Sustainable growth: Earth pop 7 bln/2011, 9 bln/2050

Please read this article: sustainable growth means family planning (contraception, education) for poor countries; soy-based (and other non-animal) protein sources (beef: takes 7 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of beef), and the awareness that we have to live sustainably, individually and communally. Support family planning programs, eat some soy protein this week, be conscious of this today and help your family live as healthy a life as possible into what will remain the healthiest possible planet in which we can leave them.

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110220/ts_afp/scienceuspopulationfood

""More people, more money, more consumption, but the same planet," Clay told AFP, urging scientists and governments to start making changes now to how food is produced.
Population experts, meanwhile, called for more funding for family planning programs to help control the growth in the number of humans, especially in developing nations.
"For 20 years, there's been very little investment in family planning, but there's a return of interest now, partly because of the environmental factors like global warming and food prices," said Bongaarts.
"We want to minimize population growth, and the only viable way to do that is through more effective family planning," said Casterline.""