Seven billion: the crowded planet
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The world's population will reach seven billion this year. Can the Earth sustain this many people and is reproductive freedom a fundamental liberty? What will the future hold for a crowded planet? In this film, Professor John Guillebaud, Population Matters; Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future; Fred Pearce, author of 'Peoplequake'; and Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure debate the topic. This event forms part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas (www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas) on Tuesday 25 October 2011.
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| Created: | 2011-09-21 09:18 |
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| Collection: | Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | festival; population; arts; Geography; reproduction; |
| Abstract: | The world's population will reach seven billion this year. Can the Earth sustain this many people and is reproductive freedom a fundamental liberty? What will the future hold for a crowded planet? In this film, Professor John Guillebaud, Population Matters; Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future; Fred Pearce, author of 'Peoplequake'; and Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure debate the topic. This event forms part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas (www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas) on Tuesday 25 October 2011. |
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