{"id":2936,"date":"2018-07-23T01:04:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2018\/07\/making-our-mark-on-world-population-day\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T20:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:04:21","slug":"making-our-mark-on-world-population-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2018\/07\/making-our-mark-on-world-population-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Making our mark on World Population Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Van-at-St-Martins_crop-1536x576.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Making our mark on World Population Day<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-07-23T01:04:57+01:00\">23 July 2018<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">On World Population Day 2018, Population Matters took to the streets of London with a truck-mounted mobile digital display of the \u201cpopulation clock\u201d \u2013 global population growth live. People reacted with surprise, disbelief, and shock. Watch the video, see the reactions \u2013 and see the numbers tick up and up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nPopulation clock on tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We took the van to many London locations, from Trafalgar Square to the London School of Economics to Parliament and Oxford Street, one of the busiest shopping streets in the world. We also took it to the London HQ of Friends of the Earth, to remind them of the importance of tackling population growth to protect the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The van also joined Population Matters\u2019 London Group as they held a leafleting session near the National Gallery in London, with the help of\u00a0Anthropocene campaign\u00a0mascot,\u00a0Big Foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Population Day gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Robin-rsz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Robin-rsz.png 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Robin-rsz-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-HO-medium-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-HO-medium-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-HO-medium-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThe population clock outside the UK government\u2019s Home Office and Department for the Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Florence-and-punter-medium-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Florence-and-punter-medium-768x512\" class=\"wp-image-2085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Florence-and-punter-medium-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Florence-and-punter-medium-768x512-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\nPM volunteer Florence talking to the public by the Houses of Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-and-man-medium-768x751-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-and-man-medium-768x751-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-and-man-medium-768x751-1-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;Van at LSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Trafalgar-rsz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Trafalgar-rsz.png 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Trafalgar-rsz-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\nVan at Trafalgar Square<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Parliament-_-medium-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Parliament-_-medium-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-Parliament-_-medium-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-St-Martins-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-St-Martins-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Van-at-St-Martins-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ac-rsz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3813\" 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