On Monday the population reached 7bn. It sounds like a large number, but needs to be put into context. There is a danger, however, in using statistics...
According to the best estimates of the United Nations and other agencies, our world's population is on the point of exceeding 7 billion for the first ...
The UN has chosen to mark the 31 October 2011 as the day the world's seventh billion citizen will be born.
I went onto a charity's website last week...
Global meat consumption is projected to double by 2050 - a frightening prospect, considering the factory-farming nightmare required to raise and slaughter more than 55 billion animals and meat production's impact on nearly all environmental problems.