Footprint: Population, Consumption, and Sustainability
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We spend time with indigenous health workers, activists, and the ordinary people in the Philippines, Mexico, Pakistan and Kenya, women who all challenge the idea that our world can continue to support the weight of humanity’s footprint on it. FOOTPRINT: Population, Consumption, and Sustainability offers unprecedented access to the people on the ground who are all in their unique way challenging the status quo and making us rethink what’s really at stake. There are surprising revelations on who are the players standing in the way of solutions and those pushing for it, without losing sight of the array of possible solutions that open up when we take the time to ask this critical question of how many of us there are in the world and what the Earth can sustain if we are to all live a dignified life.
"Using a necessary global perspective, Footprint informs viewers that the solutions to overpopulation problems will require everyday people to resist religious patriarchy and consumerism—or we all risk losing the resources we need to survive."
Elizabeth King Bitch Media
"Canavesio's exceptional documentary offers a comprehensive profile of a planet stretched beyond its limits."
Stefanie Spear EcoWatch
"An informative treatment of a global problem that demands urgent action"
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Main credits
								Canavesio, Valentina (film director)
Canavesio, Valentina (film producer)
							
Other credits
Editing, Emma Morris, Omry Maoz; cinematography, Valentina Canavesio, Omar Mullick; music, Julie Roué.
Distributor subjects
Activism, Environmental Studies, Human Rights, Reproductive RightsKeywords
WEBVTT
 
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 (plane engine roar overhead)
 
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 (newsman)
 Danica May Camacho, born two
 minutes before midnight
 
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 in the Philippine
 capital of Manila.
 
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 She\'s a global symbol for
 the world\'s population growth.
 
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 Danica and several other babies
 have the honor
 
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 of bringing the world\'s
 population to seven billion.
 
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 ♪♪
 
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 (child speaking)
 
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 (woman)
 The greatest challenge is that
 we\'re living in a world
 
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 that is growing
 too fast on us.
 
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 (woman)
 The issue is not population
 numbers per se.
 
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 It\'s the population combined
 
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 with the consumer-oriented
 nature of our world.
 
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 - We\'re over-consuming
 the planet\'s resources.
 
 01:01:10.640 --> 01:01:11.856
 (man)
 We\'ve reached the point now
 
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 where it\'s not
 how many childrenwecan afford,
 
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 but how many the earth
 can afford.
 
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 (man)
 The world in which we use
 resources efficiently
 
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 and sustain seven billion people
 comfortably,
 
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 is a world
 with much less inequality
 
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 than the world
 we live in today.
 
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 (man)
 The population issue has become
 much more complex
 
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 because there are
 hundreds of different places
 
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 around the world,
 
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 and each one has its own story
 to tell
 
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 in terms
 of population.
 
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 ♪♪
 
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 ♪♪
 
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 (chatter)
 
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 - All right,
 ladies and gentlemen!
 
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 Walk this way!
 
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 (whistle blowing)
 
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 Manila Cathedral,
 
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 the green dome and crucifix,
 it\'s right over there.
 
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 Those blocks of stone...
 
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 ♪♪
 
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 So, ladies and gentlemen!
 
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 Fort Santiago!
 
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 (people laughing)
 
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 The wall can really see
 who controlled the Philippines
 
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 back during
 the Spanish Colonial period
 
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 because on one side
 of this plaza,
 
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 you have Fort Santiago,
 
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 the military
 fortification.
 
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 A symbol of the power
 of the King of Spain.
 
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 And it\'s two stories tall.
 
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 (all chuckling)
 
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 Meanwhile, on the other side
 of the plaza,
 
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 you got the mother ship
 of the Catholic Church,
 
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 kilometer zero, the center of
 Philippine society,
 
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 Manila Cathedral,
 eight stories tall.
 
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 (all chuckling)
 
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 You\'ll see the Philippines was
 really created for the Vatican.
 
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 When I started doing the walking
 tours of Manila ten years ago,
 
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 the street children
 and overpopulation
 
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 and the misery brought
 about by poverty,
 
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 I just couldn\'t deny it.
 
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 I just couldn\'t put
 a smiley face on it.
 
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 I just couldn\'t
 justify it.
 
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 \'Cause I\'m supposed to show
 the beauty of Manila, right?
 
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 I\'m supposed to show all
 of these elements
 
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 that are supposed
 to make the city
 
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 an attractive place
 to visit.
 
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 And these things
 would always stand out.
 
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 In 300 years during
 the Spanish Colonial period,
 
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 this city\'s population
 ballooned
 
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 from 10,000 people
 to 15,000 people.
 
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 We passed 15 million people
 in our capital alone this year.
 
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 Every since I was in high
 school,
 
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 I already could feel
 overpopulation,
 
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 just by every year
 
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 more classmates would start
 appearing in my classroom,
 
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 until, um...
 
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 I remember growing up
 and in our classes,
 
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 we used to be
 around 15 students.
 
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 And by the time I graduated high
 school, we were 40 students.
 
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 My dad was the only one
 among his six brothers
 
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 who practiced
 modern family planning.
 
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 So, most of my cousins
 are 15 children.
 
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 My other set of cousins
 are 13 children,
 
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 10 children,
 eight children.
 
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 And, you know, I never thought
 of it as an issue of anything
 
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 because, you know, they all come
 from a well-to-do family.
 
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 They all went
 to private school like me.
 
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 (all laughing)
 
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 It was really only when I went
 to university
 
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 and I left that sort of
 cloistered and insular world
 
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 that I was living in
 
 01:04:32.999 --> 01:04:33.736
 that I really started seeing
 
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 the true face of what a large
 family without any means
 
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 can do
 on the streets of Manila.
 
 01:04:39.760 --> 01:04:42.975
 (whistle blowing)
 
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 (loud chatter)
 
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 I have seen
 a woman who is 32 years old
 
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 looking like
 she\'s almost 60
 
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 \'cause she\'s had a lot
 of children.
 
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 The Philippines is just one part
 of a larger problem
 
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 that\'s happening
 on planet earth.
 
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 And that has a lot to do
 with overpopulation.
 
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 ♪♪
 
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 (phone ringing)
 
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 - Purisima, good morning.
 
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 Yes, they work
 till 8:00 or 9:00, yes.
 
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 What\'s your invoice number?
 
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 I already submitted your report.
 
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 Uh-huh, no water.
 
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 When the manager arrives
 I\'ll tell him again.
 
 01:05:43.800 --> 01:05:46.416
 (man)
 Because of the continuous
 shortage of water,
 
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 here in the Iztapalapa section,
 
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 there is not enough water
 available through the network.
 
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 (Maude Barlow)
 The place where Mexico City is
 now was once all canals.
 
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 It was absolute water oasis.
 
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 But the conquistadors,
 the Spanish, didn\'t like that.
 
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 They didn\'t want it to look like
 Venice so they dredged it.
 
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 You know,
 they turned it into something
 
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 that became totally dependent
 on ground water.
 
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 And as the city grew,
 they drank up the ground water
 just ravenously.
 
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 Now with this great big city
 of 25 million people,
 
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 we have
 exponential population growth
 
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 as we have exponential demand
 
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 and as we have more
 water-intensive
 
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 consumer lifestyles, and that\'s
 really a key one right there.
 
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 We are putting a terrible strain
 on the, on the world\'s water.
 
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 - Sorry, you requested
 a water truck?
 
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 - Yes.
 - Yes?
 
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 - We are connected
 to the system,
 
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 but sometimes
 the water doesn\'t come.
 
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 That\'s why we come to this,
 we ask for a truck,
 
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 so that they fill our tanks,
 from there we save it
 
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 and take it up to the tank
 and we have water.
 
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 This is the tap
 that\'s connected to the system.
 
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 And we have this cloth because
 it gets dirty.
 
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 This is our filter.
 
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 And our water\'s a little bit
 cleaner.
 
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 Now it is closed,
 now it is open.
 
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 And there is no water.
 
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 You can\'t wash clothes.
 
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 You can\'t wash the dishes,
 and we can\'t shower.
 
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 Then another strategy is when it
 rains, we put out barrels.
 
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 They fill up with rain water,
 
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 and we use that for the dishes,
 the bathroom,
 
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 things that seem
 not that important,
 
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 but at the same time
 are very important.
 
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 (Elena Burns)
 One of the keys to
 sustainability is equity.
 
 01:07:51.720 --> 01:07:54.736
 And as long as somebody\'s able
 to pay a bit more,
 
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 we can always have more.
 
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 We\'re just completely exceeding
 the limits of our watersheds.
 
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 (Francisco)
 The people here are already
 desperate.
 
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 They fight between each other
 for the water.
 
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 I think in the long run
 this is going to be like a war,
 
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 because water is going to be
 more valuable than money.
 
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 (Maude)
 In the last century alone
 while the population
 
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 around the world
 grew three times,
 
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 the consumption of water grew
 seven times.
 
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 So, we\'re actually
 doubling our use of water
 
 01:08:38.480 --> 01:08:39.975
 every 20 years or so.
 
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 - Most ecologists who have
 understood for a long time
 
 01:08:43.200 --> 01:08:45.975 line:20%
 that we need to get the brakes
 on population growth
 
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 or we\'ll simply
 overrun the carrying capacity
 
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 of the earth\'s various
 ecosystems,
 
 01:08:50.999 --> 01:08:54.280
 which is exactly
 what we\'re doing.
 
 01:08:57.200 --> 01:09:00.056
 - We live with what I call
 the myth of abundance.
 
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 (Robert Engelman)
 It certainly is not a good idea
 to talk about population
 
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 as though consumption
 were not an issue.
 
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 And I actually see consumption
 as more of
 
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 a subset of population.
 
 01:09:09.680 --> 01:09:11.975 position:20%
 It\'s, it\'s people
 and the way people behave.
 
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 - You\'ve got these three factors
 
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 that determine
 the human footprint.
 
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 How many people?
 That\'s population.
 
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 How much stuff they consume.
 
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 And what technologies they use
 to consume it.
 
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 (woman)
 The water that we drink,
 
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 we buy it separately.
 
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 A guy comes on a tricycle,
 
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 and he has
 different size bottles.
 
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 And every family buys water.
 
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 (Maude)
 Bottled water in our world
 
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 is just a form
 of collective insanity.
 
 01:10:05.560 --> 01:10:07.176
 Just the little
 personal bottles,
 
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 if you were to put them
 end-to-end,
 
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 they would go
 to the moon and back 65 times.
 
 01:10:11.560 --> 01:10:14.096
 That\'s the amount of plastic
 that we\'re using
 
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 and then throwing out
 around the world that ends up
 
 01:10:17.080 --> 01:10:20.416
 in the oceans, in our forests,
 in our landfills.
 
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 It\'s just
 a huge amount of garbage.
 
 01:10:23.360 --> 01:10:26.760
 ♪♪
 
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 (Chris Jordan)
 This one is called
 \"Plastic Bottles.\"
 
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 And it depicts
 two million plastic bottles,
 
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 the number we use in the United
 States every five minutes.
 
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 This is the equivalent of
 eight entire football fields.
 
 01:10:43.999 --> 01:10:47.680 position:20%
 And that\'s five minutes
 worth of plastic bottles.
 
 01:10:51.600 --> 01:10:53.416 position:20%
 I\'ve been doing
 a lot of printing lately.
 
 01:10:53.440 --> 01:10:54.576 position:20%
 Oh, there they are, okay.
 
 01:10:54.600 --> 01:10:56.999
 Let\'s see,
 there\'s that one.
 
 01:11:01.999 --> 01:11:06.416 position:20% line:20%
 You might recognize
 this painting by Van Gogh
 
 01:11:06.440 --> 01:11:11.256 position:20%
 that, uh, I constructed out of
 50,000 cigarette lighters.
 
 01:11:11.280 --> 01:11:13.296
 When you get up close,
 you can see it\'s, uh,
 
 01:11:13.320 --> 01:11:16.975
 it\'s all tiny
 plastic cigarette lighters.
 
 01:11:16.999 --> 01:11:20.736
 And, uh, this is the estimated
 number of pieces of floating
 
 01:11:20.760 --> 01:11:25.456
 plastic in every square mile
 of the world\'s oceans.
 
 01:11:25.480 --> 01:11:27.056
 And the reason I chose
 the Van Gogh piece
 
 01:11:27.080 --> 01:11:29.696
 is because, uh,
 there\'s this interesting swirl
 
 01:11:29.720 --> 01:11:31.456
 right here which looks just
 like, uh,
 
 01:11:31.480 --> 01:11:34.536
 an ocean current
 that\'s over the land.
 
 01:11:34.560 --> 01:11:36.856
 And so, I was just thinking,
 like, it should be
 
 01:11:36.880 --> 01:11:41.136
 in all of our consciousness
 sort of the same way.
 
 01:11:41.160 --> 01:11:43.936
 I think getting a visual sense
 of our mass consumption
 
 01:11:43.960 --> 01:11:47.056
 is really important
 because otherwise
 
 01:11:47.080 --> 01:11:50.616 position:20%
 the only information we have
 to understand the enormity
 
 01:11:50.640 --> 01:11:53.975
 of our consumption is these
 giant numbers, you know?
 
 01:11:53.999 --> 01:11:55.256
 Like, last year
 in the United States,
 
 01:11:55.280 --> 01:11:58.856
 we used 210 billion
 plastic bottles.
 
 01:11:58.880 --> 01:12:01.536 position:20%
 And when I say that to you,
 
 01:12:01.560 --> 01:12:04.136
 it, it doesn\'t register
 at least with me.
 
 01:12:04.160 --> 01:12:05.975
 When someone says
 it\'s 210 billion,
 
 01:12:05.999 --> 01:12:07.856
 those numbers don\'t register
 with us at all.
 
 01:12:07.880 --> 01:12:10.616 position:20%
 They\'re far beyond
 our ability to comprehend.
 
 01:12:10.640 --> 01:12:12.936
 And if we can\'t comprehend
 the numbers to relate to these
 
 01:12:12.960 --> 01:12:16.975
 profoundly important phenomena,
 then we don\'t feel anything.
 
 01:12:16.999 --> 01:12:20.280
 ♪♪
 
 01:12:23.480 --> 01:12:28.456 position:20% line:20%
 - Our footprint of humanity
 is now 1-1/2 times bigger
 
 01:12:28.480 --> 01:12:29.496 line:20%
 than what earth can regenerate.
 
 01:12:29.520 --> 01:12:34.096
 In other words, it would take
 a year and six months
 
 01:12:34.120 --> 01:12:35.736
 to regenerate everything
 
 01:12:35.760 --> 01:12:38.736
 that is being consumed
 in just one year.
 
 01:12:38.760 --> 01:12:41.576
 And with money, we can spend
 more than what we earn
 
 01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.776
 for some time,
 but this deficit accumulates
 
 01:12:44.800 --> 01:12:47.376
 into larger and larger debt.
 
 01:12:47.400 --> 01:12:49.816
 If you look at projections
 from the United Nations,
 
 01:12:49.840 --> 01:12:52.376
 just moderate increase
 of population,
 
 01:12:52.400 --> 01:12:55.896 position:20%
 and we will eat a little bit
 better, uh, we\'ll be able
 
 01:12:55.920 --> 01:12:57.975
 to decarbonize some of our
 energy but still kind
 
 01:12:57.999 --> 01:13:00.576
 of continue similarly,
 if you add it all up,
 
 01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:06.975
 it looks as if we need three
 planets by the time we hit 2050.
 
 01:13:06.999 --> 01:13:10.975
 - When you start looking at
 the idea of bringing
 
 01:13:10.999 --> 01:13:13.456 position:20%
 all seven billion
 of the world\'s inhabitants
 
 01:13:13.480 --> 01:13:17.136
 up to the standard of living of
 how we live in the West,
 
 01:13:17.160 --> 01:13:20.975
 uh, then-- I mean, I guess kind
 of inevitably,
 
 01:13:20.999 --> 01:13:25.456
 you have to start looking
 at the question of population.
 
 01:13:25.480 --> 01:13:28.016
 Like, how many
 is too many people?
 
 01:13:28.040 --> 01:13:32.456 position:20%
 And what\'s this kind of basic
 human right of all people
 
 01:13:32.480 --> 01:13:37.136
 on earth to have a roof over
 their head and to have food?
 
 01:13:37.160 --> 01:13:39.896
 Um, and of course, we all know.
 
 01:13:39.920 --> 01:13:44.776
 I mean, population is
 the question that...
 
 01:13:44.800 --> 01:13:46.456 position:20%
 we don\'t wanna talk about.
 
 01:13:46.480 --> 01:13:51.216
 -I am today launching
 a brand-new analog teaching
 
 01:13:51.240 --> 01:13:54.216 line:20%
 technology that I picked up
 from IKEA.
 
 01:13:54.240 --> 01:13:57.975 line:20%
 This box, this box contains
 one billion people.
 
 01:13:57.999 --> 01:14:02.136
 What I show you here is how the
 world was when I went to school.
 
 01:14:02.160 --> 01:14:06.336
 1960, there were three billion
 people in the world.
 
 01:14:06.360 --> 01:14:10.936
 One billion people
 was the Western world.
 
 01:14:10.960 --> 01:14:12.216 position:20%
 Europe and North America.
 
 01:14:12.240 --> 01:14:16.656
 People were healthy,
 educated, rich,
 
 01:14:16.680 --> 01:14:17.856
 and they had small families.
 
 01:14:17.880 --> 01:14:21.656
 And their aspiration
 was to buy a car.
 
 01:14:21.680 --> 01:14:26.136
 And in 1960, all Swedes
 will buy a Volvo like this.
 
 01:14:26.160 --> 01:14:27.975
 And then there was a big gap.
 
 01:14:27.999 --> 01:14:31.696
 And then we had the developing
 world with two billion people.
 
 01:14:31.720 --> 01:14:34.136
 The developing world
 far away,
 
 01:14:34.160 --> 01:14:37.616
 the aspiration of the average
 family there
 
 01:14:37.640 --> 01:14:39.016
 was to have food for the day.
 
 01:14:39.040 --> 01:14:44.056 line:20%
 And they were saving to be able
 to buy a pair of shoes.
 
 01:14:44.080 --> 01:14:48.176 position:20%
 Since 1960,
 what has happened is that
 
 01:14:48.200 --> 01:14:53.216
 a total of four billion people
 have been added to the world.
 
 01:14:53.240 --> 01:14:56.975 position:20%
 And they have been added
 somewhere here in-between.
 
 01:14:56.999 --> 01:15:00.975 position:20%
 And in fact, the Western world
 have had economic growth,
 
 01:15:00.999 --> 01:15:02.416
 and they have moved
 in this direction.
 
 01:15:02.440 --> 01:15:05.096
 And now their aspiration
 is not only to have a car,
 
 01:15:05.120 --> 01:15:08.975 line:20%
 now they want to have a holiday
 on a very remote destination,
 
 01:15:08.999 --> 01:15:10.536
 and they want to fly.
 
 01:15:10.560 --> 01:15:13.960
 ♪♪
 
 01:15:20.840 --> 01:15:23.136 line:20%
 - We have a huge problem
 with consumption,
 
 01:15:23.160 --> 01:15:24.936 line:20%
 overconsumption by the rich,
 
 01:15:24.960 --> 01:15:26.975 line:20%
 but there\'s a couple billion
 people on the planet
 
 01:15:26.999 --> 01:15:29.936 position:20%
 who under consume,
 who don\'t get enough food,
 
 01:15:29.960 --> 01:15:30.975
 who don\'t have decent shelter,
 
 01:15:30.999 --> 01:15:33.896
 who don\'t have any kind
 of medical care.
 
 01:15:33.920 --> 01:15:37.120 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 01:15:44.320 --> 01:15:47.720
 ♪♪
 
 01:16:04.480 --> 01:16:07.880
 ♪♪
 
 01:16:29.040 --> 01:16:32.376
 (Anne Mama Akinyi)
 I live in Kibera slum.
 
 01:16:32.400 --> 01:16:36.576
 And I came here because
 it\'s a good place.
 
 01:16:36.600 --> 01:16:39.456
 You can get a sponsor
 
 01:16:39.480 --> 01:16:43.720
 to sponsor your children
 to go to school.
 
 01:16:50.999 --> 01:16:52.975
 (Mike Davis)
 Kibera in Nairobi is probably
 
 01:16:52.999 --> 01:16:56.376
 one of the world\'s most
 well-known slums.
 
 01:16:56.400 --> 01:17:01.016
 There seems to be nothing but
 one continuous fabric of shacks
 
 01:17:01.040 --> 01:17:05.560 position:20%
 separated by tiny little
 alleyways and open sewers.
 
 01:17:08.040 --> 01:17:13.096
 At least 43% of the earth\'s
 urban population live in slums.
 
 01:17:13.120 --> 01:17:17.975 line:20%
 The world\'s slum population
 is very close to a billion,
 
 01:17:17.999 --> 01:17:22.520
 and will probably double over
 the next, uh, 20 years.
 
 01:17:23.920 --> 01:17:26.975
 - I\'m your regular customer,
 are you forgetting?
 
 01:17:26.999 --> 01:17:29.096
 - How could I forget!
 
 01:17:29.120 --> 01:17:33.096 position:20%
 If you don\'t have much and
 I don\'t purchase from you,
 
 01:17:33.120 --> 01:17:34.816
 my customers usually complain.
 
 01:17:34.840 --> 01:17:37.176 position:20% line:20%
 - The bunch isn\'t small
 when you put it in water.
 
 01:17:37.200 --> 01:17:38.296
 It will be okay.
 
 01:17:38.320 --> 01:17:42.680
 - I\'ll purchase some more
 to add to this.
 
 01:17:43.120 --> 01:17:46.975
 My husband used to work here
 in Nairobi.
 
 01:17:46.999 --> 01:17:48.736 position:20%
 One day on the way to work,
 
 01:17:48.760 --> 01:17:52.976
 he got into an accident
 on Ngong Road.
 
 01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:54.975
 Then the police found the body
 
 01:17:54.999 --> 01:17:58.696
 and took him to Kenyatta
 National Hospital.
 
 01:17:58.720 --> 01:18:01.496
 He stayed there for three weeks,
 
 01:18:01.520 --> 01:18:03.376
 then he died.
 
 01:18:03.400 --> 01:18:06.800
 ♪♪
 
 01:18:10.880 --> 01:18:13.096
 My husband\'s brother
 sold our piece of land.
 
 01:18:13.120 --> 01:18:15.776
 So, I had nowhere
 to even cultivate.
 
 01:18:15.800 --> 01:18:21.999
 That\'s why I decided to look for
 somewhere to console my spirit.
 
 01:18:23.200 --> 01:18:28.536
 My dad gave all his sons
 land before he died.
 
 01:18:28.560 --> 01:18:30.536
 He divided everything.
 
 01:18:30.560 --> 01:18:32.896
 None of my brothers
 offered to give me land,
 
 01:18:32.920 --> 01:18:35.376
 and I\'ve got children as well.
 
 01:18:35.400 --> 01:18:39.880
 That\'s what keeps me
 from going back.
 
 01:18:42.600 --> 01:18:44.975
 And in our culture,
 a woman isn\'t allowed
 
 01:18:44.999 --> 01:18:48.280
 to inherit land or any asset
 from her dad.
 
 01:18:49.680 --> 01:18:53.976
 Only males inherit
 their parents\' wealth.
 
 01:18:54.000 --> 01:18:56.480
 (rooster crows)
 
 01:18:59.400 --> 01:19:01.576
 (birds chirping)
 
 01:19:01.600 --> 01:19:03.999
 (rooster crows)
 
 01:19:06.999 --> 01:19:09.360
 (clucking)
 
 01:19:12.999 --> 01:19:15.440
 (girl fussing)
 
 01:19:22.080 --> 01:19:24.520
 (crowing)
 
 01:19:34.160 --> 01:19:38.120
 We should all wake up,
 let me be the first.
 
 01:19:41.320 --> 01:19:43.760
 (crowing)
 
 01:19:56.560 --> 01:19:58.736
 Have you seen a pair of socks?
 
 01:19:58.760 --> 01:19:59.776
 - I\'ve only seen one.
 
 01:19:59.800 --> 01:20:02.999
 - How will you go
 with only one sock?
 
 01:20:03.160 --> 01:20:06.576
 (Mercy Akinyi)
 In Kibera, what happens in your
 house, the other person
 
 01:20:06.600 --> 01:20:09.296
 has to know whether
 you like it or not.
 
 01:20:09.320 --> 01:20:10.975 line:20%
 There is no privacy.
 
 01:20:10.999 --> 01:20:11.936 line:20%
 (chuckling)
 
 01:20:11.960 --> 01:20:12.896 position:20% line:20%
 That is also a challenge.
 
 01:20:12.920 --> 01:20:14.576
 (speaking in foreign language)
 
 01:20:14.600 --> 01:20:19.736
 (Anne)
 I take care of a total number
 of eight children.
 
 01:20:19.760 --> 01:20:23.336
 Two are orphans,
 while six are my own.
 
 01:20:23.360 --> 01:20:27.256
 I had eight children,
 but two died.
 
 01:20:27.280 --> 01:20:28.816
 (chattering in foreign language)
 
 01:20:28.840 --> 01:20:33.176
 (Juliette Gambi)
 I would say the average size
 of the households in Kibera,
 
 01:20:33.200 --> 01:20:35.096
 eight to ten people in a house.
 
 01:20:35.120 --> 01:20:37.975
 Yeah, maybe,
 five, six children.
 
 01:20:37.999 --> 01:20:39.975 position:20%
 Two parents, two relatives.
 
 01:20:39.999 --> 01:20:40.656 line:20%
 That\'s the average.
 
 01:20:40.680 --> 01:20:43.896 line:20%
 It can go to
 a point even of 18.
 
 01:20:43.920 --> 01:20:45.576 line:20%
 18 in a single room.
 
 01:20:45.600 --> 01:20:46.656
 (indistinct chattering)
 
 01:20:46.680 --> 01:20:50.056
 - Apondi, Apondi...
 
 01:20:50.080 --> 01:20:52.256
 She has gotten
 a very bad ranking.
 
 01:20:52.280 --> 01:20:53.975 position:20%
 She\'s gone backwards a lot.
 
 01:20:53.999 --> 01:20:54.856
 I don\'t like it.
 
 01:20:54.880 --> 01:20:59.296
 I want her to do well
 to have a good ranking.
 
 01:20:59.320 --> 01:21:00.896
 - What number
 is she?
 
 01:21:00.920 --> 01:21:03.975
 - She is number 52!
 
 01:21:03.999 --> 01:21:05.975
 Oh, Apondi!
 
 01:21:05.999 --> 01:21:08.816
 What is it
 you go and do at school?
 
 01:21:08.840 --> 01:21:10.736
 She\'s regressed a lot.
 
 01:21:10.760 --> 01:21:12.975
 This is not good.
 
 01:21:12.999 --> 01:21:15.976 position:20%
 (Mercy)
 In Kibera here,
 you find that the parents,
 
 01:21:16.000 --> 01:21:18.975
 they value taking their boys
 to school
 
 01:21:18.999 --> 01:21:20.736
 rather than
 taking their girls to school.
 
 01:21:20.760 --> 01:21:24.856
 Also, most of the girls after
 they finish their class eight,
 
 01:21:24.880 --> 01:21:26.336
 they end up getting pregnant,
 
 01:21:26.360 --> 01:21:30.016 position:20%
 and then they end up
 not going back to school.
 
 01:21:30.040 --> 01:21:33.176 position:20%
 My mother, she\'s always there
 to encourage me every day
 
 01:21:33.200 --> 01:21:35.616
 that I can go to school,
 and I can make it.
 
 01:21:35.640 --> 01:21:40.456
 I think it is because in her
 family where she came from,
 
 01:21:40.480 --> 01:21:42.696
 uh, the girls were not
 taken to school.
 
 01:21:42.720 --> 01:21:46.176
 When you finish class seven,
 most of them--
 
 01:21:46.200 --> 01:21:47.975
 I\'ve been told that
 that is the end,
 
 01:21:47.999 --> 01:21:52.160
 as long as they know
 how to read and write.
 
 01:21:53.999 --> 01:21:56.496
 She wanted to know why girls...
 
 01:21:56.520 --> 01:21:59.776
 can\'t they do the same thing
 that the boys can do?
 
 01:21:59.800 --> 01:22:02.975
 So, I think that is what
 gives her the courage to tell me
 
 01:22:02.999 --> 01:22:07.120
 everything so that she don\'t
 want me to end up like her.
 
 01:22:08.000 --> 01:22:11.376
 (speaking in foreign language)
 
 01:22:11.400 --> 01:22:15.496
 (Juliette)
 These families where
 we have so many children
 
 01:22:15.520 --> 01:22:17.975
 get problem with malnutrition.
 
 01:22:17.999 --> 01:22:21.536
 For example, in the morning,
 others don\'t have breakfast.
 
 01:22:21.560 --> 01:22:23.856
 Lunch is just some tea
 and mendazi.
 
 01:22:23.880 --> 01:22:25.976
 At night, porridge,
 and that\'s it.
 
 01:22:26.000 --> 01:22:28.336
 Others don\'t even
 have food for days.
 
 01:22:28.360 --> 01:22:30.800
 (rainfall)
 
 01:22:32.160 --> 01:22:34.496
 (thunder rolling)
 
 01:22:34.520 --> 01:22:36.856
 - Thank you God for the supper.
 
 01:22:36.880 --> 01:22:40.816
 We ask you to bless us,
 in Jesus\' name I pray.
 
 01:22:40.840 --> 01:22:42.280
 - Amen.
 
 01:22:43.120 --> 01:22:45.016
 (John Seager)
 When you look around the world,
 
 01:22:45.040 --> 01:22:48.936
 you can make a pretty good case
 that people in the United States
 
 01:22:48.960 --> 01:22:52.816
 in particular and in certain
 other well-developed countries
 
 01:22:52.840 --> 01:22:57.096 position:20%
 have what I think might
 be called carbon obesity.
 
 01:22:57.120 --> 01:23:00.856 position:20%
 We are big carbon consumers
 
 01:23:00.880 --> 01:23:02.536
 through our emissions.
 
 01:23:02.560 --> 01:23:03.696
 At the same time,
 
 01:23:03.720 --> 01:23:06.056 position:20%
 people in other parts of the
 world including many parts
 
 01:23:06.080 --> 01:23:10.376
 of Africa, are suffering from
 carbon starvation.
 
 01:23:10.400 --> 01:23:13.736 line:20%
 Given the current state
 of technology,
 
 01:23:13.760 --> 01:23:16.976 line:20%
 not what we hope
 will happen someday, maybe soon,
 
 01:23:17.000 --> 01:23:18.456
 but the reality today,
 
 01:23:18.480 --> 01:23:22.056
 the only way those people can
 have anything resembling
 
 01:23:22.080 --> 01:23:27.176
 a decent life is to dramatically
 increase their carbon footprint.
 
 01:23:27.200 --> 01:23:30.975 position:20%
 So, at the same time we have to
 bring our footprint down,
 
 01:23:30.999 --> 01:23:32.975
 theirs needs to come up.
 
 01:23:32.999 --> 01:23:35.576
 And when you
 look at that,
 
 01:23:35.600 --> 01:23:36.856
 it\'s almost impossible,
 
 01:23:36.880 --> 01:23:39.416
 absent some
 miraculous invention,
 
 01:23:39.440 --> 01:23:42.016
 that we\'re gonna get to where
 we need to get to
 
 01:23:42.040 --> 01:23:44.616 position:20%
 without meeting
 the population challenge.
 
 01:23:44.640 --> 01:23:46.975
 -I\'m going to project
 into 2050.
 
 01:23:46.999 --> 01:23:50.975
 What about
 the poorest two billion here?
 
 01:23:50.999 --> 01:23:52.336
 Will they move on?
 
 01:23:52.360 --> 01:23:54.936
 Well, here population
 comes in because there,
 
 01:23:54.960 --> 01:23:57.576
 we already have two to three
 children per woman.
 
 01:23:57.600 --> 01:23:58.976
 Family planning is widely used,
 
 01:23:59.000 --> 01:24:01.975
 and population growth
 is coming to an end.
 
 01:24:01.999 --> 01:24:03.936
 Here, population is growing.
 
 01:24:03.960 --> 01:24:07.896
 So, these two billions will
 in the next decades,
 
 01:24:07.920 --> 01:24:09.376
 increase to three billions.
 
 01:24:09.400 --> 01:24:13.576
 And then will thereafter
 increase to four billion.
 
 01:24:13.600 --> 01:24:17.376
 The question is
 the new two billions.
 
 01:24:17.400 --> 01:24:20.896
 Because until I die,
 there will be two billion more.
 
 01:24:20.920 --> 01:24:22.216
 Whether we like it
 or not like it.
 
 01:24:22.240 --> 01:24:25.136
 Whether we think it,
 we can do something about it.
 
 01:24:25.160 --> 01:24:26.056
 It\'s impossible.
 
 01:24:26.080 --> 01:24:29.999
 Those mothers to those children
 are already born.
 
 01:24:30.040 --> 01:24:33.975
 The big question is whether
 it will stop at nine billion
 
 01:24:33.999 --> 01:24:37.456
 or whether growth will continue
 after 2050.
 
 01:24:37.480 --> 01:24:40.999
 - Overpopulation, like,
 it\'s an easy...
 
 01:24:41.920 --> 01:24:44.975
 ...subject to identify.
 
 01:24:44.999 --> 01:24:46.336
 But then what you do about it,
 
 01:24:46.360 --> 01:24:49.975
 how you solve...
 too many people...
 
 01:24:49.999 --> 01:24:53.096
 is, it, it immediately starts
 to raise ethical--
 
 01:24:53.120 --> 01:24:57.576
 I mean, just a morass
 of ethical questions, just...
 
 01:24:57.600 --> 01:24:59.656
 It\'s incredibly uncomfortable.
 
 01:24:59.680 --> 01:25:02.999
 ♪♪
 
 01:25:05.080 --> 01:25:06.936
 (Derek Hoff)
 If we\'re gonna have an honest
 discussion
 
 01:25:06.960 --> 01:25:08.776
 about population
 in the United States,
 
 01:25:08.800 --> 01:25:12.200 line:20%
 the discussion post-World War
 Two is fascinating.
 
 01:25:14.240 --> 01:25:16.056 line:20%
 Many people initially celebrated
 
 01:25:16.080 --> 01:25:20.296 line:20%
 the baby boom in America
 after the war.
 
 01:25:20.320 --> 01:25:21.975 position:20% line:20%
 The 1950s were prosperous.
 
 01:25:21.999 --> 01:25:24.975 line:20%
 The suburbs were allowing
 millions of families more space
 
 01:25:24.999 --> 01:25:26.975 position:20% line:20%
 to have that third child.
 
 01:25:26.999 --> 01:25:28.816 line:20%
 And more than that,
 it wasn\'t just
 
 01:25:28.840 --> 01:25:30.376 line:20%
 that people were
 relatively prosperous.
 
 01:25:30.400 --> 01:25:32.736 line:20%
 It\'s that their expectations
 were increasing.
 
 01:25:32.760 --> 01:25:36.336 line:20%
 Many parents of the 1950s had
 grown up during the depression.
 
 01:25:36.360 --> 01:25:38.896
 And they\'d seen how bad things
 had been
 
 01:25:38.920 --> 01:25:40.536
 for their parents in the 1930s.
 
 01:25:40.560 --> 01:25:43.176
 And in the 1950s, they expected
 things to get better
 
 01:25:43.200 --> 01:25:46.256
 for themselves
 and for their children.
 
 01:25:46.280 --> 01:25:49.056 position:20%
 (commercial music playing)
 
 01:25:49.080 --> 01:25:49.696
 (phone ringing)
 
 01:25:49.720 --> 01:25:52.336
 - ♪ A brand-new sink,
 a built-in oven ♪
 
 01:25:52.360 --> 01:25:55.736
 ♪ A new refrigerator
 and a phone ♪
 
 01:25:55.760 --> 01:25:57.999
 ♪ A bright red phone ♪♪
 
 01:25:58.760 --> 01:26:01.975
 (Derek)
 Because they expected things
 to keep getting better,
 
 01:26:01.999 --> 01:26:02.696
 that made them feel
 
 01:26:02.720 --> 01:26:04.975
 even better about themselves
 and the economy.
 
 01:26:04.999 --> 01:26:06.296 position:20%
 And they had more children.
 
 01:26:06.320 --> 01:26:09.496
 (newsman)
 The population of the United
 States is reaching a new high
 
 01:26:09.520 --> 01:26:14.280
 and growing by one new citizen
 every 11 seconds.
 
 01:26:14.840 --> 01:26:18.975
 (newsman 2)
 President Johnson waited for the
 population indicator to clock up
 
 01:26:18.999 --> 01:26:21.416
 the country\'s biggest
 all-time score
 
 01:26:21.440 --> 01:26:23.999
 of 200 million people.
 
 01:26:27.999 --> 01:26:30.816
 (Derek)
 The population issue
 was generally not politicized
 
 01:26:30.840 --> 01:26:31.416
 in post-War America.
 
 01:26:31.440 --> 01:26:36.336
 The few conservationists were
 beginning to articulate ideas
 
 01:26:36.360 --> 01:26:38.576
 about the danger of accelerating
 
 01:26:38.600 --> 01:26:40.976
 population growth
 in the United States.
 
 01:26:41.000 --> 01:26:42.096
 We do see the beginnings
 
 01:26:42.120 --> 01:26:44.975
 of a liberal critique
 of mass consumption.
 
 01:26:44.999 --> 01:26:48.736
 A liberal critique
 of runaway capitalism.
 
 01:26:48.760 --> 01:26:50.616
 But in general,
 population was not an issue
 
 01:26:50.640 --> 01:26:53.256
 at the center of the
 American discussion
 
 01:26:53.280 --> 01:26:54.975
 until the late 1960s.
 
 01:26:54.999 --> 01:26:58.320
 ♪♪
 
 01:27:06.999 --> 01:27:10.056 position:20%
 Population issues
 mainstreamed in the 1960s
 
 01:27:10.080 --> 01:27:12.136
 for a host of reasons.
 
 01:27:12.160 --> 01:27:16.200
 Number one, the environmental
 movement was taking off.
 
 01:27:17.999 --> 01:27:20.096
 Issues like DDT
 
 01:27:20.120 --> 01:27:22.456
 and pollution and the fact that
 
 01:27:22.480 --> 01:27:23.975
 rivers were burning
 in the 1960s,
 
 01:27:23.999 --> 01:27:26.016
 environmental concerns
 rise to the fore.
 
 01:27:26.040 --> 01:27:30.016
 And at this time, the population
 movement is very comfortable
 
 01:27:30.040 --> 01:27:32.975
 talking about the dangers
 of population growth.
 
 01:27:32.999 --> 01:27:36.936 line:20%
 - We have an extremely serious
 world demographic situation.
 
 01:27:36.960 --> 01:27:40.975 line:20%
 The population situation is
 bad beyond what any demographer
 
 01:27:40.999 --> 01:27:42.336 line:20%
 even dreamed of 25 years ago.
 
 01:27:42.360 --> 01:27:46.975
 (Robert)
 - Paul Ehrlich who was a
 biologist at Stanford University
 
 01:27:46.999 --> 01:27:48.616
 got interested in this
 whole issue.
 
 01:27:48.640 --> 01:27:51.576
 He was very concerned
 that if population kept growing
 
 01:27:51.600 --> 01:27:53.856
 there\'d be starvation
 in the 1970s.
 
 01:27:53.880 --> 01:27:57.296 position:20%
 - This year somewhere between
 ten and 20 million people
 
 01:27:57.320 --> 01:27:59.776
 will starve to death
 on this planet.
 
 01:27:59.800 --> 01:28:00.896
 Last year, the same.
 
 01:28:00.920 --> 01:28:01.696
 The year before that the same.
 
 01:28:01.720 --> 01:28:03.976
 Next year almost certainly
 more and more and more.
 
 01:28:04.000 --> 01:28:06.736
 Should you think you\'re safe
 in the United States,
 
 01:28:06.760 --> 01:28:07.936
 you are very sadly mistaken.
 
 01:28:07.960 --> 01:28:10.576 line:20%
 - He knew a lot about population
 and the environment
 
 01:28:10.600 --> 01:28:11.576 line:20%
 because he studied butterflies.
 
 01:28:11.600 --> 01:28:14.176 position:20% line:20%
 And had seen butterfly
 populations rise and fall
 
 01:28:14.200 --> 01:28:16.736
 in accordance with their
 environmental resources.
 
 01:28:16.760 --> 01:28:18.056
 Saw a connection between the two
 
 01:28:18.080 --> 01:28:22.176
 and wrote a book
 called \"The Population Bomb.\"
 
 01:28:22.200 --> 01:28:24.296
 He made
 fairly specific predictions
 
 01:28:24.320 --> 01:28:27.936
 about how soon mass starvation
 might set in.
 
 01:28:27.960 --> 01:28:29.975
 But before that was
 proved wrong,
 
 01:28:29.999 --> 01:28:32.936
 he found his thesis
 quite interesting
 
 01:28:32.960 --> 01:28:33.776
 particularly to the news media.
 
 01:28:33.800 --> 01:28:39.096
 (Paul)
 - The idea is to have as many
 people live as is possible.
 
 01:28:39.120 --> 01:28:40.456 line:20%
 And that means you have
 
 01:28:40.480 --> 01:28:42.856 line:20%
 a sustainable number
 all the time.
 
 01:28:42.880 --> 01:28:44.616 line:20%
 You don\'t have
 the population grow
 
 01:28:44.640 --> 01:28:45.975
 until the planet\'s destroyed.
 
 01:28:45.999 --> 01:28:48.336
 - Dr. Paul Ehrlich has been
 with us
 
 01:28:48.360 --> 01:28:49.536
 two times before
 on this program.
 
 01:28:49.560 --> 01:28:51.376
 And his book called
 \"The Population Bomb\"
 
 01:28:51.400 --> 01:28:52.896
 has sold over
 two million copies.
 
 01:28:52.920 --> 01:28:54.976
 Would you welcome
 Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
 
 01:28:55.000 --> 01:28:55.616
 (applause)
 
 01:28:55.640 --> 01:28:58.376
 (Robert)
 It turned out that Ehrlich
 was very good on television,
 
 01:28:58.400 --> 01:29:01.696 position:20%
 and a lot of people got
 interested in this issue.
 
 01:29:01.720 --> 01:29:03.776
 - We are now entering
 the age of scarcity.
 
 01:29:03.800 --> 01:29:05.376 position:20%
 We\'re doing it
 sooner than we had to, uh,
 
 01:29:05.400 --> 01:29:07.456
 because of our foolish behavior
 over the last 20 years.
 
 01:29:07.480 --> 01:29:10.975
 (Bill Ryerson)
 When Ehrlich lectured
 on the Yale campus,
 
 01:29:10.999 --> 01:29:13.376
 it was packed to
 standing room only.
 
 01:29:13.400 --> 01:29:15.975
 And Ehrlich stood up there
 talking about the impact
 
 01:29:15.999 --> 01:29:20.256
 of these growing numbers
 on the water table, on forests,
 
 01:29:20.280 --> 01:29:22.296
 on a whole array
 of other issues.
 
 01:29:22.320 --> 01:29:24.616 line:20%
 It was for,
 I think all of us in the room,
 
 01:29:24.640 --> 01:29:29.656 line:20%
 we suddenly woke up to the fact
 that human impact
 
 01:29:29.680 --> 01:29:31.999
 was a global phenomenon.
 
 01:29:33.760 --> 01:29:37.416
 These files go way back
 to the beginning of ZPG.
 
 01:29:37.440 --> 01:29:40.256
 When I started the Yale chapter,
 
 01:29:40.280 --> 01:29:45.536
 I created a sign...
 uh, like this.
 
 01:29:45.560 --> 01:29:50.080
 And we put this on bulletin
 boards all over the Yale campus.
 
 01:29:50.760 --> 01:29:52.256
 And people...
 
 01:29:52.280 --> 01:29:54.616
 scribbled on \'em
 with graffiti saying,
 
 01:29:54.640 --> 01:29:55.896
 \"What the heck does this
 stand for?\"
 
 01:29:55.920 --> 01:29:59.376
 Does this stand for zany poppy
 growers or what is it?
 
 01:29:59.400 --> 01:30:02.736
 And there were comments in the
 \"Yale Daily News\" and so on.
 
 01:30:02.760 --> 01:30:04.736
 Nobody knew what this was.
 It was a big mystery.
 
 01:30:04.760 --> 01:30:07.176
 We had them on every
 bulletin board on the campus.
 
 01:30:07.200 --> 01:30:10.496
 Then a week later, we posted
 Zero Population Growth
 
 01:30:10.520 --> 01:30:14.296
 and a little information sheet
 and a tear-off membership form.
 
 01:30:14.320 --> 01:30:17.960
 And we had 200 members
 within two weeks.
 
 01:30:18.080 --> 01:30:20.056
 (Derek)
 The movement immediately grew.
 
 01:30:20.080 --> 01:30:24.296
 I think it got up to the
 35, 40,000 people range
 
 01:30:24.320 --> 01:30:26.536
 by the early 1970s.
 
 01:30:26.560 --> 01:30:28.096
 - Too many people,
 more people
 
 01:30:28.120 --> 01:30:29.776
 than the earth
 can prudently handle.
 
 01:30:29.800 --> 01:30:33.816
 ZPG an organization that works
 to control population
 
 01:30:33.840 --> 01:30:36.776
 has chosen the Golden Gate
 Bridge as a demonstration site
 
 01:30:36.800 --> 01:30:40.120
 to point out the problems
 of too many people.
 
 01:30:40.280 --> 01:30:43.456
 (man)
 Zero Population Growth
 immediately sent a lobbyist
 
 01:30:43.480 --> 01:30:45.296
 to Washington and took on
 the trappings
 
 01:30:45.320 --> 01:30:48.416 position:20%
 of a traditional interest group
 that would lobby Congress.
 
 01:30:48.440 --> 01:30:52.336
 (Bill)
 The population issue back then
 we not controversial.
 
 01:30:52.360 --> 01:30:56.816
 Everywhere one looked,
 population was being discussed.
 
 01:30:56.840 --> 01:30:57.936
 And it just took off.
 
 01:30:57.960 --> 01:31:00.496
 (Derek)
 Population issues are on
 the cover of all magazines.
 
 01:31:00.520 --> 01:31:03.696
 Population issues
 are at the forefront
 of the first Earth Day.
 
 01:31:03.720 --> 01:31:06.816
 - ♪ This could
 very well be the... ♪
 
 01:31:06.840 --> 01:31:08.496
 - Labor groups come out
 in favor.
 
 01:31:08.520 --> 01:31:11.696
 Many mainstream churches,
 not the Catholic Church,
 
 01:31:11.720 --> 01:31:13.416
 but many mainstream
 protestant churches
 
 01:31:13.440 --> 01:31:16.016
 announce their support
 for a stable population.
 
 01:31:16.040 --> 01:31:20.016
 In 1969, Nixon enthusiastically
 asked Congress
 
 01:31:20.040 --> 01:31:22.975
 to create this commission
 on the population issue
 
 01:31:22.999 --> 01:31:26.896
 chaired by
 John D. Rockefeller III.
 
 01:31:26.920 --> 01:31:29.256 line:20%
 - The overpopulation
 popularizers
 
 01:31:29.280 --> 01:31:32.975 position:20% line:20%
 of the \'60s and \'70s
 made such dire predictions
 
 01:31:32.999 --> 01:31:34.456 line:20%
 that when they didn\'t come true,
 
 01:31:34.480 --> 01:31:37.176
 it seemed to discredit
 
 01:31:37.200 --> 01:31:38.936
 the whole idea
 that there are,
 
 01:31:38.960 --> 01:31:39.696 position:20%
 you know, limits to growth.
 
 01:31:39.720 --> 01:31:42.975
 Part of the reason those
 disasters didn\'t come to pass
 
 01:31:42.999 --> 01:31:45.496 position:20%
 is because people
 took the warning seriously
 
 01:31:45.520 --> 01:31:46.496
 and actually acted.
 
 01:31:46.520 --> 01:31:48.056
 (Derek)
 Even though
 the population movement
 
 01:31:48.080 --> 01:31:50.536
 dissipated quite quickly
 in the 1970s,
 
 01:31:50.560 --> 01:31:54.456
 I think that the success of
 the movement has been missed.
 
 01:31:54.480 --> 01:31:57.136 position:20%
 And I\'m always surprised when
 a parent who had a couple
 
 01:31:57.160 --> 01:31:59.256
 of kids in 1970, 1972,
 
 01:31:59.280 --> 01:32:01.176
 will tell me,
 \"Well, we stopped at two
 
 01:32:01.200 --> 01:32:03.616
 because that\'s what you were
 supposed to do then.\"
 
 01:32:03.640 --> 01:32:07.416 position:20%
 So, there was definitely an idea
 in the American discussion
 
 01:32:07.440 --> 01:32:10.616
 about the benefits of only
 having one or two children.
 
 01:32:10.640 --> 01:32:13.975
 And that wasn\'t the only reason
 that the birth rate went down
 
 01:32:13.999 --> 01:32:15.816
 in the late 1960s
 and in the early 1970s.
 
 01:32:15.840 --> 01:32:19.216
 But I think the Zero Population
 Growth movement had some success
 
 01:32:19.240 --> 01:32:23.536
 in reducing the birth rate
 and educating Americans.
 
 01:32:23.560 --> 01:32:24.936
 - Next to the pursuit of peace,
 
 01:32:24.960 --> 01:32:28.975 line:20%
 the really greatest challenge
 to the human family
 
 01:32:28.999 --> 01:32:33.520
 is the race between food supply
 and population increase.
 
 01:32:34.760 --> 01:32:37.696
 That race tonight is being lost.
 
 01:32:37.720 --> 01:32:40.856
 The time for rhetoric
 has clearly passed.
 
 01:32:40.880 --> 01:32:44.096 position:20%
 The time for
 concerted action is here,
 
 01:32:44.120 --> 01:32:45.816
 and we must get on with the job.
 
 01:32:45.840 --> 01:32:48.696
 (Michelle)
 There was suddenly
 a huge amount of concern
 
 01:32:48.720 --> 01:32:50.856
 on both sides of
 the political spectrum,
 
 01:32:50.880 --> 01:32:53.776
 that overpopulation was gonna
 cause so much misery
 
 01:32:53.800 --> 01:32:56.975
 in a lot of these newly
 decolonized countries
 
 01:32:56.999 --> 01:32:59.296
 that it was gonna lead them
 to communist revolution.
 
 01:32:59.320 --> 01:33:02.975
 (Adrienne Germain)
 The population field
 which was originally funded
 
 01:33:02.999 --> 01:33:06.256
 primarily with money from
 the rich countries,
 
 01:33:06.280 --> 01:33:08.576
 especially from
 the United States,
 
 01:33:08.600 --> 01:33:11.176 position:20% line:20%
 was driven by very top down
 
 01:33:11.200 --> 01:33:14.576 line:20%
 national population
 control programs.
 
 01:33:14.600 --> 01:33:17.616
 (Michelle)
 Whenever you have people
 in the First World,
 
 01:33:17.640 --> 01:33:19.416
 American or European countries,
 saying that there\'s
 
 01:33:19.440 --> 01:33:25.496
 too many people in Africa and
 Southeast Asia or South Asia
 
 01:33:25.520 --> 01:33:27.776 position:20%
 and Latin America,
 you know, it comes tinged
 
 01:33:27.800 --> 01:33:32.016
 with all kinds of racist
 and, um, eugenic ideas.
 
 01:33:32.040 --> 01:33:35.896
 Basically they lead to
 what was probably the biggest
 
 01:33:35.920 --> 01:33:39.999
 social engineering project
 in world history.
 
 01:33:46.560 --> 01:33:50.576 position:20% line:20%
 (Michelle)
 The most well-known abuse
 was the emergency in India
 
 01:33:50.600 --> 01:33:53.896
 where Indira Gandhi\'s son was
 rounding up people
 
 01:33:53.920 --> 01:33:55.576
 and sending them to these
 vasectomy camps
 
 01:33:55.600 --> 01:33:58.536
 where they were sterilized very
 much against their will.
 
 01:33:58.560 --> 01:34:01.975
 - We feel that family planning
 can no longer be looked upon
 
 01:34:01.999 --> 01:34:05.056
 as simply an independent,
 separate program.
 
 01:34:05.080 --> 01:34:09.856
 It has got to become
 part of our assault on poverty.
 
 01:34:09.880 --> 01:34:11.975
 - The Chinese regime
 will mark 30 years
 
 01:34:11.999 --> 01:34:14.656
 of its one-child policy
 on Saturday.
 
 01:34:14.680 --> 01:34:15.576
 It\'s a controversial law
 
 01:34:15.600 --> 01:34:17.696
 that limits many couples
 to one child.
 
 01:34:17.720 --> 01:34:19.975
 Those who violate it
 can face stiff fines,
 
 01:34:19.999 --> 01:34:22.576
 a salary cut,
 or even forced abortion.
 
 01:34:22.600 --> 01:34:24.656
 The policy was implemented
 in 1980
 
 01:34:24.680 --> 01:34:26.056
 out of fears
 that a rising population
 
 01:34:26.080 --> 01:34:27.856
 would be bad for society
 and the economy.
 
 01:34:27.880 --> 01:34:30.975
 But critics say it\'s lead
 couples to abort or abandon
 
 01:34:30.999 --> 01:34:33.856
 female babies due to a cultural
 preference for boys
 
 01:34:33.880 --> 01:34:36.216
 causing a severe
 gender imbalance.
 
 01:34:36.240 --> 01:34:39.975
 (Carl)
 Those are the examples
 that set the whole field back.
 
 01:34:39.999 --> 01:34:41.975
 The reality is people
 can\'t stand that.
 
 01:34:41.999 --> 01:34:46.096
 The public sees that and thinks
 if that\'s population policy,
 
 01:34:46.120 --> 01:34:49.376
 I want nothing to do
 with population policy.
 
 01:34:49.400 --> 01:34:51.456 line:20%
 (horns honking)
 
 01:34:51.480 --> 01:34:54.880 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 01:35:16.880 --> 01:35:23.096
 (Mubina Yaqub)
 Areas like these
 need Lady Health Workers
 
 01:35:23.120 --> 01:35:30.776
 because we can save
 a lot of mothers.
 
 01:35:30.800 --> 01:35:34.136
 You\'ll write
 the house number here.
 
 01:35:34.160 --> 01:35:37.696
 Our job is to spread awareness
 about health
 
 01:35:37.720 --> 01:35:43.656
 and welfare of mothers
 and children
 
 01:35:43.680 --> 01:35:46.296
 in order to control
 
 01:35:46.320 --> 01:35:52.880
 infant death and maternal death.
 
 01:35:54.880 --> 01:36:00.975
 (Safia Kausar)
 We go door-to-door, meeting men
 and women of households,
 
 01:36:00.999 --> 01:36:07.480
 but mostly wetalk to the women
 and they trust us.
 
 01:36:11.840 --> 01:36:15.656 line:20%
 The lady health workers
 are provided with
 
 01:36:15.680 --> 01:36:20.320
 condoms, pills and injections.
 
 01:36:21.999 --> 01:36:24.360
 (baby crying)
 
 01:36:28.040 --> 01:36:31.216
 - It\'s been two months today.
 
 01:36:31.240 --> 01:36:34.280
 They were born September 11th.
 
 01:36:34.760 --> 01:36:40.360 position:20%
 I have five children,
 four daughters and a son.
 
 01:36:41.120 --> 01:36:43.376
 We wanted a son because
 we only had daughters.
 
 01:36:43.400 --> 01:36:45.856
 My husband didn\'t allow me
 to use contraceptives
 
 01:36:45.880 --> 01:36:47.736
 so that we could have a son.
 
 01:36:47.760 --> 01:36:52.320
 A woman has to agree with her
 husband who wants two sons.
 
 01:36:55.720 --> 01:36:58.975
 (Zubaida Anwar)
 I tell her every time
 but she says
 
 01:36:58.999 --> 01:37:03.440
 it\'s her husband\'s
 wish to have sons.
 
 01:37:09.999 --> 01:37:12.176
 I have tried hard
 to convince them,
 
 01:37:12.200 --> 01:37:15.160
 and sometimes
 she did use contraceptives.
 
 01:37:17.600 --> 01:37:20.176
 They\'ve made up their minds.
 
 01:37:20.200 --> 01:37:26.296
 - In our country, sons are given
 a lot of importance.
 
 01:37:26.320 --> 01:37:31.200
 Daughters aren\'t
 looked upon favorably.
 
 01:37:31.999 --> 01:37:38.560
 People put pressure on those
 who are without sons.
 
 01:37:38.720 --> 01:37:44.096
 Sister (LHW) has informed us
 but people mock us for having
 daughters and not sons.
 
 01:37:44.120 --> 01:37:48.080 position:20%
 - Her brother-in-law\'s wives
 who live upstairs do that.
 
 01:37:50.240 --> 01:37:52.256
 (baby crying)
 
 01:37:52.280 --> 01:37:55.975
 - Islam teaches that whether
 it\'s a boy or a girl,
 
 01:37:55.999 --> 01:37:58.936 position:20%
 there should be
 no gender discrimination.
 
 01:37:58.960 --> 01:38:00.999 position:20%
 They have the same rights.
 
 01:38:11.999 --> 01:38:15.616
 (man)
 I have four boys
 and two girls.
 
 01:38:15.640 --> 01:38:16.536
 (baby crying)
 
 01:38:16.560 --> 01:38:20.656
 I can\'t afford food, how can I
 send my kids to school?
 
 01:38:20.680 --> 01:38:25.576
 I am illiterate,
 I haven\'t studied anything.
 
 01:38:25.600 --> 01:38:28.936
 These children are
 gifts from God.
 
 01:38:28.960 --> 01:38:31.496
 Some people
 wish to have children.
 
 01:38:31.520 --> 01:38:35.176
 Some have a daughter
 but not a son.
 
 01:38:35.200 --> 01:38:37.656
 Others have a son
 but no daughters.
 
 01:38:37.680 --> 01:38:41.176
 Then there are
 some who have neither.
 
 01:38:41.200 --> 01:38:43.296 position:20%
 This is God\'s will, right?
 
 01:38:43.320 --> 01:38:45.296
 If we use
 family planning methods,
 
 01:38:45.320 --> 01:38:47.336 position:20%
 it will make God unhappy.
 
 01:38:47.360 --> 01:38:52.256
 How people are today,
 it\'s God\'s will.
 
 01:38:52.280 --> 01:38:55.560
 ♪♪
 
 01:38:58.999 --> 01:39:01.440
 (metal clanking)
 
 01:39:10.480 --> 01:39:16.576 position:20%
 (Hafiz)
 Islam has taught us
 the rights of a child are
 
 01:39:16.600 --> 01:39:18.696
 to be fed properly,
 
 01:39:18.720 --> 01:39:21.096
 proper education,
 proper upbringing,
 
 01:39:21.120 --> 01:39:23.975 position:20%
 a separate room for them.
 
 01:39:23.999 --> 01:39:28.816
 Islam wants quality,
 not quantity.
 
 01:39:28.840 --> 01:39:31.816
 Quality for the child
 and the society.
 
 01:39:31.840 --> 01:39:35.040
 ♪♪
 
 01:39:39.000 --> 01:39:44.976
 (Zubaida)
 When we initially started
 the family planning program,
 
 01:39:45.000 --> 01:39:50.999
 a lot of people
 did not respond to it.
 
 01:39:52.680 --> 01:39:56.456
 So, at first we were
 very disappointed.
 
 01:39:56.480 --> 01:40:00.136
 I wanted to quit because
 they did not accept
 what we were saying
 
 01:40:00.160 --> 01:40:04.016
 despite our constant efforts
 to reason with them
 
 01:40:04.040 --> 01:40:06.975 position:20%
 and make them understand.
 
 01:40:06.999 --> 01:40:13.056
 Then I said try, try again
 and kept on trying.
 
 01:40:13.080 --> 01:40:17.975 position:20%
 I asked them
 to take care of themselves
 
 01:40:17.999 --> 01:40:21.776
 and explained that having fewer
 kids would help them
 
 01:40:21.800 --> 01:40:24.896
 as it would lead to
 a happy household.
 
 01:40:24.920 --> 01:40:29.975
 That was the project then,
 fewer kids, happier household.
 
 01:40:29.999 --> 01:40:31.360
 (chuckling)
 
 01:40:33.720 --> 01:40:35.360
 (knocking)
 
 01:40:41.120 --> 01:40:45.816
 This woman who I am visiting,
 her name is Kauser.
 
 01:40:45.840 --> 01:40:50.536
 She has three sons
 and she says she wants more.
 
 01:40:50.560 --> 01:40:54.616
 Her mother-in-law is saying that
 they want more children.
 
 01:40:54.640 --> 01:40:55.975
 - I want six children.
 
 01:40:55.999 --> 01:40:59.016
 (laughing)
 
 01:40:59.040 --> 01:41:03.760
 - She uses condoms
 and has three children.
 
 01:41:04.440 --> 01:41:06.896
 She didn\'t use condoms before.
 
 01:41:06.920 --> 01:41:09.776
 Her eldest son
 was only ten months
 
 01:41:09.800 --> 01:41:10.816
 when she had her second son.
 
 01:41:10.840 --> 01:41:15.975
 I advised her to use them
 so that her children
 grow up a little
 
 01:41:15.999 --> 01:41:18.936
 before she has another child.
 
 01:41:18.960 --> 01:41:21.576
 Now her son
 is two years old
 
 01:41:21.600 --> 01:41:24.576
 and she\'s still using
 contraceptives.
 
 01:41:24.600 --> 01:41:30.816 position:20%
 So I\'ve advised now that
 her son is two years old,
 
 01:41:30.840 --> 01:41:35.520
 she can plan to have a baby
 if she wants to.
 
 01:41:35.680 --> 01:41:41.536
 So gradually,
 after a little while,
 
 01:41:41.560 --> 01:41:46.680 position:20%
 people started to accept
 and come over on our side.
 
 01:41:52.760 --> 01:41:55.360 position:20%
 (speaking foreign language)
 
 01:42:06.000 --> 01:42:08.800 position:20%
 (speaking foreign language)
 
 01:42:13.840 --> 01:42:20.496
 We go to these women and ask
 them if they have any ailments,
 
 01:42:20.520 --> 01:42:29.376 position:20%
 and also the kind of
 contraceptive they are
 willing to use or can use.
 
 01:42:29.400 --> 01:42:32.016
 We give them our recommendations
 
 01:42:32.040 --> 01:42:35.056 position:20%
 and they chose the ones
 they are comfortable with.
 
 01:42:35.080 --> 01:42:37.896
 Those who don\'t agree
 with contraceptives,
 
 01:42:37.920 --> 01:42:44.696
 we let them be because it\'s
 possible that gradually,
 
 01:42:44.720 --> 01:42:46.896
 if we persevere,
 they might see us
 
 01:42:46.920 --> 01:42:49.856
 in a good light
 and accept our message.
 
 01:42:49.880 --> 01:42:55.416
 - Now that we have better
 scientifically proven methods,
 
 01:42:55.440 --> 01:42:58.975
 the condom, the coil,
 and others,
 
 01:42:58.999 --> 01:43:02.376
 even those,
 Islam does not prohibit.
 
 01:43:02.400 --> 01:43:04.056
 This is to be determined between
 
 01:43:04.080 --> 01:43:06.416
 the husband and wife
 as a personal matter.
 
 01:43:06.440 --> 01:43:09.816
 Whether they use
 traditional methods
 or modern scientific methods,
 
 01:43:09.840 --> 01:43:11.760 position:20%
 Islam does not interfere.
 
 01:43:14.760 --> 01:43:17.736
 (Musimbi Kanyoro)
 Family planning
 is both about spacing,
 
 01:43:17.760 --> 01:43:19.656
 but it\'s also about the support
 
 01:43:19.680 --> 01:43:23.296 line:20%
 and the well-being of the
 outcomes of pregnancies,
 
 01:43:23.320 --> 01:43:24.896 line:20%
 meaning the outcomes
 of children.
 
 01:43:24.920 --> 01:43:25.975 position:20% line:20%
 The health of the children.
 
 01:43:25.999 --> 01:43:28.936
 The health of whole families
 and the health of societies.
 
 01:43:28.960 --> 01:43:31.975
 So, all of those challenges are
 very much intertwined
 
 01:43:31.999 --> 01:43:33.736
 and tied together.
 
 01:43:33.760 --> 01:43:36.816
 They cannot be separated
 one from the other.
 
 01:43:36.840 --> 01:43:39.080
 (chatter)
 
 01:43:48.440 --> 01:43:53.616
 - You know,
 Mercy is my first-born girl.
 
 01:43:53.640 --> 01:43:58.296
 She seems like she\'s younger,
 
 01:43:58.320 --> 01:44:03.976
 but... we love each other
 very much.
 
 01:44:04.000 --> 01:44:08.040
 If something is wrong,
 we tell each other.
 
 01:44:11.800 --> 01:44:15.680
 We are very close.
 
 01:44:16.760 --> 01:44:21.296
 (Mercy)
 My first year after I finished
 my primary school,
 
 01:44:21.320 --> 01:44:23.656 position:20%
 I joined a boarding school.
 
 01:44:23.680 --> 01:44:24.576
 But unfortunately,
 
 01:44:24.600 --> 01:44:28.656 line:20%
 I got pregnant
 when I was in term two.
 
 01:44:28.680 --> 01:44:30.136
 So, I had to drop out.
 
 01:44:30.160 --> 01:44:33.560
 - When Mercy got pregnant...
 
 01:44:35.999 --> 01:44:39.856
 ...it was really hard.
 
 01:44:39.880 --> 01:44:44.975
 Because she had
 a sponsor
 
 01:44:44.999 --> 01:44:54.680
 and she went to school only two
 terms and got pregnant.
 
 01:44:54.840 --> 01:44:57.656
 (Mercy)
 I never expected
 that I can be pregnant.
 
 01:44:57.680 --> 01:45:00.696
 It\'s not only me but also
 the community.
 
 01:45:00.720 --> 01:45:03.975 position:20%
 Yeah, because I was like
 a role model in my family.
 
 01:45:03.999 --> 01:45:07.296
 So, it was a big blow,
 especially to my mother.
 
 01:45:07.320 --> 01:45:11.975
 - Before I laid
 my hands on her
 
 01:45:11.999 --> 01:45:19.936
 she told me she was pregnant.
 
 01:45:19.960 --> 01:45:23.760
 And I just fainted
 there and then.
 
 01:45:30.760 --> 01:45:42.840
 I told the sponsors and they
 told me I\'ll be paying for her.
 
 01:45:43.999 --> 01:45:45.975
 - Unh-unh!
 
 01:45:45.999 --> 01:45:48.096
 (Mercy)
 Most of the time in our church,
 
 01:45:48.120 --> 01:45:50.296
 they don\'t talk about
 family planning.
 
 01:45:50.320 --> 01:45:52.856
 they tell us that
 you should have self-control
 
 01:45:52.880 --> 01:45:56.216
 because that is something that
 God has given to us.
 
 01:45:56.240 --> 01:45:58.056
 So, they believe
 that it is possible
 
 01:45:58.080 --> 01:45:59.536
 for somebody to abstain.
 
 01:45:59.560 --> 01:46:02.816
 So, there is no need
 for planning.
 
 01:46:02.840 --> 01:46:06.975 position:20%
 In realistic life,
 I don\'t think that is good
 
 01:46:06.999 --> 01:46:09.176
 because in Kibera now...
 
 01:46:09.200 --> 01:46:10.736
 that cannot apply.
 
 01:46:10.760 --> 01:46:12.975
 That issue of self,
 self-control,
 
 01:46:12.999 --> 01:46:15.656
 because there is a lot
 of peer pressure, uh...
 
 01:46:15.680 --> 01:46:20.016
 There is a lot of, uh...
 
 01:46:20.040 --> 01:46:20.736
 temptations.
 
 01:46:20.760 --> 01:46:25.280
 So, you can, you can find
 yourself in that trap.
 
 01:46:28.800 --> 01:46:33.256
 (Musimbi)
 There are areas where family
 planning choices
 
 01:46:33.280 --> 01:46:34.656
 might be available,
 
 01:46:34.680 --> 01:46:38.136
 but the cultures
 in which women live
 
 01:46:38.160 --> 01:46:40.616
 do not allow women
 to access them.
 
 01:46:40.640 --> 01:46:44.096
 Some women need permission
 from their husbands,
 
 01:46:44.120 --> 01:46:44.896
 from their partners,
 
 01:46:44.920 --> 01:46:47.975
 in order to be able to use any
 family planning.
 
 01:46:47.999 --> 01:46:50.296 line:20%
 - 99% of here,
 
 01:46:50.320 --> 01:46:54.536 line:20%
 mothers would prefer
 to use the injections because
 
 01:46:54.560 --> 01:46:57.336
 they feel the injection
 is a bit more private.
 
 01:46:57.360 --> 01:47:01.576
 Most of the spouses won\'t know
 that she\'s using it.
 
 01:47:01.600 --> 01:47:05.376
 (Nafis Sadik)
 The question of fertility and
 control by women over their own
 
 01:47:05.400 --> 01:47:08.296
 reproductive health and matters
 is something
 
 01:47:08.320 --> 01:47:10.936 line:20%
 that goes
 very much against the,
 
 01:47:10.960 --> 01:47:14.975 position:20% line:20%
 the natural, um, instincts
 of many of our societies.
 
 01:47:14.999 --> 01:47:18.975
 And no woman that I know of
 wants to be serially pregnant.
 
 01:47:18.999 --> 01:47:21.336
 I mean, you know, every nine
 months have a baby.
 
 01:47:21.360 --> 01:47:23.856
 - The use of modern
 family planning
 
 01:47:23.880 --> 01:47:26.176
 should be
 the choice of women.
 
 01:47:26.200 --> 01:47:27.896
 That\'s what\'s being discussed
 
 01:47:27.920 --> 01:47:29.176 position:20%
 with the
 Reproductive Health Bill.
 
 01:47:29.200 --> 01:47:32.616
 Is this the solution
 for our population?
 
 01:47:32.640 --> 01:47:38.456 position:20%
 (newswoman)
 Reproductive health
 is a top issue for women.
 
 01:47:38.480 --> 01:47:41.136
 According to data from
 the Center for Women\'s Health,
 
 01:47:41.160 --> 01:47:46.096 position:20%
 11 to 14 Filipino women
 die in childbirth each day
 
 01:47:46.120 --> 01:47:47.696
 from complications.
 
 01:47:47.720 --> 01:47:50.176
 This wouldn\'t happen
 if women had easy access
 
 01:47:50.200 --> 01:47:50.975 position:20%
 to family planning methods.
 
 01:47:50.999 --> 01:47:53.856
 (newsman)
 Filipinos are in favor of
 the Reproductive Health Bill.
 
 01:47:53.880 --> 01:47:56.776
 (newsman)
 This is supposed to be the
 answer to the increasing
 
 01:47:56.800 --> 01:47:59.376
 population contributing
 to our poverty problems.
 
 01:47:59.400 --> 01:48:02.256
 But some oppose it because
 it promotes the use
 
 01:48:02.280 --> 01:48:03.975
 of artificial contraceptives.
 
 01:48:03.999 --> 01:48:08.256 position:20%
 (Carlos)
 Overpopulation and high abortion
 rate and maternal deaths.
 
 01:48:08.280 --> 01:48:10.976
 This is not the new bill.
 These are not new problems.
 
 01:48:11.000 --> 01:48:11.975
 For the last 16 years,
 
 01:48:11.999 --> 01:48:15.440
 people like you have been
 shooting this down in Congress.
 
 01:48:15.640 --> 01:48:18.736
 - The Philippines recently had
 a Reproductive Health Bill.
 
 01:48:18.760 --> 01:48:21.296
 (Carlos)
 The Reproductive Health Bill
 levels the playing field
 
 01:48:21.320 --> 01:48:24.736
 between the rich and the poor
 by providing free contraceptives
 
 01:48:24.760 --> 01:48:26.096
 for people
 who cannot afford them.
 
 01:48:26.120 --> 01:48:30.776 position:20%
 (newswoman)
 - President Aquino
 supports informed choice.
 
 01:48:30.800 --> 01:48:32.536
 And it\'s up to the individual
 to decide
 
 01:48:32.560 --> 01:48:34.976
 what type
 of family planning to practice.
 
 01:48:35.000 --> 01:48:37.416
 - There was great consensus
 among the politicians
 
 01:48:37.440 --> 01:48:40.216 line:20%
 that, you know, the poverty
 that\'s there in the Philippines,
 
 01:48:40.240 --> 01:48:43.216 position:20% line:20%
 giving people access to
 voluntary family planning,
 
 01:48:43.240 --> 01:48:45.736
 that someone can actually
 go in and get a pill,
 
 01:48:45.760 --> 01:48:48.536
 they can go in and get a condom
 that they need.
 
 01:48:48.560 --> 01:48:49.896
 Politicians had
 a consensus about it.
 
 01:48:49.920 --> 01:48:52.656
 That consensus was broken
 in a matter of months
 
 01:48:52.680 --> 01:48:54.616
 by the Catholic bishops
 in the Philippines.
 
 01:48:54.640 --> 01:48:57.975
 (newsman)
 It\'s possible that President
 Aquino will be excommunicated
 
 01:48:57.999 --> 01:49:00.256
 from the Catholic Church
 
 01:49:00.280 --> 01:49:02.975
 if the government
 follows through
 
 01:49:02.999 --> 01:49:04.975
 with providing contraceptives.
 
 01:49:04.999 --> 01:49:05.975
 - This is not a fight between
 
 01:49:05.999 --> 01:49:08.776
 the Catholic Church
 and the government.
 
 01:49:08.800 --> 01:49:12.016
 We are trying to protect
 Filipino values.
 
 01:49:12.040 --> 01:49:14.216
 The church is speaking for you.
 
 01:49:14.240 --> 01:49:16.976
 But, in the end,
 if we have a society
 
 01:49:17.000 --> 01:49:18.656
 that promotes contraception,
 
 01:49:18.680 --> 01:49:23.656
 it will destroy the Filipinos
 and the values they uphold.
 
 01:49:23.680 --> 01:49:29.975
 - 63% of married women
 want family planning,
 
 01:49:29.999 --> 01:49:33.816 position:20%
 but they can\'t have it because
 they are underprivileged.
 
 01:49:33.840 --> 01:49:39.376
 In the end, this is about
 women\'s health.
 
 01:49:39.400 --> 01:49:43.975
 No matter what
 men or priests say,
 
 01:49:43.999 --> 01:49:46.576
 the life at stake here is ours.
 
 01:49:46.600 --> 01:49:49.096
 The availability
 of family planning
 
 01:49:49.120 --> 01:49:52.856
 is not equal to access to it.
 
 01:49:52.880 --> 01:49:58.975
 It\'s been proven internationally
 that the benefits
 
 01:49:58.999 --> 01:50:05.056
 of family planning decreases
 mortality by 35%
 
 01:50:05.080 --> 01:50:08.776 position:20%
 and decreases
 abortion incidents by 85%.
 
 01:50:08.800 --> 01:50:11.296
 - It\'s not like contraceptives
 aren\'t sold in the Philippines.
 
 01:50:11.320 --> 01:50:14.096 position:20%
 Contraceptives are readily
 available in drug stores.
 
 01:50:14.120 --> 01:50:15.776
 But only for people
 who have money.
 
 01:50:15.800 --> 01:50:17.975
 But if you\'re from
 one of the 50% of the people
 
 01:50:17.999 --> 01:50:21.296
 in the Philippines, in Manila
 who can\'t afford it, uh,
 
 01:50:21.320 --> 01:50:23.856
 I\'d rather buy a kilo of rice
 than buy a condom.
 
 01:50:23.880 --> 01:50:27.056
 This is the marginalized voices
 that I\'m talking about.
 
 01:50:27.080 --> 01:50:28.776
 These are the people
 who really need
 
 01:50:28.800 --> 01:50:29.975
 the Reproductive Health Bill.
 
 01:50:29.999 --> 01:50:32.096
 (people chatting)
 
 01:50:32.120 --> 01:50:35.520
 ♪♪
 
 01:50:44.240 --> 01:50:47.975
 Any law that has to address
 the needs of family planning
 
 01:50:47.999 --> 01:50:50.136
 has been consistently killed by
 
 01:50:50.160 --> 01:50:52.975
 the Catholic Church
 of the Philippines.
 
 01:50:52.999 --> 01:50:55.336
 - No to RH Bill!
 
 01:50:55.360 --> 01:50:58.760
 ♪♪
 
 01:50:59.960 --> 01:51:03.240 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 01:51:06.520 --> 01:51:09.080 position:20%
 (people praying in unison)
 
 01:51:17.440 --> 01:51:21.096 line:20%
 -Are we ready to fight?
 - Yeah!
 
 01:51:21.120 --> 01:51:23.975
 -Are we ready to fight?
 - Yeah!
 
 01:51:23.999 --> 01:51:27.536 line:20%
 -Can we break down the walls?
 - Yeah!
 
 01:51:27.560 --> 01:51:32.975 line:20%
 -RH Bill...
 - In-the-trash!
 
 01:51:32.999 --> 01:51:37.656
 (Michelle)
 A substantial part
 of the huge growth that you saw
 
 01:51:37.680 --> 01:51:40.336
 in East Asian economies
 in the \'70s and \'80s
 
 01:51:40.360 --> 01:51:42.736
 was attributable
 to the fact that they
 
 01:51:42.760 --> 01:51:45.496 line:20%
 really enthusiastically
 and passionately adopted
 
 01:51:45.520 --> 01:51:48.896 line:20%
 and sometimes
 coercively adopted
 
 01:51:48.920 --> 01:51:49.616 position:20% line:20%
 family planning programs.
 
 01:51:49.640 --> 01:51:52.975
 The only country that didn\'t see
 that kind of growth
 
 01:51:52.999 --> 01:51:55.440
 was the Philippines.
 
 01:51:55.600 --> 01:52:01.975
 - During the ecumenical service
 yesterday at Manila Cathedral,
 
 01:52:01.999 --> 01:52:06.336
 all of a sudden, tour guide
 Carlos Celdran went up
 
 01:52:06.360 --> 01:52:09.136
 to the altar wearing a hat
 and suit to resemble Jose Rizal,
 
 01:52:09.160 --> 01:52:12.896
 holding up a banner
 that said \"Damaso\"
 
 01:52:12.920 --> 01:52:15.576 position:20%
 to the religious leaders.
 
 01:52:15.600 --> 01:52:17.536
 - If you read our national hero
 Jose Rizal\'s novel
 
 01:52:17.560 --> 01:52:19.975
 \"Noli Me Tángere,\"
 there\'s one character in there
 
 01:52:19.999 --> 01:52:23.736
 named Father Damaso, who\'s the
 epitome of church abuse.
 
 01:52:23.760 --> 01:52:26.576
 So, I dressed up
 as Jose Rizal....
 (laughing)
 
 01:52:26.600 --> 01:52:28.016
 went to the church
 with a big placard
 
 01:52:28.040 --> 01:52:31.256
 and I flung the word \"Damaso\"
 right into their face.
 
 01:52:31.280 --> 01:52:35.856
 I appeal for the bishops to stop
 getting involved in politics.
 
 01:52:35.880 --> 01:52:39.736
 Stop getting involved
 in politics!
 
 01:52:39.760 --> 01:52:41.336
 And apparently,
 they got the metaphor.
 
 01:52:41.360 --> 01:52:42.816
 They got exactly what I was
 talking about.
 
 01:52:42.840 --> 01:52:46.336 position:20%
 They knew the references,
 and they threw me in jail.
 
 01:52:46.360 --> 01:52:48.975
 - Minutes later,
 Celdran was arrested
 
 01:52:48.999 --> 01:52:51.696
 and he was brought
 to the precinct.
 
 01:52:51.720 --> 01:52:52.975
 - I was just
 supposed to go there
 
 01:52:52.999 --> 01:52:54.736
 and do the protest outside
 of the church.
 
 01:52:54.760 --> 01:52:56.975
 I thought there was gonna be
 a rally outside the church.
 
 01:52:56.999 --> 01:52:58.616
 Frankly, I just wanted
 to get a picture
 
 01:52:58.640 --> 01:53:00.576
 just so I could
 put on my Facebook profile pic.
 
 01:53:00.600 --> 01:53:03.536 position:20%
 - Intramuros tour guide
 Carlos Celdran was charged
 
 01:53:03.560 --> 01:53:07.416 position:20%
 under article 133
 of the revised penal code
 
 01:53:07.440 --> 01:53:10.056
 that forbids interference
 with religious activity.
 
 01:53:10.080 --> 01:53:14.616
 There are many
 who support Celdran
 on social networking sites.
 
 01:53:14.640 --> 01:53:17.536 position:20%
 He has almost
 12,000 Facebook followers,
 
 01:53:17.560 --> 01:53:22.776
 as well as many followers
 on Twitter.
 
 01:53:22.800 --> 01:53:25.816
 - It\'s kind of strange that I\'ve
 become this sort of poster boy
 
 01:53:25.840 --> 01:53:27.936
 for reproductive health
 when I\'m not a woman
 
 01:53:27.960 --> 01:53:29.096 position:20%
 and I don\'t get pregnant.
 
 01:53:29.120 --> 01:53:31.256
 So, it\'s a little bit bizarre.
 
 01:53:31.280 --> 01:53:34.976
 I was in jail overnight,
 under an anti-blasphemy law
 
 01:53:35.000 --> 01:53:35.975
 that was from the 19th century,
 
 01:53:35.999 --> 01:53:38.976
 that I think we forgot
 to take out of our penal code.
 
 01:53:39.000 --> 01:53:40.416
 And, uh...
 
 01:53:40.440 --> 01:53:43.136
 And right now,
 we\'re still in court.
 
 01:53:43.160 --> 01:53:46.160
 I could be looking at
 six years in jail.
 
 01:53:48.680 --> 01:53:51.999 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 01:53:58.320 --> 01:54:01.975
 (Maude)
 If you live in a city
 and you are wealthy
 
 01:54:01.999 --> 01:54:03.136
 and you drive a couple of cars,
 
 01:54:03.160 --> 01:54:06.016 position:20%
 and you have lots of
 expensive clothes and toys
 
 01:54:06.040 --> 01:54:08.536
 and computers and stuff,
 your water footprint
 
 01:54:08.560 --> 01:54:12.456
 is vastly larger than that
 person who lives on the land,
 
 01:54:12.480 --> 01:54:19.576
 who lives basically the way
 their ancestors did.
 
 01:54:19.600 --> 01:54:21.975
 Mexico City has had to
 confiscate water
 
 01:54:21.999 --> 01:54:28.176
 from many many miles,
 kilometers outside of the city,
 
 01:54:28.200 --> 01:54:29.896
 and it\'s creating
 great divisions
 
 01:54:29.920 --> 01:54:34.056
 among the indigenous peoples
 there.
 
 01:54:34.080 --> 01:54:38.336
 - From here to over there,
 is a 45-minute walk
 
 01:54:38.360 --> 01:54:39.975
 to the potable
 water treatment plant
 
 01:54:39.999 --> 01:54:43.896
 of the Commission
 of the Valley of Mexico.
 
 01:54:43.920 --> 01:54:47.616
 We are 35 households that live
 here in this area.
 
 01:54:47.640 --> 01:54:51.496
 The Cutzamala water tanks
 are here
 
 01:54:51.520 --> 01:54:59.936
 so why is the water
 not reaching us?
 
 01:54:59.960 --> 01:55:03.616 position:20%
 (man)
 - The Cutzamala system
 was conceived in the \'70s
 
 01:55:03.640 --> 01:55:06.296
 during a very harsh drought.
 
 01:55:06.320 --> 01:55:10.096
 And for that,
 we built our first transfer
 
 01:55:10.120 --> 01:55:15.336
 from watershed to watershed
 for massive urban use.
 
 01:55:15.360 --> 01:55:16.976
 This is a system that provides
 
 01:55:17.000 --> 01:55:20.975
 almost 30% of the water
 in Mexico City.
 
 01:55:20.999 --> 01:55:22.016
 It\'s one of the largest
 
 01:55:22.040 --> 01:55:27.816
 and most important aqueducts
 in the world.
 
 01:55:27.840 --> 01:55:29.336 line:20%
 We pump more than
 
 01:55:29.360 --> 01:55:33.975 line:20%
 1,200 meters the water
 from another watershed.
 
 01:55:33.999 --> 01:55:39.256
 (rooster crowing)
 
 01:55:39.280 --> 01:55:46.096
 - Look, it has nothing.
 It\'s dry.
 
 01:55:46.120 --> 01:55:49.016 position:20%
 This is the tap
 from the Cutzamala system
 
 01:55:49.040 --> 01:55:53.496
 but there\'s no water.
 
 01:55:53.520 --> 01:55:56.776
 The water goes to Mexico City,
 
 01:55:56.800 --> 01:55:58.975
 Toluca, all those places
 that are far away.
 
 01:55:58.999 --> 01:56:07.856
 And for us who are closer,
 we don\'t have water.
 
 01:56:07.880 --> 01:56:09.936
 - It\'s wrong that they
 don\'t want to give us water
 
 01:56:09.960 --> 01:56:18.975
 when they are sending
 19,000 liters per second
 to Mexico City.
 
 01:56:18.999 --> 01:56:22.256
 - It worries us.
 Yes, we are worried about water
 
 01:56:22.280 --> 01:56:27.296 position:20%
 because we go not one day
 or two days without water,
 
 01:56:27.320 --> 01:56:30.975 position:20%
 but a full week sometimes,
 
 01:56:30.999 --> 01:56:36.216 position:20%
 even one month,
 two months without water.
 
 01:56:36.240 --> 01:56:38.976
 So we need to look
 and find water
 
 01:56:39.000 --> 01:56:42.975
 to clean the dishes, the food.
 
 01:56:42.999 --> 01:56:46.376
 And the population grows
 more and more.
 
 01:56:46.400 --> 01:56:56.960
 There are more families,
 so one day maybe it\'ll
 dry up altogether.
 
 01:56:59.280 --> 01:57:02.696
 ♪♪
 
 01:57:02.720 --> 01:57:07.096
 - We no longer
 have any fish.
 
 01:57:07.120 --> 01:57:10.536
 Before, we lived off that fish.
 
 01:57:10.560 --> 01:57:11.975
 We had good fish.
 
 01:57:11.999 --> 01:57:16.496
 Sometimes we had work,
 other times we didn\'t,
 
 01:57:16.520 --> 01:57:18.975
 but we\'d grab a fish hook
 and go fishing.
 
 01:57:18.999 --> 01:57:22.496
 Now we can\'t do that because
 the National Commission of Water
 
 01:57:22.520 --> 01:57:25.936
 is destroying all this.
 
 01:57:25.960 --> 01:57:28.136 position:20%
 It\'s the chlorine they add.
 
 01:57:28.160 --> 01:57:29.296
 Now we don\'t have the resources.
 
 01:57:29.320 --> 01:57:35.720 position:20%
 No fish, no crayfish, no frogs,
 we don\'t have any of that.
 
 01:57:36.880 --> 01:57:39.975
 (woman)
 - My husband works at
 the Commission of Water
 
 01:57:39.999 --> 01:57:41.975
 of the Valley of Mexico.
 
 01:57:41.999 --> 01:57:45.760
 But he can\'t do anything
 to bring the water here.
 
 01:57:51.160 --> 01:57:53.656
 (Fernando)
 - We do have conflicts
 right now.
 
 01:57:53.680 --> 01:57:57.616
 Water use in this valley
 is very valuable.
 
 01:57:57.640 --> 01:58:01.216
 The forest
 and in the irrigation systems,
 
 01:58:01.240 --> 01:58:04.536
 there are conflicts for water
 every day.
 
 01:58:04.560 --> 01:58:08.616 position:20%
 We haven\'t yet
 come into a position where
 
 01:58:08.640 --> 01:58:11.975 position:20%
 the peasants
 or the agriculture sector
 
 01:58:11.999 --> 01:58:13.296
 comes into the city
 
 01:58:13.320 --> 01:58:15.975
 to have a conflict
 with urban users
 
 01:58:15.999 --> 01:58:18.136
 but we\'re very close to that.
 
 01:58:18.160 --> 01:58:21.456
 (Elena)
 If we don\'t learn
 that we have to live within
 
 01:58:21.480 --> 01:58:26.776
 nature\'s boundaries,
 we\'re going to run out.
 
 01:58:26.800 --> 01:58:27.896
 Will it be mass deaths
 
 01:58:27.920 --> 01:58:30.496
 of certain people
 but not other people?
 
 01:58:30.520 --> 01:58:31.376
 Is that what we\'re going to?
 
 01:58:31.400 --> 01:58:33.176 position:20%
 A world in which,
 if you\'re wealthy enough,
 
 01:58:33.200 --> 01:58:36.616 position:20%
 you can buy your way out of
 the crisis that\'s coming?
 
 01:58:36.640 --> 01:58:39.999 position:20%
 I mean, to some extent,
 that\'s already happening.
 
 01:58:40.999 --> 01:58:48.456
 (chickens clucking)
 
 01:58:48.480 --> 01:58:51.880 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 01:58:54.800 --> 01:58:56.136
 (woman)
 - Let\'s pray.
 
 01:58:56.160 --> 01:58:58.975
 Dear God, please let your
 priests forgive Carlos.
 
 01:58:58.999 --> 01:59:01.616
 I\'m sure God
 has forgiven you, actually.
 
 01:59:01.640 --> 01:59:03.536
 It\'s the priests
 who are unforgiving.
 
 01:59:03.560 --> 01:59:03.975
 - (scoffs)
 
 01:59:03.999 --> 01:59:06.056 position:20%
 No, the priest\'s aren\'t.
 It\'s the fucking bishops.
 
 01:59:06.080 --> 01:59:08.216
 - Yeah, the bishops.
 - The big dogs.
 
 01:59:08.240 --> 01:59:09.416
 - They\'re priests too, right?
 
 01:59:09.440 --> 01:59:10.016
 - Priests are all right.
 
 01:59:10.040 --> 01:59:11.975
 Like, priests like (indistinct),
 they\'re on the street.
 
 01:59:11.999 --> 01:59:14.280 position:20%
 They know what\'s going on.
 
 01:59:18.520 --> 01:59:21.880
 It\'s just those
 bloody cardinals.
 
 01:59:27.720 --> 01:59:30.616
 - Are we turning right, brother?
 
 01:59:30.640 --> 01:59:32.776
 - Yes, right.
 
 01:59:32.800 --> 01:59:34.256
 - Left at Victoria?
 
 01:59:34.280 --> 01:59:37.120 position:20%
 - Yes, towards City Hall.
 
 01:59:37.999 --> 01:59:40.296
 - I thought your case
 was over, brother.
 
 01:59:40.320 --> 01:59:45.056
 - Not yet.
 The boxing match isn\'t over.
 
 01:59:45.080 --> 01:59:46.816
 - Damn.
 
 01:59:46.840 --> 01:59:48.975
 I recognized
 you\'re Father Damaso.
 
 01:59:48.999 --> 01:59:51.975
 (both laughing)
 
 01:59:51.999 --> 01:59:56.576
 - I have a hearing again today.
 We\'ll see...
 
 01:59:56.600 --> 02:00:00.096
 There are
 more important cases than mine.
 
 02:00:00.120 --> 02:00:01.975
 - That\'s true.
 
 02:00:01.999 --> 02:00:06.320
 Well, you did go up against
 the Church.
 
 02:00:08.720 --> 02:00:09.336
 ♪♪
 
 02:00:09.360 --> 02:00:12.576
 (Michelle)
 - In many parts of the world,
 the Catholic Church has been
 
 02:00:12.600 --> 02:00:18.176
 the most consistent opponent
 of artificial contraception.
 
 02:00:18.200 --> 02:00:19.656 position:20%
 - Bishops go to government
 
 02:00:19.680 --> 02:00:22.496 line:20%
 and try to lobby government
 against the provision
 
 02:00:22.520 --> 02:00:24.656 line:20%
 of sexual and reproductive
 health services.
 
 02:00:24.680 --> 02:00:27.856
 They believe that
 each and every marriage act,
 
 02:00:27.880 --> 02:00:29.136
 each and every time
 you have sex,
 
 02:00:29.160 --> 02:00:32.736 position:20%
 you must be open to
 the transmission of life.
 
 02:00:32.760 --> 02:00:33.536
 - You know, it\'s interesting.
 
 02:00:33.560 --> 02:00:37.376 position:20%
 When the kind of overpopulation
 became very much an issue
 
 02:00:37.400 --> 02:00:39.975
 in the \'50s and \'60s,
 there was a moment when
 
 02:00:39.999 --> 02:00:44.496
 it seemed as if the Vatican was
 going to reconsider its stance.
 
 02:00:44.520 --> 02:00:46.936
 There was
 Papal Birth Control Commission,
 
 02:00:46.960 --> 02:00:50.976
 which met over several years
 as part of the reforms
 
 02:00:51.000 --> 02:00:52.336
 that came about with Vatican II,
 
 02:00:52.360 --> 02:00:56.376 position:20%
 and they recommended that
 the Church revise its ban
 
 02:00:56.400 --> 02:00:58.736
 on all forms of artificial
 contraception.
 
 02:00:58.760 --> 02:01:00.776
 And it looked like
 the Church was going to do it,
 
 02:01:00.800 --> 02:01:03.096
 but then kind of traditionalists
 within the Church
 
 02:01:03.120 --> 02:01:05.736
 said this is going to
 undermine our authority,
 
 02:01:05.760 --> 02:01:09.496
 it\'ll, it\'ll mean that the Pope
 is not infallible.
 
 02:01:09.520 --> 02:01:10.976
 - Saint Peter\'s Square, Rome.
 
 02:01:11.000 --> 02:01:13.416 line:20%
 And in Vatican City,
 a few yards from here,
 
 02:01:13.440 --> 02:01:17.336 line:20%
 Pope Paul\'s Encyclical Letter
 to the Roman Catholic Church
 
 02:01:17.360 --> 02:01:18.216
 has just been released.
 
 02:01:18.240 --> 02:01:21.736 position:20%
 And with it, the hopes of those
 who hoped for some change
 
 02:01:21.760 --> 02:01:25.016
 in the rigid attitude of
 the Church towards birth control
 
 02:01:25.040 --> 02:01:27.016 position:20%
 have been finally smashed.
 
 02:01:27.040 --> 02:01:29.296
 What this Letter says
 in 37 pages
 
 02:01:29.320 --> 02:01:32.816
 of closely reasoned and often
 compassionate argument
 
 02:01:32.840 --> 02:01:34.736
 is that there is to be
 no change.
 
 02:01:34.760 --> 02:01:39.216
 - Through the 1968
 Papal Encyclical Humanae Vitae,
 
 02:01:39.240 --> 02:01:41.880
 the Church teaches us that...
 
 02:01:48.800 --> 02:01:50.936
 The Catholic bishops are
 especially angry,
 
 02:01:50.960 --> 02:01:53.536 position:20%
 because paying for
 contraceptives contradicts
 
 02:01:53.560 --> 02:01:55.975
 a belief
 those bishops hold dear,
 
 02:01:55.999 --> 02:01:58.016
 that Catholics don\'t use
 birth control,
 
 02:01:58.040 --> 02:02:02.616
 which isn\'t easy because
 98% of Catholic women
 
 02:02:02.640 --> 02:02:04.816
 use birth control.
 
 02:02:04.840 --> 02:02:06.336
 - They\'ll go to
 the United Nations.
 
 02:02:06.360 --> 02:02:08.296
 They\'ll go to
 the European Parliament.
 
 02:02:08.320 --> 02:02:10.816
 They\'ll go to your government
 in your country,
 
 02:02:10.840 --> 02:02:14.016
 and behind closed doors,
 they\'ll say don\'t send condoms
 
 02:02:14.040 --> 02:02:16.975
 or don\'t give family planning
 as part of development aid.
 
 02:02:16.999 --> 02:02:20.416
 Don\'t make reproductive health
 services available.
 
 02:02:20.440 --> 02:02:22.616
 Keep abortion illegal.
 
 02:02:22.640 --> 02:02:24.656
 - Since the Vatican is a state,
 
 02:02:24.680 --> 02:02:26.456
 as well as
 the seat of a religion,
 
 02:02:26.480 --> 02:02:30.776
 it\'s able to operate as a state
 in these big UN conferences.
 
 02:02:30.800 --> 02:02:33.976
 And so, it became often
 the locus of opposition
 
 02:02:34.000 --> 02:02:38.320
 to global agreements
 on reproductive rights.
 
 02:02:40.280 --> 02:02:46.816 line:20%
 (woman on PA)
 -This population action program
 that puts the earth first.
 
 02:02:46.840 --> 02:02:50.256
 Implementing this program of
 action will encourage safer,
 
 02:02:50.280 --> 02:02:54.416 line:20%
 more secure births by providing
 information and service
 
 02:02:54.440 --> 02:02:57.856
 to enable women and men
 to plan for pregnancy.
 
 02:02:57.880 --> 02:03:01.176 position:20%
 When I first started working
 as a physician in the UN,
 
 02:03:01.200 --> 02:03:05.136
 if you went to a village in
 India, Bangladesh or Nepal,
 
 02:03:05.160 --> 02:03:07.056
 if the woman knows
 you\'re a doctor,
 
 02:03:07.080 --> 02:03:09.296 line:20%
 literally the first thing
 they ask you is,
 
 02:03:09.320 --> 02:03:12.975 line:20%
 \"Oh, do you know of
 any method that I can just take
 
 02:03:12.999 --> 02:03:14.016
 and prevent getting pregnant?\"
 
 02:03:14.040 --> 02:03:19.176
 It will empower women,
 not with the power to fight,
 
 02:03:19.200 --> 02:03:21.975
 but with the power to decide.
 
 02:03:21.999 --> 02:03:25.256
 We just said that every
 individual had the right
 
 02:03:25.280 --> 02:03:28.496
 to have the information
 and to make the choice,
 
 02:03:28.520 --> 02:03:30.975
 but they needed to know about
 all the methods,
 
 02:03:30.999 --> 02:03:33.975
 they needed to have access,
 but the decision on
 
 02:03:33.999 --> 02:03:36.975 position:20%
 whether to marry,
 whether to have children,
 
 02:03:36.999 --> 02:03:40.696
 when to have and how many
 should be the individual\'s.
 
 02:03:40.720 --> 02:03:43.576 line:20%
 - It changed the whole paradigm,
 
 02:03:43.600 --> 02:03:45.056 position:20% line:20%
 is a word that one can use,
 
 02:03:45.080 --> 02:03:47.896 line:20%
 of how we look at the
 population problem,
 
 02:03:47.920 --> 02:03:51.975 position:20%
 more as an individual
 and family-centered thing.
 
 02:03:51.999 --> 02:03:55.975
 - It was kind of the pinnacle
 of the movement to make
 
 02:03:55.999 --> 02:03:59.896
 reproductive rights, as opposed
 to population control,
 
 02:03:59.920 --> 02:04:03.096
 a matter of global agreement.
 
 02:04:03.120 --> 02:04:05.696
 - During the Cairo
 population conference,
 
 02:04:05.720 --> 02:04:08.696 position:20%
 in the draft there was
 a paragraph talking about
 
 02:04:08.720 --> 02:04:09.496
 access to condoms.
 
 02:04:09.520 --> 02:04:12.975 line:20%
 The Vatican
 objected to this paragraph.
 
 02:04:12.999 --> 02:04:18.416
 The cleric said \"I wish to
 remind fellow delegates
 
 02:04:18.440 --> 02:04:20.616
 \"that the Roman Catholic Church
 
 02:04:20.640 --> 02:04:22.376 position:20%
 \"provides maybe two-thirds
 
 02:04:22.400 --> 02:04:23.336 position:20%
 \"of health care services,
 
 02:04:23.360 --> 02:04:27.336
 \"particularly at the hospital
 level in sub-Saharan Africa,
 
 02:04:27.360 --> 02:04:29.975
 \"and we will have to give
 very careful thought
 
 02:04:29.999 --> 02:04:32.696
 \"as to whether we continue
 those services
 
 02:04:32.720 --> 02:04:36.496
 if this paragraph is agreed.\"
 
 02:04:36.520 --> 02:04:39.296
 (stuttering, scoffing)
 
 02:04:39.320 --> 02:04:41.176
 You know,
 and again, the room,
 
 02:04:41.200 --> 02:04:45.176
 you could just see
 that people literally--
 
 02:04:45.200 --> 02:04:49.136
 even I when I repeat that
 comment, my mouth drops open.
 
 02:04:49.160 --> 02:04:51.496
 I mean, literally, people,
 you could just see,
 
 02:04:51.520 --> 02:04:54.696
 they could not believe
 that the Vatican
 
 02:04:54.720 --> 02:04:58.975
 would make that kind of threat.
 
 02:04:58.999 --> 02:05:04.376
 (Michelle)
 John Paul II was unique
 in his zeal and in the priority
 
 02:05:04.400 --> 02:05:05.975
 that he gave it,
 so that, you know,
 
 02:05:05.999 --> 02:05:08.776 position:20%
 being against abortion
 and against contraception
 
 02:05:08.800 --> 02:05:11.296
 and against what he called
 a \"culture of death\"
 
 02:05:11.320 --> 02:05:15.096
 became in certain ways
 the most important test
 
 02:05:15.120 --> 02:05:17.016
 of Catholic piety.
 
 02:05:17.040 --> 02:05:19.975
 At one point, in the run-up
 to the Cairo conference,
 
 02:05:19.999 --> 02:05:23.936
 the Vatican sent emissaries
 to Libya and to Iran,
 
 02:05:23.960 --> 02:05:27.136
 and so, going into Cairo,
 you had this
 
 02:05:27.160 --> 02:05:29.456
 Vatican-Muslim alliance
 against countries
 
 02:05:29.480 --> 02:05:30.616 position:20%
 from the rest of the world.
 
 02:05:30.640 --> 02:05:32.336
 - They had convinced
 the Muslim governments
 
 02:05:32.360 --> 02:05:36.016
 that this was a conference
 that would give women
 
 02:05:36.040 --> 02:05:38.936
 unlimited freedom
 to have free love--
 
 02:05:38.960 --> 02:05:42.336
 I don\'t know what all, I mean,
 the way they interpreted it.
 
 02:05:42.360 --> 02:05:46.176
 - It fell apart
 because during the negotiations,
 
 02:05:46.200 --> 02:05:48.496
 a lot of the Muslim states
 were willing to give way
 
 02:05:48.520 --> 02:05:51.296
 on some of the issues that the
 Vatican wanted to hold fast on.
 
 02:05:51.320 --> 02:05:55.856 position:20%
 - They just left the Vatican
 and joined the consensus,
 
 02:05:55.880 --> 02:05:58.896
 so the Vatican
 was totally isolated.
 
 02:05:58.920 --> 02:06:01.336 position:20%
 - The two faiths have
 very different theologies
 
 02:06:01.360 --> 02:06:04.576
 about reproduction and about
 the beginning of life.
 
 02:06:04.600 --> 02:06:06.975
 You can get
 the morning-after pill
 
 02:06:06.999 --> 02:06:08.176
 over the counter
 in Saudi Arabia.
 
 02:06:08.200 --> 02:06:12.136
 There\'s no Muslim country
 in the world that bans abortion
 
 02:06:12.160 --> 02:06:16.376 position:20%
 as strictly as say, you know,
 Nicaragua or El Salvador.
 
 02:06:16.400 --> 02:06:19.376
 It just doesn\'t have
 the same salience.
 
 02:06:19.400 --> 02:06:21.999
 (people chatting)
 
 02:06:25.999 --> 02:06:29.240
 ♪♪
 
 02:06:42.320 --> 02:06:43.936 line:20%
 - The topic we were discussing
 
 02:06:43.960 --> 02:06:46.936
 is the perception
 of family planning in Islam.
 
 02:06:46.960 --> 02:06:50.216 position:20%
 Islam being
 a social welfare religion,
 
 02:06:50.240 --> 02:06:56.376
 in this society the basic unit
 is the household.
 
 02:06:56.400 --> 02:07:03.856
 Within that, are the defined
 responsibilities of the spouses.
 
 02:07:03.880 --> 02:07:07.136
 - What about family planning
 for the unmarried?
 
 02:07:07.160 --> 02:07:08.736
 (students chuckle)
 
 02:07:08.760 --> 02:07:11.496
 - Are you asking
 because you\'re not married?
 
 02:07:11.520 --> 02:07:12.976
 (students laugh)
 
 02:07:13.000 --> 02:07:16.616
 - The Imam himself
 has planned his family.
 
 02:07:16.640 --> 02:07:22.016
 We ask him to speak to some
 families who are resisting it.
 
 02:07:22.040 --> 02:07:28.776
 So, he helps out and tells them
 that it is mentioned
 
 02:07:28.800 --> 02:07:35.696
 in The Quran that if
 a mother gives birth to a child,
 
 02:07:35.720 --> 02:07:38.376
 she must wait at least two years
 
 02:07:38.400 --> 02:07:43.656
 so that she can breastfeed
 her newborn.
 
 02:07:43.680 --> 02:07:48.976
 So he helps out
 by speaking
 
 02:07:49.000 --> 02:07:54.999 position:20%
 face to face with people.
 
 02:07:55.600 --> 02:07:58.056
 - The position of family
 planning in Islam
 
 02:07:58.080 --> 02:08:01.536 position:20%
 is found in the Quran
 and in the Hadith
 (the Prophet\'s teachings).
 
 02:08:01.560 --> 02:08:04.816
 The kind of values
 that Islam teaches,
 
 02:08:04.840 --> 02:08:07.896
 shows how to live your life
 according to the basic unit
 
 02:08:07.920 --> 02:08:14.656 position:20%
 of society, a family,
 emphasizing its goodness.
 
 02:08:14.680 --> 02:08:16.936
 And for its betterment,
 the couple needs
 
 02:08:16.960 --> 02:08:20.816
 to think together
 and work on it.
 
 02:08:20.840 --> 02:08:27.296
 They need to plan
 the expansion of the family
 
 02:08:27.320 --> 02:08:32.016 position:20%
 and fulfill everyday needs
 
 02:08:32.040 --> 02:08:37.936
 and to make sure our kids
 lead a better fulfilled life.
 
 02:08:37.960 --> 02:08:39.856
 (cars honking)
 
 02:08:39.880 --> 02:08:42.280
 (people chatting)
 
 02:08:46.320 --> 02:08:50.616
 (Carlos)
 - 70% of Filipinos want
 the population management policy
 
 02:08:50.640 --> 02:08:56.096
 on the national level.
 
 02:08:56.120 --> 02:08:57.975 position:20%
 Right now, I think there\'s
 actually a paradigm shift
 
 02:08:57.999 --> 02:09:01.416
 happening in the Philippines,
 thanks to a younger population.
 
 02:09:01.440 --> 02:09:05.136
 The Catholic Church is holding
 Filipino politicians hostage.
 
 02:09:05.160 --> 02:09:07.975
 They\'re not holding the Filipino
 himself hostage.
 
 02:09:07.999 --> 02:09:11.416
 (man on TV)
 -The miracle of life
 begins at fertilization
 
 02:09:11.440 --> 02:09:12.576
 and I can explain to you
 
 02:09:12.600 --> 02:09:15.456
 that anything that hampers
 fertilization--
 
 02:09:15.480 --> 02:09:16.975
 - They got a graph!
 
 02:09:16.999 --> 02:09:18.656
 They\'re breaking out a graph.
 
 02:09:18.680 --> 02:09:20.416
 It\'s not a graph.
 
 02:09:20.440 --> 02:09:22.576
 I think it\'s time
 for the Philippines to get up
 
 02:09:22.600 --> 02:09:25.975
 and try a brand-new plan
 because apparently,
 
 02:09:25.999 --> 02:09:27.136 position:20%
 people who don\'t have sex
 
 02:09:27.160 --> 02:09:29.856
 shouldn\'t be telling us
 how to have it.
 
 02:09:29.880 --> 02:09:32.480
 (seagulls crying throughout)
 
 02:09:46.999 --> 02:09:49.816
 - These are my photographs
 of Midway Island
 
 02:09:49.840 --> 02:09:51.856
 in the middle
 of the Pacific Ocean.
 
 02:09:51.880 --> 02:09:55.376
 And it\'s a place where
 this stunningly symbolic
 
 02:09:55.400 --> 02:09:57.696
 environmental tragedy
 is happening,
 
 02:09:57.720 --> 02:09:59.975
 of tens of thousands
 of albatrosses
 
 02:09:59.999 --> 02:10:01.976
 whose bodies are
 filled up with plastic.
 
 02:10:02.000 --> 02:10:06.360
 Plastic cigarette lighters
 and bottle caps.
 
 02:10:08.520 --> 02:10:10.536
 One of the most common reactions
 to these photographs
 
 02:10:10.560 --> 02:10:14.400
 is people think I put
 the plastic inside the birds.
 
 02:10:14.880 --> 02:10:17.975
 I think it\'s just so shocking
 to see images like this
 
 02:10:17.999 --> 02:10:18.576
 from such a remote place
 
 02:10:18.600 --> 02:10:22.256 position:20%
 that people naturally suspect
 they\'ve been manipulated.
 
 02:10:22.280 --> 02:10:26.096
 But I didn\'t move or arrange
 or add a single piece of plastic
 
 02:10:26.120 --> 02:10:29.656
 in any of the photographs that
 I\'ve taken out there.
 
 02:10:29.680 --> 02:10:32.016
 This is the actual
 stomach contents of dead birds
 
 02:10:32.040 --> 02:10:36.975
 on one of the most remote
 islands on our planet.
 
 02:10:36.999 --> 02:10:38.856
 And of all the places
 it could be happening,
 
 02:10:38.880 --> 02:10:40.975
 it\'s happening
 on an island called Midway.
 
 02:10:40.999 --> 02:10:43.936
 I mean, what more evocative term
 could there be
 
 02:10:43.960 --> 02:10:47.576
 for the place that humanity
 finds itself right now?
 
 02:10:47.600 --> 02:10:50.975
 We\'re caught between
 the mistakes of our past
 
 02:10:50.999 --> 02:10:54.975
 and these apocalyptic forecasts
 we\'re hearing about our future.
 
 02:10:54.999 --> 02:10:55.896 position:20%
 We\'re at this midway place.
 
 02:10:55.920 --> 02:10:57.576
 We\'re going through
 the eye of the needle.
 
 02:10:57.600 --> 02:10:59.975
 And now\'s the time to make
 wise choices.
 
 02:10:59.999 --> 02:11:02.975
 On one hand,
 I think each one of us
 
 02:11:02.999 --> 02:11:07.096
 rightfully feels really,
 really small.
 
 02:11:07.120 --> 02:11:09.496
 One out of seven billion people.
 
 02:11:09.520 --> 02:11:12.975
 And on another hand,
 we all know that one person
 
 02:11:12.999 --> 02:11:14.840
 can make a difference.
 
 02:11:19.200 --> 02:11:21.616
 (people talking
 in foreign language)
 
 02:11:21.640 --> 02:11:27.016
 - In this village
 where I have been assigned,
 
 02:11:27.040 --> 02:11:32.736
 I serve a population
 of 1,205 people.
 
 02:11:32.760 --> 02:11:37.776
 183 houses.
 
 02:11:37.800 --> 02:11:40.080
 (women talking)
 
 02:11:40.999 --> 02:11:43.975 position:20%
 There are 34 condom users.
 
 02:11:43.999 --> 02:11:47.976
 Four who use pills,
 including myself,
 
 02:11:48.000 --> 02:11:53.496
 three users of IUDs,
 
 02:11:53.520 --> 02:11:58.536
 and seven users of injections.
 
 02:11:58.560 --> 02:12:02.296
 - How long have you been
 using condoms?
 
 02:12:02.320 --> 02:12:04.816
 - Five or six years.
 
 02:12:04.840 --> 02:12:06.976
 - Does your husband
 have any problem
 
 02:12:07.000 --> 02:12:09.975 position:20%
 with using family planning?
 
 02:12:09.999 --> 02:12:14.975
 - No, no.
 - No problem at all.
 
 02:12:14.999 --> 02:12:15.656
 (doorbell buzzing)
 
 02:12:15.680 --> 02:12:19.736 position:20%
 There are more than
 80,000 Lady Health Workers
 
 02:12:19.760 --> 02:12:21.776
 working in Pakistan.
 
 02:12:21.800 --> 02:12:24.896
 And the Government\'s aim
 is to bring this number
 
 02:12:24.920 --> 02:12:27.975
 to above 100,000.
 
 02:12:27.999 --> 02:12:31.975
 The Government is focusing fully
 on this aspect
 
 02:12:31.999 --> 02:12:35.216
 because they feel that
 Lady Health Workers
 
 02:12:35.240 --> 02:12:37.936
 are the backbone
 for the improvement
 
 02:12:37.960 --> 02:12:40.720
 of health problems
 in this country.
 
 02:12:43.999 --> 02:12:45.176
 (man)
 -We as Kibera Hamlets,
 
 02:12:45.200 --> 02:12:52.256
 our work is to entertain
 the society through arts.
 
 02:12:52.280 --> 02:12:56.999
 This is our guest of honor.
 
 02:13:03.160 --> 02:13:05.640
 (music playing)
 
 02:13:09.880 --> 02:13:14.816
 -Today, we will discuss
 family planning.
 
 02:13:14.840 --> 02:13:16.576
 -I am here to know more about
 
 02:13:16.600 --> 02:13:20.656
 family planning
 and its importance.
 
 02:13:20.680 --> 02:13:26.056
 We need to control our birth
 rate to have a better life.
 
 02:13:26.080 --> 02:13:28.999
 (man speaking
 in foreign language)
 
 02:13:30.760 --> 02:13:41.296
 -I have seen that there is no
 proper family planning.
 
 02:13:41.320 --> 02:13:45.976 line:20%
 - There are over 200 million
 women globally
 
 02:13:46.000 --> 02:13:48.016 line:20%
 that do want to family plan.
 
 02:13:48.040 --> 02:13:52.056
 They do want to do something
 about their pregnancies.
 
 02:13:52.080 --> 02:13:53.975
 But they are not able to do it.
 
 02:13:53.999 --> 02:13:55.856
 They are not
 using any contraception
 
 02:13:55.880 --> 02:13:59.936 position:20%
 because those contraception
 are not available to them.
 
 02:13:59.960 --> 02:14:01.975
 -I don\'t understand this.
 
 02:14:01.999 --> 02:14:05.456
 How can you give me 20 Ksh
 to feed five children?
 
 02:14:05.480 --> 02:14:09.000
 And still,
 he wants another child!
 
 02:14:09.920 --> 02:14:12.656
 - I already had six children
 
 02:14:12.680 --> 02:14:17.136
 by the time I heard about
 family planning.
 
 02:14:17.160 --> 02:14:19.840
 (indistinct shouting)
 
 02:14:20.999 --> 02:14:29.136
 -Family planning is development
 and it\'s future planning.
 
 02:14:29.160 --> 02:14:35.056
 If you are here
 and want to see our doctors
 
 02:14:35.080 --> 02:14:36.376
 about family planning,
 you are welcome to.
 
 02:14:36.400 --> 02:14:40.376
 Get to know which planning
 method is best for you.
 
 02:14:40.400 --> 02:14:47.856
 Whether it\'s a coil,
 pills or the tablet.
 
 02:14:47.880 --> 02:14:48.975
 -Yes, yes!
 
 02:14:48.999 --> 02:14:52.056
 They say that God
 gives us kids,
 
 02:14:52.080 --> 02:14:54.400
 but we still need to plan.
 
 02:14:55.360 --> 02:14:56.456 position:20%
 - I\'m using family planning
 
 02:14:56.480 --> 02:14:59.096
 because I don\'t want to live
 in this situation again.
 
 02:14:59.120 --> 02:15:02.256
 I don\'t want to be ignorant
 because you never know.
 
 02:15:02.280 --> 02:15:05.256
 (laughing)
 Something might happen anytime.
 
 02:15:05.280 --> 02:15:07.896 position:20%
 So you need to be prepared.
 
 02:15:07.920 --> 02:15:10.816
 \"A\" for apple.
 
 02:15:10.840 --> 02:15:13.576
 \"B\" for boy.
 
 02:15:13.600 --> 02:15:14.136
 \"C\" for cat.
 
 02:15:14.160 --> 02:15:16.936
 For my child Laura,
 when I see my child reaching
 
 02:15:16.960 --> 02:15:20.696
 at least adolescent stage,
 I will encourage her
 
 02:15:20.720 --> 02:15:23.816
 that she can take
 family planning.
 
 02:15:23.840 --> 02:15:25.080
 Yeah.
 
 02:15:26.680 --> 02:15:30.576
 I have to finish my education,
 and at least get a good career
 
 02:15:30.600 --> 02:15:36.975
 because it can help me to
 support my family, my mother.
 
 02:15:36.999 --> 02:15:38.656 position:20%
 When I look at our family,
 
 02:15:38.680 --> 02:15:41.096
 because of the many challenges
 that we face,
 
 02:15:41.120 --> 02:15:44.576 position:20%
 I don\'t think that
 I want a very big family.
 
 02:15:44.600 --> 02:15:46.216
 I just want a small one.
 
 02:15:46.240 --> 02:15:48.496
 A manageable one, yeah.
 
 02:15:48.520 --> 02:15:51.360
 (all talking
 in foreign language)
 
 02:15:52.999 --> 02:15:55.256
 - I have two daughters
 and two sons.
 
 02:15:55.280 --> 02:15:56.975
 - Do you want any more children?
 
 02:15:56.999 --> 02:16:01.536
 - I just want these
 to be raised well.
 
 02:16:01.560 --> 02:16:05.416
 - If God gives me another son,
 
 02:16:05.440 --> 02:16:10.016
 then I\'ll definitely
 think about family planning.
 
 02:16:10.040 --> 02:16:12.416
 I also want that.
 
 02:16:12.440 --> 02:16:15.856
 - In my opinion,
 family planning is imperative
 
 02:16:15.880 --> 02:16:21.096 position:20%
 for the betterment of the
 country and the household.
 
 02:16:21.120 --> 02:16:22.496
 - The natural thing,
 
 02:16:22.520 --> 02:16:25.456
 once children
 become an investment,
 
 02:16:25.480 --> 02:16:26.975
 as opposed to an asset,
 
 02:16:26.999 --> 02:16:28.256
 once you\'re investing
 in your children
 
 02:16:28.280 --> 02:16:31.256
 by sending them to college
 or trying to get them
 
 02:16:31.280 --> 02:16:34.216
 even a secondary education,
 then you understand
 
 02:16:34.240 --> 02:16:39.975 position:20%
 you can only afford to invest
 in a small number of them.
 
 02:16:39.999 --> 02:16:42.016
 (Raghib)
 We can see
 Pakistan\'s population
 
 02:16:42.040 --> 02:16:43.975
 becoming a problem
 in the near future.
 
 02:16:43.999 --> 02:16:46.975
 However,
 if the government of Pakistan
 
 02:16:46.999 --> 02:16:50.975
 uses its resources properly,
 
 02:16:50.999 --> 02:16:54.016
 then it will
 not be a problem.
 
 02:16:54.040 --> 02:16:59.496
 Investments should be made
 in education,
 
 02:16:59.520 --> 02:17:01.536
 which isn\'t happening
 in Pakistan.
 
 02:17:01.560 --> 02:17:06.975
 Because obviously an educated
 family would consider
 
 02:17:06.999 --> 02:17:10.456 position:20%
 the health, academic,
 as well as moral education
 
 02:17:10.480 --> 02:17:13.256 position:20%
 of their children
 so that they grow up to be
 
 02:17:13.280 --> 02:17:19.240
 upstanding citizens in society.
 
 02:17:20.600 --> 02:17:25.975 position:20%
 - We need a just world
 with all the same chances.
 
 02:17:25.999 --> 02:17:31.456
 If these two billions
 will be here, very poor,
 
 02:17:31.480 --> 02:17:33.975
 some even collapsed countries--
 
 02:17:33.999 --> 02:17:36.975
 I see Al Qaida,
 I see pirates.
 
 02:17:36.999 --> 02:17:40.256
 Then population growth
 will continue.
 
 02:17:40.280 --> 02:17:45.976
 But if these people will get
 a decent life, go to school,
 
 02:17:46.000 --> 02:17:47.975
 have access to family planning--
 
 02:17:47.999 --> 02:17:50.656
 some even move
 all the way up here.
 
 02:17:50.680 --> 02:17:53.896
 You will have a world like this.
 
 02:17:53.920 --> 02:17:56.975
 Then we will stop
 at nine billion.
 
 02:17:56.999 --> 02:18:00.296 position:20%
 (Adrienne)
 We need to rethink what we
 mean by population policy.
 
 02:18:00.320 --> 02:18:03.336
 We need to put the people
 at the center of this paradigm
 
 02:18:03.360 --> 02:18:05.616
 and if we do it that way,
 we\'ll not only
 
 02:18:05.640 --> 02:18:09.496 position:20%
 serve the individuals
 far better, but actually,
 
 02:18:09.520 --> 02:18:15.576
 we\'ll achieve our population
 goals at the same time.
 
 02:18:15.600 --> 02:18:19.056
 (Michelle)
 Women\'s rights are key
 to every big
 
 02:18:19.080 --> 02:18:22.416
 environmental challenge
 that we face.
 
 02:18:22.440 --> 02:18:24.856
 When you have policies
 like family planning
 
 02:18:24.880 --> 02:18:26.656
 that do so much
 for women\'s rights
 
 02:18:26.680 --> 02:18:28.896
 and for people\'s dignity
 and aspirations
 
 02:18:28.920 --> 02:18:34.616
 and that also allow countries to
 grow or shrink more manageably,
 
 02:18:34.640 --> 02:18:36.176
 it\'s a win-win.
 
 02:18:36.200 --> 02:18:39.975
 (women laughing)
 
 02:18:39.999 --> 02:18:41.176
 ♪♪
 
 02:18:41.200 --> 02:18:45.016
 - You can see a society,
 not just a wealthy society,
 
 02:18:45.040 --> 02:18:49.576 position:20%
 but a society at any level
 in this world transformed
 
 02:18:49.600 --> 02:18:54.096
 within less than a generation
 through these programs.
 
 02:18:54.120 --> 02:18:56.296
 It\'s extraordinary
 how fast it can happen.
 
 02:18:56.320 --> 02:19:00.856
 (practicing vowels)
 \"A...\"
 - \"A\"
 
 02:19:00.880 --> 02:19:01.816
 - E
 - E
 
 02:19:01.840 --> 02:19:02.376
 - I
 - I...
 
 02:19:02.400 --> 02:19:06.296
 (MATHIS)
 Is population more important
 than consumption or vice versa?
 
 02:19:06.320 --> 02:19:08.216
 And I would say the most
 important thing
 
 02:19:08.240 --> 02:19:09.416
 is human wellbeing.
 
 02:19:09.440 --> 02:19:11.696
 That\'s at
 the center.
 
 02:19:11.720 --> 02:19:12.975
 And there\'s a condition
 for that.
 
 02:19:12.999 --> 02:19:15.416
 The condition is
 do we have enough resources
 
 02:19:15.440 --> 02:19:17.096
 to maintain ourselves?
 
 02:19:17.120 --> 02:19:20.520
 ♪♪
 
 02:19:22.680 --> 02:19:25.975
 (Musimbi)
 All of us must find a way
 of reducing consumption,
 
 02:19:25.999 --> 02:19:29.056
 but it really means
 global behavior.
 
 02:19:29.080 --> 02:19:30.096
 We live in one world.
 
 02:19:30.120 --> 02:19:33.975
 And it doesn\'t really matter who
 polluted and who didn\'t pollute.
 
 02:19:33.999 --> 02:19:34.975
 Who was poor and who was rich.
 
 02:19:34.999 --> 02:19:38.736
 In the end, we have really to be
 accountable for the changes
 
 02:19:38.760 --> 02:19:39.816
 that happen on our environment,
 
 02:19:39.840 --> 02:19:44.456
 and we need to be at the table
 and find the solutions together.
 
 02:19:44.480 --> 02:19:47.880
 ♪♪
 
 02:19:48.800 --> 02:19:52.136 position:20%
 (Hans)
 Human beings are capable
 of solving their problems.
 
 02:19:52.160 --> 02:19:55.975
 We\'ve done things before when
 changes were needed.
 
 02:19:55.999 --> 02:20:00.776
 We have a lot of money,
 we have a lot of human skills.
 
 02:20:00.800 --> 02:20:02.999
 It needs to be done.
 
 02:20:03.999 --> 02:20:07.975 position:20%
 If we are clever enough to do
 it, that\'s another thing.
 
 02:20:07.999 --> 02:20:10.560
 (fetal heartbeat)
 
 02:20:14.720 --> 02:20:17.999
 ♪♪
 
 02:20:18.560 --> 02:20:23.536
 (woman)
 - ♪ It was always
 what you said it ♪
 
 02:20:23.560 --> 02:20:27.975
 ♪ Would be and nothing more ♪
 
 02:20:27.999 --> 02:20:30.496
 ♪ Through the smoke screens ♪
 
 02:20:30.520 --> 02:20:32.975
 ♪ And the pipe dreams ♪
 
 02:20:32.999 --> 02:20:37.056
 ♪ And the blood
 on the floor ♪
 
 02:20:37.080 --> 02:20:38.975 position:20%
 ♪ Well you say it\'s black ♪
 
 02:20:38.999 --> 02:20:46.496
 ♪ Well it\'s bound
 to be black ♪
 
 02:20:46.520 --> 02:20:48.975
 ♪ You\'ve made up your mind ♪
 
 02:20:48.999 --> 02:20:51.176 line:20%
 ♪ And you see ♪
 
 02:20:51.200 --> 02:20:54.240 line:20%
 ♪ With that ♪
 
 02:20:57.320 --> 02:21:00.296
 ♪ Baby if you wanna be right ♪
 
 02:21:00.320 --> 02:21:02.536
 ♪ I will let you
 be right ♪
 
 02:21:02.560 --> 02:21:06.736
 ♪ I will
 let you be right ♪
 
 02:21:06.760 --> 02:21:09.176
 ♪ You know that
 the numbers don\'t lie ♪
 
 02:21:09.200 --> 02:21:11.376
 ♪ Oh no, the numbers
 don\'t lie ♪
 
 02:21:11.400 --> 02:21:16.336
 ♪ Two wrongs will not
 make it right ♪
 
 02:21:16.360 --> 02:21:19.760 line:20%
 ♪♪
 
 02:21:24.040 --> 02:21:30.999
 ♪ You said one and one and one
 and one is three ♪
 
 02:21:31.999 --> 02:21:33.776
 ♪ Oooh ooh ooh ♪
 
 02:21:33.800 --> 02:21:37.656
 ♪ I know my lines and
 my graphs and my math ♪
 
 02:21:37.680 --> 02:21:41.200 position:20%
 ♪ Honey, that ain\'t me ♪♪
Distributor: Women Make Movies
Length: 82 minutes
Date: 2016
Genre: Expository
Language: English; Swahili; Urdu; Tagalog; Spanish / English subtitles
Grade: College, Adults
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