http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:21:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/megacity-living.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:40:55 +0000 The rapid increase in the number of cities that house over 10 million people is changing the way we organize urban space.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/food-algae-insects-meat-lab.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:20:48 +0000 By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet. Do we have to face some radical alternatives to our diet?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/psfk-picks-top-five-apps-of-the-week-6.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:42:51 +0000 A roundup of the latest, most fascinating apps we've learned about this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/national-geographics-new-app-aims-to-understand-world-population.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:10:57 +0000 "7 Billion" app explores the trends and effects of a growing population in light of diminishing resources and a world climate that is deteriorating.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/insights-into-building-smarter-cities-infographic.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:46:19 +0000 What are the crucial factors that need to be considered in order to create a sustainable city?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/current-population-growth-is-costing-us-the-earth-headlines.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:00:33 +0000 Our population is rising while our ability to sustain life on Earth is shrinking – we must change before nature does it for us.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/immigrant-hotspots-in-the-u-s-infographic.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:44:33 +0000 A new research shows that unlikely cities in the U.S. have become more popular with foreign-born residents. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/chinas-rural-poor-left-stranded-as-urbanites-race-ahead-headlines.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:28:24 +0000 As workers leave the countryside in the hope of better pay, the communities they leave behind face increasing poverty.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/how-china-is-driving-the-urbanization-trend-fast.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:30:47 +0000 By 2025, 350 million more people will have moved to cities, five years later the urban population will top 1 billion - and China will be leading all this.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/world-population-to-top-7-billion-before-2012-headlines.html Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:52:12 +0000 The latest demographic estimates from the United Nations indicate that the global human population will top 7 billion before we welcome next year. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/what-if-the-whole-world-lived-in-new-york-infographic.html Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:10:52 +0000 What would the world look like if we packed into Texas? What about Texas and Louisiana?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/overpopulation-are-the-beckhams-a-bad-example.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:39:59 +0000 Population experts say that with a fourth child, David and Victoria Beckham have joined the ranks of the irresponsible.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/how-to-build-a-city-for-tomorrow.html Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:59:16 +0000 Sustainable cities must be compact and high-density says leading thinker George Monbiot. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/recession-makes-educated-women-in-developed-countries-postpone-having-babies-headlines.html Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:25:44 +0000 Fertility worldwide dropped but some populations rose because, say experts, less educated had more children.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/unwanted-down-under-sydney-pays-residents-to-leave.html Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:33:05 +0000 Population pressures in Australia's biggest cities have caused the government effectively to bribe inhabitants to move to the less-populated country-side.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/children-are-the-increasingly-multicultural-future-headlines.html Fri, 13 May 2011 10:37:36 +0000 The results of the 2010 U.S. Census confirmed that the growth rate of the young generation today and in the near future, is increasingly dominated by Hispanics, African-Americans and Asians.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/what-does-the-most-typical-person-on-earth-look-like.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:56:57 +0000 National Geographic provides illuminating insights into the global populace and the nature of averages.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/whats-the-state-of-the-world-for-teenagers.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:45:01 +0000 The latest Unicef state of the world's children report is out, with a special focus on adolescents. So, how do the world's teenagers compare?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/insects-the-green-protein-alternative.html Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:00:38 +0000 Dutch entomologists propose farming insects as a sustainable meat source for the west.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/with-population-woes-japan-fears-for-future.html Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:19:31 +0000 Birthrate bombs as economic uncertainty prompts fearful citizens to delay or avoid marriage and children.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/what-it-means-to-reach-7-billion-video.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:28:59 +0000 In the year 1800 the world held one-billion people on its surface. A mere two-hundred and ten years later and the global population is set to reach a massive seven-billion people. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/what-if-the-largest-countries-had-the-biggest-populations.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:34:25 +0000 A cartographic take on replacing global populations into new geographic areas. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/why-food-prices-may-continue-to-rise.html Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:00:29 +0000 Certain global factors affect food prices across the world, and experts think the prices will continue to rise.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/pic-mathieu-lehanneurs-ceramic-urns-map-human-population.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:25:27 +0000 Designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a series of haunting urns that map out the human population of an individual country using the shape of the object. The ceramic jars each have 100 layers which represent one year of life; birth being on the bottom, and death on top. The circumference of each layer is dictated by the number of people of that age in each country. [via Dezeen]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/is-having-more-than-two-children-environmentally-unfriendly.html Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:29:11 +0000 While many of us wonder at the spectacle of a single mother who lives with her parents increasing her family size to 14, there is a growing discussion about the negative impact of parents having seven times less than that. Supporters of the idea that “two-is-enough” say that any environmental positive action we take will be negated by population increase. On the BBC’s site, environmental writer John Feeney says that uncontrolled population growth threatens to undermine efforts to save the planet and calls on the environmental movement to stop running scared of this controversial topic: It’s the great taboo ofRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/graph-internet-population-distribution.html Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:08:13 +0000 Economist and blogger Justin Wehr has created this handy graph of the top 15 countries by internet population. It uses recent data from comScore, which puts the total number of unique users as of December 2008 at just over one billion. Below is the detailed breakdown. Top 15 countries, by Internet population: 1. China: 179.7 million 2. United States: 163.3 million 3. Japan: 60.0 million 4. Germany: 37.0 million 5. United Kingdom: 36.7 million 6. France: 34.0 million 7. India: 32.1 million 8. Russia: 29.0 million 9. Brazil: 27.7 million 10. South Korea: 27.3 million 11. Canada: 21.8 million 12.Read more...]]>