On top of being in love with their 7 minute video that I posted last weekend, I'm also in love with the above map (which you can download or buy poster sized on their site). The map shows what the world would look like if the land masses matched the population per country. Interesting!
I think the study of population relates directly to the planetary problems. Over-population, over-consumption of static non-renewable resources, and then the over-abundance of landfillling waste (through the crazy idea of planned obsolescence of tech goodies and gadgets)...all of this is directly related to the number of people on the planet. Add in water pollution, water shortages, availability of healthy food... The study of population can do a lot to open eyes for the amount of planets we are using, and what our planet's carrying capacity looks like!
Carol Bliese wrote a blog post on the Population Education website about the 19 of us and how our 3 hour session played out last Friday.It was a good day!! Any day you can go home with a boatload full of exciting hands-on activities is a great day!
Other definite goodies worth checking out can be found on the Population Education website:
- Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources.
- World Population DVD
- Curriculum Standards by State
- Request a Teacher Workshop
- Become A Member of The Trainer Network
- Population Education Facebook Page
Carol Bliese's photo from https://www.populationeducation.org/content/meet-our-trainers, map from https://www.populationeducation.org/content/population-map
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