The world’s population will top 7 billion people on October 31st, 2011. 7 Billion Actions is -- a global movement for all humanity -- is collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally. Stories that can inspire other to take action! Join a global movement for all humanity.
2. On 31 October 2011 The World’s Population Will Reach 7,000,000,000
3. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is leading an innovative campaign —7 Billion Actions—to build awareness around the opportunities and challenges of a world of seven billion people.
5. New Media Boot Camp at Columbia UniversityWe invited 40 new media pioneers to a two-day brainstorm They came up with a creative and engaging campaign concept Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1GGvycvbM&feature=player_embedded
6. Meet the boot camp pioneers from… …UNFPA, Wikipedia, Facebook, Foursquare, SAP, Columbia University, IBM, Shakira Foundation, Webgrrls, Idealist, the World Bank, National Geographic, UN Global Pulse, BlogTalkRadio & other organizations…
7. That’s how the movement was born 7 Billion Actions - A Global Movement for All Humanity Everyone has an opportunity and a responsibility to make a world of 7 billiona better place for all of us. We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally. We are looking for stories from these 7 key areas: Poverty and inequality; Women and girls empowerment; Reproductive health and rights; Young people; Ageing population; Environment; Urbanization. Stories that can inspire other to take action!
9. Like 7 Billion Actions on Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions
10. Share your story via Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions(This page is available in 20 languages – more to come) We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally.
12. Share your story through musicCreate your own version and lyrics of the song “United” www.7billionactions.org/music
13. Share your story!Share your story through filmJoin the short film competition “One in 7 Billion”www.7billionactions.org/film
14. Listen to our Podcast “7 Billion” We have partnered with BlogTalkRadioThe worlds largest social radio networkhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/7billionactions
15. Follow our campaign blog 7 Billion ActionsRead about organizations & individuals for a better world& submit a storyhttp://7billionactions.tumblr.com
16. Engage with young story-tellers on FacebookWrite comments under these images from India and Chinahttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.257747854269403.67053.196517287059127&type=3 Images by Adrian Fisk, iSpeakGlobal
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18. 7 Billion Actions and Global Voices has partnered on a series on blog-posts.
19. Bloggers for this series are based in Malawi, Egypt, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Brazil, and many more countries. Between them, they speak more than a dozen languages.