Population, the Environment, and Social Change

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"
- Thomas Paine


Change is inevitable. Throughout time, there have been endless social changes-and this is why I decided to dedicate my last post to social change. Social change is the alteration of social institutions, interactions, and elements of culture over time; it can happen quickly or slowly, but it does happen. For many, change can be quite a scary thing, but I embrace it. When we want to change things for the better, which most of us do, it can result in amazing things. And, whether we recognize it or not, change is constantly apart of our society; think about movements like the "green movement", and equality movements, also advances in technology-changes are always shaping and impacting us. 

There are many causes of social change, including: revolution, cultural diffusion, inequality, war, and technology innovation. On this post, I have decided to include an interview with Arun Gandhi, a leader of social change, discussing nonviolence. Also, a great video on social entrepreneurs-those who are pioneering social change. And, lastly, a couple links on how you can promote social change. We really do have the power to change the world.


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Links:
This is a website created by several individuals with backgrounds in the psychological study of social issues. They list strategies that will help others successfully promote social change.

This last link is to the webpage KnowMyRights.org. The goal of the website is to promote social change through civil rights and other legal education. 

Population, the Environment, and Social Change


Q V C U G Q B W H N Z X A I Y 
F M I U W F X M O Q T E N M H 
I L I L C X B I B C M O N M P 
S Z Z C H H T P F K I R O I A 
J L M L R A P H E T R D I G R 
J M A C R O C H A N G E T R G 
J E P G O L C Z F U J B A A O 
P F I T H H I H W P E T Z T M 
W M Y S U N O X A I C E I I E 
E N R R R P X R P N T Z L O D 
C M C E N S U S T F G N A N X 
Y I D H S K S B V B X E B E R 
N O I T U L O V E R A R O Z X 
M Q D E X C N S K N T T L M X 
W X W P X V D W A X S W G U I 
1. A count of the entire population of a country
2. An aggregate group of people born during the same time period
3. The scientific study of population
4. Migration of people from one society to another
5. Increased economic, political, and social interconnectedness and interdependence among 
societies in the world 
6. The migration of people into a society from outside it
7. Gradual transformations in a society that occur on a broad scale and affect many aspects of   society
8. Subtle alterations in the day-to-day interaction between people
9. Process of social and cultural change that is initiated by industrialization and followed 
by increased social differentiation and division of labor
10.The overthrow of a state or the total transformation of central state institutions 
Choices: Demography, Revolution, Immigration, Census, Microchange, Cohort, Modernization,
Emigration, Macrochange, Globalization
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