About 15 years ago, I joined forces with the actress Alexandra Paul and two friends, Michael Tobias, and Greg Molina, to produce Jam Packed, our first of two education videos for teens about human overpopulation. Later, Marc and Michelle Griffith joined us on the second project titled, The Cost of Cool, which focused on the impact of human personal consumption on our planet and its rapidly eroding resource base. Working with Alexandra and our colleagues was great fun and the two award winning videos we produced went on to be used in schools all across America.
When we first began to work together, the world population was around six billion. In the decade and a half since then, we've added another billion plus to the population. It's no wonder the world is in so much trouble on so many fronts. Deforestation, ocean resource depletion, fresh water scarcy, climate change; all of these global scale challenges are tied directly to a simple fact: too many people chansing after too few resources.
Alexandra Paul just delivered her first TED presentation on the population issue. She believes curbing population growth is the most important thing humans can do. I agree wholeheartedly with her. When I started this blog about ten months ago, one of the first people I wrote about (3/14/12) was Alexandra. She's an extraordinarty person. I urge everyone to take a moment to check out her TED presentation. It's only nine minutes long. In that brief time, she presents the ugly facts in powerful fashion and makes the case that we all have an obligation to be a part of the solution to this most basic of all human challenges.
Here is a link to Alexandra Paul's TED Presentation... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxctzyNxC0
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