Next on NOVA: "World in the Balance: China Revs Up" (Repeat)

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

Broadcast: June 21, 2005, 8 p.m. ET/PT
(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings.)

In the second part of "World in the Balance," NOVA takes the pulse
of China's hyperactive economy, which is the fastest growing in the
history of the world. During the last two decades, China clamped
down on its population growth through its controversial one-child
policy, but in recent years it has relaxed those rules, moving in
the direction of more reproductive freedom. As the sprawling country
develops from a poor nation and aspires to a more middle-class
lifestyle, China's air, land, and water are beginning to suffer.
Already, a massive dust cloud of eroded soil from Mongolia has
darkened the skies over North America, and air pollution from
Beijing and Shanghai regularly wafts as far as California. The
prospect that all Chinese will strive to live like middle-class
Americans is daunting, since it has been calculated that if all the
world's people had an American standard of living, two more planets
the size of Earth would be needed to support them. But one planet is
all there is, and it will take our best scientific and technological
efforts to make this one do for all its inhabitants, present
and future.

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/