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Kevin WalkerMichigan State University
March 4, 2011
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Source: New Scientist10
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“The greatest challenges we face are a result of advances in science and technology”
-Stephen Hawking
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World PopulationTotal population is expected
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Cartogram: Slum Growth, 1990-2001
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H1N1 Deaths
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Resources
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US 2010 Federal Budget
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Discretionary Federal Budget: 15-20%
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Real 2009 prices, in billions US at constant 2009 PPP exchange rate** EU27 + Switzerland, Turkey, Norway, former Yugoslavia
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Food Insecurity
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Food Related Chronic Health
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Urban Agriculture
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Resource Ceilings
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Global to Local Food Safety
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Renewable Supply Chains
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Reshaping Governance
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Behavior led environmental shifts
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Diminution of Science
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Vaccine exemption rate highest in some affluent
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