World:
2014-2015 Winners
The World of 7 Billion contest is a project of the Population Education program, provider of K-12 classroom resources and professional development opportunities.
The World is in The Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction
What Will Happen to Us?
Katherine Selley and Catherine Knox
Broadneck High School, Annapolis, MD
The Sixth Mass Extinction
Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA
Sixth Mass Extinction
Pullman High School, Pullman, WA
Time to Change
Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
We Did This to Ourselves
Pullman High School, Pullman, WA
Most of The World’s Suitable Farmland is Already Under Cultivation
Our Future Food Demand
First Colonial High School, Virginia Beach, VA
Save Land, Save Humanity
Kaohsiung American School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Beef Up Sustainable Farming
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Choices
Southern Cross K-12 School, Ballina East, NSW, Australia
Worldwide 1 in 10 Primary School Age Children and 1 in 3 Secondary Age Children are not Enrolled in School
What Would You Sacrifice for an Education?
Coppell High School, Coppell, TX
Stop the Cycle
Coppell High School, Coppell, TX
Universal Education and How It Gives Everyone a Fair Chance
The Waterford School, Sandy, UT
Would You Make That Difference?
Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, ID
Finalists
THE WORLD IS IN THE MIDST OF A SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION
Pearse Callaghan, The Sixth Mass Extinction
School – Valhalla High School, White Plains, NY
Thomas Farner, The Time to Act – Is Now
School for the Talented and Gifted, Dallas, TX
Holly Funkhouser, The World of 7 Billion Meets the Animal Kingdom
Massanutten Regional Governor’s School, Mt. Jackson, VA
Ivy Lee, Sixth Catastrophic Extinction
McNeil High School, Austin, TX
Paulina Wijaya, The Power of Now
Anglo-Chinese School (International) Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
MOST OF THE WORLD’S SUITABLE FARMLAND IS ALREADY UNDER CULTIVATION
Vivian Baliozian, Food for Thought
Lycée Français de Chicago, Chicago, IL
Zee Cleveland, Sensing The Future
School for the Talented and Gifted, Dallas, TX
Tanya Dimitrov, Don’t Spoil Our Soil
Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA
David Monical, Shortage of Suitable Farmland
Piedmont High School , Piedmont, CA
Cameron Sherry, Not Enough Land
Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills, CA
David Woldenberg, Feeding Our Cities
Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA
WORLDWIDE, 1 IN 10 PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND 1 IN 3 SECONDARY AGE CHILDREN ARE NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
Hannah Cho, Our Kids Need It
Troy High School, Troy, MI
Nicole Fiallos, Queremos Una Buena Educación
Discovery School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Alicia Gill, The Importance of Education
R. E. Mountain Secondary School, Langley Township, BC, Canada
Salima Kalyalya, The Power of Education
American International School of Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia
Jay Mondkar, Education is Key
Carnegie Vanguard High School, Houston, TX
Jesse Sanford, Education for All
Campbell Hall School, Studio City, CA
Contest Judges
| Elizabeth Andrade | VP and Executive Producer, Pixeldust Studios |
| Ellen Barnard | Executive Producer, Tomorrow Pictures Inc. |
| Jill Beale | Manager of Youth Media Education, BRIC |
| Liam Billingham | Filmmaker/Teaching Artist |
| Barrett Bumpas | International Agricultural Program Specialist, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA |
| Dr. Kathleen Bush | Research Assistant Professor, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University |
| Lori Butterfield | Senior VP, Creative Content & Development, Pixeldust |
| Maggie Cohn | Writer/Director |
| Dr. Ken Conca | Professor, School of International Service, American University |
| Catherine Cyran | Independent Filmmaker and Writer-Director |
| Chris Day | Head of Corporate Communications, United Talent Agency |
| Ranae DeSantis | Educator and Environmental Activist |
| Paula Ehrlich | President & CEO, E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation |
| Christopher Fauchere | Filmmaker, Mother: Caring for 7 Billion |
| Dr. James Gerber | Co-Director and Lead Scientist, Global Landscapes Initiative, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota |
| April Haight | Director, Center for Environmental Education, Morehead State University |
| Joan Hourican | Elementary School Teacher and Education Consultant, Lake Clarke Shores, FL |
| Joyce Johnson | Filmmaker, Mother: Caring for 7 Billion |
| Sharon Kinsey | County 4-H Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County |
| Kate Klonowski | Ph.D. Student, Cultural Foundations, Kent State University |
| Kelly Korenak | Teacher and Curriculum Developer |
| Stephen Marks | Partner/Manager, Evolution Entertainment Partners |
| Nick Morris |
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| Alice P. Neuhauser | Principal, High Sierra Films |
| Lisa Russell | Emmy-winning Filmmaker, Global Health Advocate, Governess Films |
| John Seager | President and CEO, Population Connection |
| Dr. Vilma Seeberg | Associate Professor of International-Multicultural Education, Kent State University |
| Tiffany Stecker | Agricultural Reporter, Greenwire |