The information in the article "7 billion people fuel concern over world" has interesting complications. I believe that such a growth in our population was inevitable from when humans began reproducing. Once there is more offspring there are more people to continue and make more offspring. In addition the more people the more minds that create technology which expands our life span. Increasing the life span of a particular group has the consequence that we see today with over population. The children born are not replacing those who have perished but rather are adding to the number of living. Although people are born and die each day it is not proportional so instead of having a fairly stationary population which increases at reasonable intervals we have overpopulation.
Regarding the video "Tribal Natural Resources" I found it interesting how much is being done in terms of using our natural resources in a positive way, but it is not exploited as much as other things are. I believe that these efforts should be widely spread in order to replicate them and make the Earth we live in as it once was, pure. The “spiritual connection to the land” that is emphasized on the Iowa State University ranch may be hard to relate to in our time and age since we come from a completely different culture and raised in completely different ways. I believe it is a very good idea to have open enrollment for kids in this setting in order to broaden their minds to the actual potential of nature and to remove any fear they might have of nature. Although this type of program is not ideal for every child it never hurts to try it out because you never know what a child is thinking. Feeling secure with nature is a very important step in protecting it. I loved the idea that everyone owns the ranch all, the kids own the horses not one particular person claims ownership of either the land or the animals reconstructing the ideas that Native Americas had about the land. The garden part of the video is also interesting in that their goal is to not only bring the community together but also to increase food supply which is likely healthier than buying something at the grocery store which you don’t know where it came from.
The TED talk titled "How big brands can help save biodiversity" I found extremely interesting. I feel that he communicated his thoughts efficiently and that the solutions he proposed are very possible. He provided different options that ranged from their complexity until he introduced one that is completely plausible. He went on to state how this solution is being implemented and the current and future affects this solution provides.
