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Richard Allaway

What Does Sustainability Look Like? Photos From Around the World (Slideshow) : TreeHugger - 2 views

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    A great resource for a lesson starter on 'sustainability'. From the treehugger blog - well worth following via RSS.
Richard Allaway

Baby boom Britain won't retire quietly | Society | The Observer - 0 views

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    For the first time ever, the number of Britons over 65 exceeds those under 16. As the country grows older, the demand is growing for people to be able to work beyond pensionable age. And with advanced years comes growing political power - so the debate about retirement age is set to intensify
Richard Allaway

World's 65 and older population to triple by 2050 - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON - The world's 65-and-older population will triple by mid-century to 1 in 6 people, leaving the U.S. and other nations struggling to support the elderly.
Charlotte Lemaitre

The Amazon is dying | John Sauven | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

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    The Brazilian government is legalising deforestation and western superbrands are benefiting from it. This needs to stop now
Richard Allaway

Big Russian families are honoured in bid to boost population - Scotsman.com News - 1 views

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    RUSSIA has a long tradition of honouring it soldiers, scholars and scientists for their achievements. Yesterday, it honoured parents with large families with the "Order of Parental Glory" - part of a campaign to halt a dramatic population decline.
Charlotte Lemaitre

The Britons who can't afford to become old | Ageing Britain | UK news | The Observer - 0 views

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    The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and health issues. In the latest part of our series on the fallout from the nation's 'age quake', we examine how a crisis will affect us all as company pension schemes collapse and stock market failures hit private policies. Ruth Sunderland reports on a generation who face working into their seventies - or living out their old age in penury
Charlotte Lemaitre

China's gender imbalance 'likely to get worse' | World news | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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    Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher
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    Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher
Richard Allaway

The new baby boom - 0 views

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    Britain is experiencing a population spike. Why? We visit Boston, Lincolnshire, the nation's fertility capital, where the average birthrate is 2.8 per woman
Richard Allaway

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Developing world faces age crisis - 0 views

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    Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.
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