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OVERPOPULATION

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POPULATION

OVERPOPULATION

Inspired by the work of George Bellows

On January 27 , 2024, the world population was 8,087,421,644 according to the most recent UN estimates. Without further action to limit population growth, they estimate there will be 8.6 billion people in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world’s population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. In the spring of 2023 the population of India surpassed that of China while the U.S. remained a distance third where it is projected to remain until 2050 when Nigeria will move into third place.

For more information on this subject go to this CCR page Population and

George Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925) was an American artist whose paintings of urban life in New York City were celebrated for their dynamic portrayal of its working-class inhabitants and the chaos of their communities. As a member of the Ashcan School art movement, Bellows and his fellow members had a desire to tell certain truths about the city and the rough challenges of modern life that the artists felt had been ignored by previous painters and art movements. His associate, Robert Henri, “wanted art to be akin to journalism…” He urged his students to “paint the everyday world in America.”

POPULATION

OVERPOPULATION

Inspired by the work of George Bellows

On January 27 , 2024, the world population was 8,087,421,644 according to the most recent UN estimates. Without further action to limit population growth, they estimate there will be 8.6 billion people in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world’s population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline. In the spring of 2023 the population of India surpassed that of China while the U.S. remained a distance third where it is projected to remain until 2050 when Nigeria will move into third place.

For more information on this subject go to this CCR page Population and

POPULATION

Inspired by the work of George Bellows

Meat & Dairy

Inspired by the work of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Heat

Inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian

GAS

Inspired by the work of Édouard Manet

Construction & Manufacturing

Inspired by the work of Thomas Hart Benton

Melting Glaciers

Inspired by the work of Alfred Bierstadt

GREENHOUSE GASES

Inspired by the work of William Blake

EXTINCTION

Inspired by the work of Hieronymus Bosch

DROUGHT

Inspired by the work of Pieter Bruegel

Tornadoes

Inspired by the work of Michelangelo Caravaggio

Wildlife Extinction

Inspired by the work of Mary Cassatt

Coal

Inspired by the work of Paul Cézanne

COLORADO RIVER

Inspired by the work of Thomas Cole

FOOD WASTE

Inspired by the work of Lucas Cranach

FLOODING

Inspired by the work of Leonardo Da Vinci

HUMAN MIGRATION

Inspired by the work of Eugene Delacroix

SEVERE WEATHER

Inspired by the work of El Greco

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Inspired by the work of Fra Angelico

OCEAN WARMING

Inspired by the work of Paul Gauguin

INDUSTRY

Inspired by the work of Giotto

SEA LEVEL RISE

Inspired by the work of Katsushika Hokusai

Groundwater Depletion

Inspired by the work of Francisco Goya

Industrial Air Pollution

Inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt

Plastics

Inspired by the work of Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick

Ocean as Carbon Sink

Inspired by the work of Henri Matisse

Oil

Inspired by the work of Michelangelo

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Inspired by the work of Amadeo Modigliani

WATER POLLUTION

Inspired by the work of Claude Monet

MENTAL HEALTH

Inspired by the work of Edvard Munch

Hurricanes

Inspired by the work of Rembrandt Van Rijn

Habitat Disruption

Inspired by the work of Henri Rousseau

Precipitation

Inspired by the work of Georges Seurat

TRANSPORTATION

Inspired by the work of J.M.W Turner

Extreme Weather

Inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh

DEFORESTATION

Inspired by the work of Jan Vermeer

WILDFIRES

Inspired by the work of James McNeill Whistler