How We Got Here: Ecology Global Network Goes Beyond The Headlines For The Day of Seven Billion on Ecology.com

    ELLICOTT CITY, MD, October 26, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- "Since Homo sapiens appeared on this planet 200,000 years ago, world population had grown to just one billion until the dawn of the 19th century. But it was about to take a dizzying surge upward. . ." (from "The Day of Seven Billion")

When the global human population reaches seven billion on Monday, October 31, 2011, the Ecology Global Network will present the live occurrence in real-time on ecology.com.

The Ecology Population Clock is projected to hit the seven billion mark at approximately 10:30 AM-EDT, and is accompanied by a series of multimedia that go behind the news to examine how we got here and the impacts of the population explosion.

The feature article, The Day of Seven Billion, sets the pace with a history of the world's human population growth to projections of a society with Zero Population Growth (ZPG). This feature is accompanied by companion articles and views from around the world that set the framework for this event, including Billions of Brains (opinion) to Is the World Headed Toward Zero Population Growth? along with a host of videos, population statistics, and downloadable widgets.

Open discussion sessions are happening on Ecology Campus for students and faculty, Ecology Today for population news of the day, ecoView for population and environment, and Humans for culture and civilization.

Imaginings of a futuristic 21st century loomed large through the last half of the 20th century - when the world's populace more than doubled. While population growth rate has since slowed, it remains unrelenting in its ascent. Ecology Global Network puts this in perspective and gives people from around the world the opportunity to weigh in on their thoughts and share their local perspectives with the rest of the world.

"Nature will always find a way to recover, reclaim itself and live on. Can mankind sustain such incredible upward growth? Or will we reach a balance in our population where human numbers are stable and human life is sustainable? Or will today's existing species of humans, Homo sapiens, go the way of its ancestors, only to be replaced by another species of intelligent life?"

Media Contact: Janis Blackschleger
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About Ecology Global Network
Ecology Global Network, a service of Ecology Communications Group, Inc., provides news and resources, interactive communications and collaboration worldwide on all things ecology and today's environmental dynamics for people of all interests and cultures - from students, youth and young adults to professionals and lifelong learners. Its internet home is ecology.com, the portal for all media. Earth, Air, Energy, Water, Humans and Species serve as Ecology's umbrella genres. Ecology Today and Ecology Campus lead Ecology's collaborative platforms. For more information visit www.ecology.com.

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