality, environmental impact, energy. I recall a documentary (NatGeo?) that says we are living off of energy produced in the past by the ancient sun, like coal and oil. If we only had the sun's annual product to sustain us for a year, then only about 3B population can be sustained. Imagine the discrepancy... The author of the book The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Thom Hartmann, talked about this in the documentary.
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