Next on NOVA: "World in the Balance: The People Paradox" (Repeat)

http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance/

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/