BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6afa43a6c522e SUMMARY:Online Meeting with The Honourable Chris Schacht - “Populate or P erish” or is it more about an “Empty Planet” DESCRIPTION: \; \;  \;Online Meeting with The Honourable Chri s Schacht... \"Populate or Perish” or is it more about an “Empty Pla net”  \;The Honourable Chris Schacht returns to present an interes ting perspective and proposition on the world population and what may be l ikely to occur in the future. Traditionally\, the world revolves around a market driven economy\; based on demand\, driven by population growth. We are told that we need more inbound migration\, we need more people. However\, a book written by an award-winning journalist and leading intern ational social researcher\, makes the provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline\, dramatically reshaping the social \, political\, and economic landscape For half a century\, statisticians \, pundits\, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase expone ntially\, they argue\, the global population is headed for a steep decline —and in many countries\, that decline has already begun. The book\, Em pty Planet\, by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker finds that a smaller glo bal population will bring with it many benefits: fewer workers will comman d higher wages\; the environment will improve\; the risk of famine will wa ne\; and falling birth rates in the developing world will bring greater af fluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead\, too . We can already see the effects in Europe and parts of Asia\, as aging po pulations and worker shortages weaken the economy and impose crippling dem ands on healthcare and social security. The United States and Canada are w ell-positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shifts– that is\, unless growing isolationism leads us to closing themselves off\,  \;just as openness becomes more critical to future survival than eve r. Chris adds his own research and discovery to this rigorously research ed and deeply compelling book\, which offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent\, but one that we can shape\, if we choose. This w ill be a most interesting meeting and one to consider thoughtfully in curr ent times. Join us at 1pm by going to the following link… https://zo om.us/j/603172155?pwd=MHVvZWtFM1UwT3dyUWZwUUtiZmtpdz09 Meeting ID: 603 1 72 155 Password: 033653 If you have any guests coming online please let us know with an email to secretary@adelaiderotary.com.au Some hints are in the handy “etiquette”document. See you online at 1pm. Don't for get to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  \; \;Community Projects Appeal  \;  \;  \; LOCATION:Online Meeting DTSTART:20200520T033000Z DTEND:20200520T043000Z DTSTAMP:20261115T234334Z ORGANIZER;CN=Rotary Club of Adelaide:MAILTO:webmanager@adelaiderotary.com.a u GEO:-34.915516;138.593926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Online Meeting ;X-APPLE-RAD IUS=72;X-TITLE=Rotary Club of Adelaide Online:-34.915516;138.593926 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR