The World Clock

It's morbid, but it's mesmerizing. This is a world clock that runs based on statistical data about the rates of various events. No, computer technology has not gotten good enough to register every time a person is actually born... although, I imagine that is not far off. And it is not currently measuring each barrel of oil removed from the ground or the rising temperature of the earth in billionths of a degree. These numbers are based on historical statistics, but the trends are perfectly clear. If any of these numbers concern you, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Educate yourself. Then take action. Herbert Spencer (an English philosopher and coiner of the term "survival of the fittest" to describe Charles Darwin's conception of natural selection) said, "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." I agree with Spencer wholeheartedly.

World Clock Website

Noggin Fodder is taking action to helping solve the world's problems by providing education so that many more people around the world can take action themselves. Visit Noggin Fodder's website to learn more about the importance of education.

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Three Cups of Tea

Upon the suggestion of JJ, I went out and bought Three Cups of Tea, the biography of mountain climber-turned-philanthropist/humanitarian, Greg Mortenson. While I have yet to read further than the cover flap and introduction I have already learned something that, in retrospect, seems incredibly obvious. In my thinking about the importance of education I have looked at the world primarily through a science teacher's eyes. The benefits of education that I tend to focus on - ending global warming, changing world energy use, limiting world population growth - are all related to science. Yet I missed one of the most obvious benefits of providing education to developing countries: Education is the most powerful "weapon" in the war on terror. In the words of Three Cups of Tea author, David Relin, "Mortenson goes to war with the root causes of terror every time he offers a student a chance to receive a balanced education, rather than attend an extremist madrassa."

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Erik Berg
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More on World Population

The other day I posted a video that showed world population growth over the past 2000 years. To make it more clear how important this issue is, here is a graph of world population over the past 250 years. Notice the difference between developed and developing countries. Fortunately, education has been shown to stop population growth and one dollar goes a long way in funding education in developing countries. Please help us fund education charities in developing countries by supporting Noggin Fodder.

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Erik Berg
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World Population

This video is an incredibly powerful demonstration of the growth of the human population from the year 1 AD to 2030 AD.

We obviously can't continue on this path. One way to end this exponential pattern of population growth is through inevitable competition for resources, with the requisite famines, wars, and death. The other, more favorable way is through education. The fastest growing populations on earth right now are in developing countries. It has been shown that the most effective way to curb population growth is access to education, especially for women.

Help us contribute to education and slow human population growth by supporting Noggin Fodder.

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Erik Berg
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