12 March 2009

The Girl Effect

www.thegirleffect.org
It's true, the education of girls really can save the world. They miss out the fact that it's also a hugely important tool in the battle against climate change - educated girls have fewer kids, which means slower population growth, which means less pressure on the earth's natural resources...
(There's a Nike Foundation affiliation here, which makes me somewhat dubious that there might be sublimal sportswear advertising included, but there's no need to think that corporate behemoths are ALWAYS evil...right?)

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