...World Population The human population growth of the last century has been truly phenomenal. The world population passed 6 billion just before the end if the 20th century. Each year, about 90 million new people join the human race. This is roughly equivalent to adding three Canada’s or another Mexico to the world annually, a rate of growth that will swell human numbers from today’s 5.6 billion to about 8.5 billion by 2025. These figures represent the fastest growth in human numbers ever recorded and raise many vital economic and environmental questions. Is our species reproducing so quickly that we are outpacing the Earth's ability to house and feed us? Is our demand for natural resources destroying the habitats that give us life? If 40 million acres of tropical forest—an area equivalent to twice the size of Austria—are being destroyed or grossly degraded every year, as satellite maps show, how will that affect us? If 27,000 species become extinct yearly because of human development, as some scientists believe, what will that mean for us? If nearly 2 billion people already lack adequate drinking water, a number likely to increase to 3.6 billion by the year 2000, how can all of us hope to survive? answers are hardly easy and go beyond simple demographics, since population works in conjunction with other factors to determine our total impact on resources. Modern technologies and improved efficiency in the use of resources can help to stretch the availability of...
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...JaQuess Wynn Jayantha Jayman GS101: Intro to Political Economy November 2, 2012 I. Title Shifting the Blame From the Poor to the Privileged: Global Poverty, World Hunger, Population Growth, and the Misappropriation of Wealth in Third World Countries I. Introduction At a broad level, globalization is an increase in the impact on human activities of forces that span national boundaries. These activities can be economic, social, cultural, political, technological, or even biological, as in the case of disease. Additionally, all of these realms are connected through capitalism. Globalization, as defined by McMichael is “integration on the basis of a project pursuing "market rule on a global scale.” Under McMichael’s definition of capitalism, the availability of food is becoming a major issue. And that is driven by a number of factors. Both the ability to grow enough food especially under a changing climate, as well as increases in population and greater demand for food from an increasing discerning population that wants more meat in their diet. This is driving up demand for food and that is basically pushing up prices which not only affects the ability to buy the diversity of food that we want to eat, but it particularly affects people in the developing world for whom food is a major cost in their finances. The evolution of food production plays a big role in its current role in the capitalist economy. Farmers no longer produce food for others to eat, but rather...
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...‘YOUTH SURGE’ SYMPOSIUM SET FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY WASHINGTON— “Youth Surge,” a symposium on the global health, environmental and social implications of adolescents and youths who now account for nearly half of the world’s 6.5 billion people will be held at the National Press Club here from 2-4 p.m., Tuesday, July 11th, designated by the United Nations as World Population Day. The Population Institute, the United Nations Association/National Capital Area (UNA/NCA) and the United Nations Population Fund are co-sponsors of the event. Many of the world’s 3 billion people under the age of 25 are faced with health, economic, geographic and socio-cultural barriers. Studies have concluded that addressing young people’s principal needs and concerns is central to reducing global poverty and achieving sustainable development and population stabilization. Members of the symposium panel include Lester Brown, president and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, called “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” by The Washington Post; Carl Haub, senior demographer and Conrad Taeuber Chair of Population Information at the Population Reference Bureau; Dr. Laurie Schwab Zabin, former director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins University, and Mushahida Adhikari, a South African attorney who has developed legislation to address trafficking in children and women in her country. Twenty years ago, Brown...
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...The organic food movement has gradually increased world hunger. Organic agriculture is a lot more expensive than inorganic food, and yields a much smaller and inferior quality type of crop. The world already has a shortage of food, causing starvation. If all agriculture were organic, the world would starve. Only-organic farming does not seem like a realistic idea because of the world’s large population; there would be limited supply of food. Of course, if half the population were to die off, it may seem a little more practical, but that is not the case. Four percent of Europe is currently using organic ways of growing which is a bigger percentage than America (one percent). However, Africa and most of the Western hemisphere happen to be 100 percent organic, which may be why a lot of those countries are poor. Those countries may have the food, but they do not have the money to purchase such resources. Organic farming is not cheap, and neither are the costs at the grocery store. Economically, a wholly organic agricultural system would cause a collapse in much of this developing planet. "A wholly organic world agricultural system would quickly lead to mass starvation” not to mention "economic and political collapse in much of the developing world (Ngin)." It would burn a hole through people’s pockets, especially with the economy not being at its best at the moment. Research has shown how organic farming may significantly increase yields for poor farmers and consumers...
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...Monetary System One of the worse times in the history of the economic world was back before the thirties when North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world experienced the deepest and longest lasting economic collapse. This phenomenon was called the Great Depression, which began after the stock market crash of October 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. More than a century after, the world economy faced its most dangerous crisis for a second time. By the year of 2007, when sky high home prices in the United States went down, spread quickly to the entire country financial sector and then to the financial markets overseas, the called Global crisis of 2008 had born. Anyhow, the economic world has had many other financial crisis of different types at different levels of impact over the world. For this reason, it is really important the study of the main cause of all these financial crisis that bring chaos, create poverty, and widen the gap between rich and poor; the monetary system and the money it produces. In order to make evident the deficiencies of the monetary system and answer the following question: Do we really need money? I proposed three sub question that would clarify and support the main answer. These questions are: In what the monetary system depends on? How a financial crisis is created and how it affects the economy? Has the monetary system created poverty? Will the monetary system balance the difference between poverty and wealth one day...
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...Diversity has helped me to understand more about other races in the world. As I have been learning these past nine weeks I have learned so much that I have truly changed as a person to try not to be prejudice towards others. In the past honestly I was very prejudice towards others just by their looks. There are many ways that diversity means for things in the world. So many things are different in the world, but that doesn’t mean we need to be prejudice about things or people. The things I have learned about my own racial, ethnic, and cultural history is that race doesn’t matter. I know that whites use to be the most popular race in the world but that has changed a lot in the last century. Whites are now the third most popular race in the world. For ethnic there are many different groups in my race. Groups like Christians in my race many people are Christians so they are considered an ethnic group. Things I have learned about ethnics are that there are so many different types of groups in the world. They don’t need to be judged or criticized. There are many ethnics about Americans. Cultural history in my race is things that have shaped the world today. Americans have come a very long way in life. They have shaped this world to what it is today. It is a strong nation, one that is always going to fight for their country. A new report from the Pew Research Center projects that immigration will propel the U.S. population total to 438 million by the year 2050. Right now we are at 303...
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...Report Organization Date: April 14th, 2010 Subject: Which Country Next for Whole Foods A Market Screening Exercise Section I. Introduction 1. The Objective and Scope of the Study Objective: The objective of this study performed is to provide clarity, insightful analysis, and recommendations Whole Foods Market will use when selecting a preferred destination for opening a new “natural and organic foods” grocery market. The project focus revolved around achieving long-term success in a market for Whole Foods. The analysis was to determine the most lucrative candidate country in which to introduce a three-store market, keeping all stores no further than ten miles apart. Chronological Scope: To ensure the relevance of information presented in the report, only the most recent available data was analyzed. The indicator analysis covers years 2006 through 2009. Effective evaluation of indicators requires the comparison of the three countries within the same time frame for each individual indicator. Geographical Scope: The report compares and contrasts the following countries: ➢ Brazil ➢ South Korea ➢ Poland Functional Scope: This report provides an insight into the international market screening process for Whole Foods. It outlines specific procedures that were undertaken in order to evaluate each prospective expansion destination and eliminate the two least viable options. In order for Whole Foods to deem a market successful...
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...Effects and Solution of over population Having babies is a hope of most of the parents. In the past, our parents though that their son or daughter should have as many children as possible. However, this advice is not good because it can lead to a social problem called over population. Over population is a condition in which too many people for the environment. This paper analyses the effects and solutions of over population. Over population can cause a variety of negative effects. Firstly, the natural environment may be destroyed. Land is said account for only ¼ of the Earth’s surface. It means the space both for people and food growth is limited. However, with a huge number of people, consequently the Earth cannot support human anymore. The result is people have to cut down the forest to supply more space and they often use fire to do this business. This action can produce smoke and carbon dioxide. In addition, since the forests are depleted, there will have no enough trees to refresh the atmosphere or transfer oxygen from carbon dioxide. These can result in air pollution. Furthermore, loss of the biodiversity results from the direct impacts on wild animals’ habitat. Secondly, the social benefit is degraded. There are too crowed and so the city cannot sustain the necessities for its resident such as medical care, education and water and food supply. Another point is that crime in developing countries can be stem from over population. The more there are too many people,...
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...Mitigation Plan for Land Degradation Environmental issues are a major concern for everyone in the world. The environmental sustainability of natural resources is in danger. The consequences of human activities are affecting the quality or quantity of the air, the water, and the land. Each of these contributes to environmental balance and is vital for humans continued existence. Land, a terrestrial resource, has a role in the nutrient cycle of the environment, the growth of food sources, and the water quality. Soil consists of minerals, organic matter, and living organisms. Land degradation disrupts the ecological balance of the soil, which in turn threatens the sustainability of the environment. Land degradation is the deterioration of soil by erosion; pollution; and land use changes. Erosion is the loss of soil. Less soil leads to limited plant growth. Plants hold the soil in place and play a part in the carbon cycle. Not only does limited plant growth expand erosion, but it also interrupts a process that is essential to the entire environment. Sediment from erosion affects the water quality and aquatic habitats. Run off into bodies of water can contain pesticides, fertilizer, or waste residue. Once contaminated the water supply infiltrates the area damaging every element of the environment. Soil pollution is the introduction of contaminants such as hazardous waste and chemicals into the ground. Pollution makes the soil useless. The land becomes unable to support life. Vegetation...
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...Reed Traynor Geology Professor Hilton November 16, 2015 Agricultural Environmental Impacts With modern advances in technology and medicine the world’s population is at an all time high. With the spike in the human population, modern technology is trying to catch up in order to efficiently feed all of those people, while also struggling with trying to reduce the environmental footprint that it may leave behind. The earth can simply not sustain the human population if the birth rate continues to be this large. In order to keep up with today’s food demand, land is being cleared in order to raise cattle or grow crops to provide food for the worlds growing population. With the increase in agricultural also comes with it a series of environmental problems that end up hurting the earth as well as ourselves in the process. Although agriculture can help provide much needed food for the world population, the fact is that the earth cannot healthily sustain and produce this much food without some extreme environmental consequences. Agriculture both directly affects the local wildlife as well as damages ecosystems. About 70% of the earth’s freshwater withdrawals are in fact due to crop irrigation. Withdrawing this much freshwater can majorly impact the ecosystem as well as the local human population with no better example of this then Aral Sea area in Russia. Not only does agriculture effect common animals but also effects endangered and threatened species, approximately 53% of the...
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...Final Assignment: My Environmental Worldview Haleigh Moore East Carolina University May 1, 2016 Abstract The following document will contain my environmental worldview statements. It will discuss the six major topics that were covered throughout the semester, and will affiliate with my opinions of them based on what I have learned. The six topics that will be discussed are human population growth, water and soil resources, air resources and climate change, energy resources, waste management, and sustainability. All of the topics that will be discussed were learned about and had assignments to go along with them. In this document I will compare my opinions from the beginning assignments to the way that I feel now. It should be noted that any information shared in the following document merely represents my thoughts and personal opinions and does not represent the entire population. Key Terms: resources, growth, climate change, waste management, sustainability My opinion will be stated for all six topics as well as compared with the earlier assignments in the beginning of the semester. I will state solutions that will help improve the environment since all are major issues. It will be in order from least harmful to greatest. Water and Soil Resources It is important to maintain water and soil resources to protect the environment from erosion, movement of sediments, nutrients, and pesticides, and to reduce flood flows into estuaries. It is also important to...
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...4. References 19 1. Introduction Aging of population is regarded as one of the most significant megatrends world is currently facing. According to L.A. Gavrilov and P. Heuveline: Aging of population (also known as demographic aging, and population aging) is a summary term for shifts in the age distribution (i.e., age structure) of a population toward older ages.1 An immense scientific progress allowed people to reduce the perinatal and infant mortality rates along with enabling older people (after 65 years) to live longer. Less and less people are being born each day, making workforce shrink2 . Combining those two factors alone, one can clearly find in which direction our world is heading. Historically it is possible to distinguish between several periods in the last century, taking into consideration trends within birthrate. U.S. population is a superior example, since the data is exceedingly accurate and its society is pretty complex demographically. A crucial phase for today’s world is associated with Baby Boom (1946-64). This occurrence, taking place right after WWII made enormous impact on how the current population is shaped. It is necessary to keep in mind that approximately 80 million people died during those 6 years of war. General well-being and positive attitude after winning WWII led American citizens to procreate more than the diminishing trend would indicate. 1 Gavrilov L.A., Heuveline P. “Aging of Population.” In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll (Eds.)...
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...Human Services field. There are hospice agents spending time with the terminally ill and activists lobbing in the prevention of child abuse, each having the ultimate passion to help others in need. As the range is large where each human service agent may affect, the result is clear that from the beginning of time Human Service agents in one form or another have been around, and the field has changed as our world has changed, although the goal of helping those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged has remained the same. The Goal of Human Services: Martin (2007) describes “the chief goal of the human service professional is to support individuals as well as communities function at their maximum potential, overcoming personal and social barriers as effectively as possible in the major domains of living”(para.12). As mentioned earlier, the human service field has a broad range of careers involved which is essential for the wide variety of populations that are served. With each social worker, hospice agent, or public school counselor, needs are being met in a wide variety of populations. The goal is to reach people in their time of need to allow each individual to receive fair and knowledgeable guidance through crisis and life circumstances to reach the ultimate goal of self sufficiency. Through building on strengths rather than weaknesses, this goal will be met. WHAT IS HUMAN SERVICES? 3 The History of Human Services: Martin (2007) explains that “the practice of helping others...
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...The current food crisis: The current world food situation is demonstrating the increasing demand for food on a global scale. This food crisis is consequently causing an increasing gap between the rich and poor, developing world and the developed world. This gap includes the amount and quality of food that is being consumed, shown through North America and Europe’s increasing problems of obesity associated with obesity. The European Union Common Agricultural policy enforced in the 1990s and early 2000s an order to reduce food production and reduce leftovers or waste. Once the Cold War was over, Europe had less need for large storage of food as war seemed less likely to happen. At the same time there is an increasing population of those living in LEDCs. These people are poorer and hungrier and as a consequence suffer severe health problems such as malnutrition and starvation. The global food prices rose in 2008. One of the products which had a large increase was rice which resulted in riots in Africa and Asia. Even people in MEDC’s spent a large portion of their income on food and daily essentials. As a result, people either cut down on quality of food, amount of food or spend more money trying to still afford the luxuries of high quality food. However the increase in food prices would have had an effect upon the rest of the global or local economies. Green Revolution, a possible temporary solution? The Green revolution took place in the 1960s the green revolution was...
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...Currently, we as th inhabitant of Earth are facing some problems that possibly constitute threat to our world. One of the problems is the significantly increased global population. Increasing world population implies that food demand will increase too. How could our farmer catch up to grow food for us? With the help of genetic engineering, scientists and engineers came up with a brilliant solution: Genetically Modified Organisms crops or GMOs in short. However, there are many people propose that GMOs is detrimental for human and environment. Most of these people claim that GMOs are not natural and thus will bring negative impact to our body and the environment. In fact, most of the food we get from the market is genetically modified, and we have not shown any significant effect on our body yet (Neil). Therefore, it is too hasty to assert that GMOs is bad for us. The purpose of...
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