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>From: owner-nova-online_at_franz.wgbh.org (NOVA)
>To: nova-online_at_franz.wgbh.org (NOVA Bulletin)
>Subject: [NOVA] "World in the Balance: The People Paradox"
>Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:24:42 -0400 (EDT)
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>Next on NOVA: "World in the Balance: The People Paradox" (Repeat)
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>http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance/
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>Broadcast: June 14, 2005, 8 p.m. ET/PT
>(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings.)
>
>It took all of human history until the year 1804 for our population
>to reach its first billion. Now a billion new people are added every
>dozen years. What does the future hold for Earth's growing human
>family and its environmental health? In "The People Paradox," the
>first installment of NOVA's two-hour special "World in the Balance,"
>our producers investigate three countries -- India, Kenya, and
>Japan -- where social and economic forces have produced starkly
>different population profiles. With moving personal stories, this
>program gives an up-to-date global snapshot of today's human family,
>now numbering 6.3 billion and likely to increase to nearly 9 billion
>by 2050.
>
>Here's what you'll find online:
>
>Inquiry, Interviews, and More
>
> Out of House and Home
> Can what happened on one small island in the South Pacific serve
> as a cautionary tale for the entire planet?
>
> Voices of Concern
> Interviews with five experts reveal the threats facing human
> populations, national economies, and the global climate.
>
> Producer's Stories
> Go behind the scenes with filmmakers as they struggle to capture
> complex human stories.
>
> Material World
> Open your eyes to the rich-poor divide with these photos showing
> average families and their possessions.
>
> Population Campaigns
> Compare how three developing nations have tried to slow rapid
> population growth.
>
>Interactives
>
> Human Numbers Through Time
> Examine the startling population growth over the past two
> millennia, and see what's coming in the next 50 years.
>
> Global Trends Quiz
> Test your understanding of the population trends and
> environmental challenges facing nations around the world.
>
> Be a Demographer
> Play a matching game to see how demographic data reflect and
> shape the future of the U.S. and three other countries.
>
> Earth in Peril
> How do consumption and rapid population growth affect our
> planet's natural resources? Explore the many ways in this
> collection of maps.
>
>Also, Links & Books, Educator Role Plays, a Teacher's Guide, a video
>preview of the program, and the program transcript.
>
>http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance/
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