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Kernos
by Kernos » 28 Nov 2009, 18:08
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How Women Can Save the PlanetEmpowering young women through education will help reduce overpopulation in areas that cannot support it and avoid extremism in the children they raise.
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Lawrence M. Krauss I find the basic ideas in this opinion piece from
Scientific American very compelling. And, I agree the the most obvious need is educating women, still slaves in much of the worlds. But, I also think they can be applied to all humans.
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by Dryadia2 » 29 Nov 2009, 19:40
Thanks for sharing the link Kernos.
Good article...would be great if those ideas were passed on to the women (and men) in all those countries.
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