8 Billion Angels Executive Producer Terry Spahr was the keynote speaker at investment firm LBC Credit’s annual investor meeting in Philadelphia, PA. His presentation to more than 80 attendees outlined the problems associated with humanity’s increasing and seemingly insatiable consumption of the planet’s resources combined with the daily addition of 220,000 new people to our…
As reported in the Associated Press on October 5th 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ceased internal production of livestock feed and wheat due to water scarcity. Food and water security are a major strategic challenge for the middle eastern country, resulting in strategic trade deals with Russia to import feed for Saudi livestock. In…
The IDA (International Documentary Association) and PMC (The Population Media Center) have both accepted 8 Billion Angels Productions into their fiscal sponsorship programs. Both organizations recognize the film production as a valuable endeavor making an important social and environmental impact on the world. The sponsorship allows individuals and foundations to be able to contribute…
During our investigation of the impacts of population and consumption, we spent a day in May 2017 at Mook Sea Farm http://www.maineoysterfarm.com/ in Damariscotta, Maine, with Bill Mook to see and hear firsthand his experience with the environmental changes affecting his business. Their farm grows and produces over 130 million oysters a year. Bill explained how the…
Today, August 2 marks Earth Overshoot Day. A day that represents when all 7.5 Billion people on our planet have used up the resources that the earth can naturally regenerate every year. Tomorrow, August 3, according to The Global Footprint Network, an organization that studies the bio capacity of the earth, we start eating into…
Our 8 Billion Angels film team traveled to Cambridge Massachusetts in March 2017 to meet with and interview David Montgomery, professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he leads the Geomorphological Research Group and is a member of the Quaternary Research Center. David is considered a leading expert in the…