Days Of The Year
Every year the world continues to get more and more crowded. While
we’ve a tendency to pack ourselves into massive cities, and there are
presently still long open stretches of countryside, every year that gets
whittled away at more and more. The power and food needs of the world
continue to place a greater and greater strain on our ability to meet
them, and resources in general are becoming harder and harder to come
by. World Population Day comes along each year to remind us that our
present rate of population growth is unsustainable, and the present
social and logistical issues we are experiencing to meet the demand of
that population will only get worse if we don’t do something.
History of World Population Day
In 1987 there was an event called “Five Billion Day”, which recognized
when the human population boiled over the 5 billion mark. Since then the
United Nations Development Programme has been working to anticipate,
support, and offset the needs of a rapidly growing population. The
population had been deemed to be growing out of control, and an
awareness was being spread about the need for family planning, ways to
offset poverty, and the ability to ensure that proper maternal health
was observed.
The existing strain of supporting our present
population is already causing grievous crimes in the areas of human
rights and gender equality. As more people come into an a world that’s
already doing a poor job of taking care of its citizens, there are more
and more of them coming vulnerable to human rights violations such as
human trafficking and child labor. World Population Day reminds us that
we are part of an ever growing world, and that to ensure there’s a great
future ahead for any of us, there has to be a great future for all of
us.
How to celebrate Take Your Webmaster To Lunch Day
Not to start off too personal, but the first thing you can do is make
sure that your own family planning schedule is properly taken care of.
So many places in the world see an uncontrolled growth in population due
to a lack of access of proper preventative measures and poor maternal
health monitoring. If you’re lucky enough to not be in those areas, be
sure you’re taking advantage of your privileges. While you’re at it, see
what you can do to support those areas that don’t have access to these
materials, and educate yourself on what we can do to help make the world
a better place for all of us.