The 7 Billion People Debate
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:08 am
As part of this website’s aid debates section, I’m tracking blog posts discussing population growth and the birth of the 7 billionth person on Earth. This post will be regularly updated with the latest posts on top.
Please feel free to add articles in the comment section or send them via twitter to @Good_Intents.
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36. What 7 Billion Means for Africa - Scout Banana
35. OVERPOPULATION DISCOURSE AND THE ALARMISM OF FAKE ACCURACY – P.A.P. Blog
34. Was the Seven Billionth Baby Really Born Today? – Foreign Policy
33. The UN debate of the day: Where is the 7 billionth baby born? – Road to the Horizon
32. Baby shower: What sort of world awaits the seven billionth person? – Irish Times
31. Can we Feed Seven Billion People? - Huffington Post
30. Why the Real Victim of Overpopulation Will Be the Environment – Time
29. Dear baby Seven [ Billion ] - Project Diaspora
28. Can the world feed 7 billion people? – Dochasnetwork’s blog
27. Special coverage: World awaits 7 billionth baby – Alert Net
26. We are 7 Billion – what’s next? – Engaging Internationally
25. World’s Population Is a Growing Crisis - Huffington Post
24. Seven Ways Seven Billion People Affect the Planet - New Security Beat
23. Day of 7 Billion Puts Future Generations in Spotlight - New Security Beat
22. The Planet at 7 Billion: Lessons from Somalia - New Security Beat
21. How Did We Arrive at 7 Billion – and Where Do We Go From Here? [Part One] – New Security Beat
20. Seven Billion: What Does it Mean? - UN Dispatch
19. As world welcomes ’7 billionth’ baby, UN says empowering women is key to stability - Christian Science Monitor
18. Population is not the problem – The Guardian
17. World’s Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion: Now What? - Pulitzer Center
16. The disruptive effect of falling fertility – the real population question? – From Poverty to Power
15. 7 Billion: Trick Or Treat For Crowded Countries? – NPR
14. World Population: 7 Billion – The Big Picture
13. The World Population at 7 Billion - Random Samplings from the U.S. Census Bureau
12. A world of 7 billion people – The Lancet
11. Solutions Not Scare Tactics: Young People and the Politics of Population - Healthy Lives at PSI by Lori Adelman
10. Seven Billion: How Did We Get Here? - Healthy Lives at PSI by Alanna Shaikh
9. Women Deserve Access to Family Planning Choices Without Condition – Healthy Lives at PSI by Jill Filipovic
8. Indian baby picked as world’s seven billionth person – BBC
7. Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion – NPR
6. Paul Vallely: Population panic is the rich world’s folly – The Independent
5. Seven Billion People on Earth: Enough with the Fear Mongering - Marc F. Bellemare
4. The world at seven billion – BBC
3. More People, Please – Foreign Policy
2. What is the population problem? – Global Dashboard
1. Boom!? 7 Billion People on Earth Fosters Population Alarmism - THE CRUNK FEMINIST COLLECTIVE
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Excellent! Thanks for tracking these..there’s quite a discussion going on around the 7 billion person UN prediction and all it’s ramifications.
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