Problems of Humanity: Buffalo Exploration Group
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  • Home
    • Key Statements
  • Introduction
    • Changing Values >
      • A Question of Principle
    • Views of the Future
    • Science and the Unity of Life
    • FROM THE PISCEAN TO THE AQUARIAN AGE
    • SERVICE AND THE SERVER >
      • HEART RESPONSE
      • RIGHT USE OF THE MIND
      • RIGHT SPIRITUAL APPROACH
      • ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY
    • MEDITATION >
      • MEDITATION OUTLINE
  • The Psychological Renewal of Nations
    • MEDITATION
    • INTRODUCTION
    • INNER PSYCHOLOGY ———The qualities of the Seven Rays
    • Outer Psycholgy ———Spiral Dynamics
    • TECHNIQUES OF REHABILITATION AND RENEWAL >
      • The Teaching of History
      • Justice, Forgiveness, Truth and Reconciliation
      • The value of the arts
      • Europe: A phoenix from the ashes, harmony out of conflict
      • The Soul of Europe
      • Emerging Nation Initiatives
      • Crans Montana Forum
    • CONCLUSION
    • WORK PROPOSALS
    • Periodicals & Websites
  • Children, Youth and Education
    • Introduction
    • KEY STATEMENTS
    • Failings of the Current System
    • The Work of Men and Women of Goddwill
    • Building bridges – Conventional and Emerging Innovations >
      • Educating ourselves, not just our children (Ron Miller)
      • Spirituality in Higher Education (David K. Scott)
    • Ecoliteracy
    • Soul education
    • The Work of the United Nations >
      • The World Summit for Children and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
      • Educating the girl child
    • ALICE A. BAILEY AND AGNI YOGA ON EDUCATION
    • MEDITATION
    • List of Resources
  • Capital, Labour and Employment
    • Introduction
    • MEDITATION
    • The Problem >
      • Aspects of the problem
      • What lies at the heart of the modern materialistic difficulty?
      • Debt in an interdependent world
      • Capital gravitates towards richer countries
      • Transnational corporations (James Robertson)
      • Globalization, transnational businesses, and the UN Global Compact
      • Child labour (International Labour Organisation)
      • Facts on women at work (International Labour Organisation)
    • Towards Solution >
      • Money as energy
      • Are capitalism and sustainability mutually exclusive? (Jonathon Porritt)
      • Understanding wealth (Paul Ekins)
      • How can we raise the world’s ethical floor? (Hazel Henderson)
      • How to create a real ownership society (Jonathon Rowe)
      • Big business and sustainable development
      • Emerging new work patterns
      • The universal living wage
      • Education for good work (E F Schumacher)
      • New management — from organisations to living organisms
      • Sociocratic circle-organization method
      • A new measure for human development
    • Exercising Goodwill >
      • UNITED NATIONS: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
      • WORK PROPOSALS
    • Resource List
  • Racial Minorities
    • Introduction
    • The Forces of Prejudice
    • Towards Solution of the Problem >
      • Bridging: From Separateness to the One Humanity
      • Shaping Attitudes Early On: The Special Responsibilities of Schools
      • Constructive Activities
      • Four Freedoms and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
      • United Nations Actions
      • Kari-Oca Village Declaration
    • Reflections on Race >
      • Minorities Today
      • Human Rights and Freedoms
      • A New Type of Education
      • Racism Has No Scientific Basis
      • Differing Perceptions
      • Prejudice and Discrimination
      • Tolerance & Unity in Diversity
      • Extracts From the Books of Alice A. Bailey
    • MEDITATION
    • Suggested Reading List
  • The Churches and Organised Religion
    • Introduction
    • The Problem >
      • THE ILLUSION OF DOCTRINE AND DOGMA
      • FUNDAMENTALISM
      • AUTHORITY, REASON & WESTERN MATERIALISM
      • THE NOTION OF PUNISHMENT
    • Essential Religious Truths >
      • THE NATURE OF RELIGION
      • THE PLAN AND THE HIERARCHY
    • Signs of New Life >
      • RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
      • NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY
      • INTERFAITH WITHIN
    • Toward a New World Religion >
      • THE NEW WORLD RELIGION
      • FOUR NEW REVELATIONS
      • DIFFERENT PATHS BUT ONE GOAL
      • SCIENCE POINTS TO WHOLENESS
      • LESSONS FOR THE CHURCHES
      • RELIGION NEEDS EMANCIPATION
      • THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST
    • MEDITATION
    • Reading and Reference List
  • International Unity
    • Introduction
    • Some Aspects of the World Problem >
      • POVERTY
      • WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
    • Toward the Solution of the Problem >
      • HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
      • ECONOMICS AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
      • CARING FOR THE EARTH
    • The New Idealism - Building Unity >
      • THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIERARCHY OF WISE COMPASSION
    • The World After September 11th >
      • THOUGHTS IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR
      • GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
      • SPIRITUALIZING FOREIGN POLICY
    • The United Nations >
      • ORIGINS
      • REFLECTIONS ON THE UN
      • WHO WILL LEAD THE WAR ON WANT?
      • THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
    • World Citizenship >
      • YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
    • Towards the New World Order
    • MEDITATION
    • Suggested Resource List
  • New Conversations
    • Articles >
      • What I Learned From Tickling Apes
      • Why Giving Back Isn' t Enough
      • Overcoming Polarization Requires the Moral Strengths of Both Right and Left
      • In big think: Cardinal Virtues = Rational Life by JAG BHALLA
      • New York Times: Racial Bias, Even When We Have Good Intentions
      • The Truth About The People You Can't Forgive
    • Blog
    • Books >
      • Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
      • Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond
      • Facilitating Climate Change Responses
    • Internet
    • Videos >
      • Ted Talk: Gary Haugen (2015) The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
      • Spiritual, But Not Religious by Father Thomas Keating
      • Multiple Intelligence's
      • From Oprah Show: The Exercise That Helped High School Students Confront Prejudice
      • We Are Built To Be Kind
      • Jeff Salzman - Why should we care about the news?
      • The Biggest Problems Of Our Times All Come Down To This Word That Starts With 'E'
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Can Earth's and Society's Systems 
Meet the Need? 
Summary of a Workshop 
Maureen Mellody, Rapporteur; Board on Environmental Change and
Society; Committee on Population; Division of Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Education; Board on Life Sciences; Division on Earth and
Life Studies; National Research Councils of 10 Billion People
?

The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion by 2100 (United Nations, 2012).  At the same time, most people envision a future Earth with a greater average standard of living than currently exists—and, as a result, greater consumption of planetary resources. How can this population growth be achieved in a manner that is sustainable from an economic, social, and environmental perspective?
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