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DESCRIPTION:Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at  
 6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nWORLD IN THE BALANCE:\nThe Population Paradox\n\nby 
 NOVA\n\nThe staggering power of this film lies in its conceptual insights 
 — how diverse and complex the twin problems of population growth and 
 global warming have become.  This complexity makes the outcome near 
 unpredictable and likely catastrophic.\n\nPopulation growth is predicted to 
 reach 9 billion by mid-century despite declining birth rates in industrial 
 countries.  What is unexpected is the potential disastrous consequences of 
 such declining birth rates in Europe and Japan;  the older generation 
 vastly outnumbers the young, who will be unable to support them.  A 
 different problem exists in Africa, where AIDS has devastated those in 
 their prime, leaving both elderly and children uncared for.\n\nChina has a 
 different dilemma;  it’s trapped by the rising affluence of its huge 
 population resulting from industrialization without pollution controls, and 
 finds it difficult to impose such controls without causing economic 
 collapse and civil unrest.  The paradox posed here is that “backing 
 down” the ladder of population growth is far more difficult than 
 imagined;  as is “backing down” from industrialization or even imposing 
 pollution controls on a nation whose population is finding new 
 affluence.\n\nGlobal warming is the other part of the dilemma;  at least 
 significantly the result of over population and industrialization.  Global 
 warming is no longer controversial in the financial world.  Neither 
 population control nor pollution controls on levels significant enough to 
 affect global warming seem likely in the near future.\n\nWheelchair 
 accessible around the corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are 
 accepted\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/27/18656952.php
SUMMARY:World in the Balance
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/27/18656952.php
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