This summer, geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison will walk across seven of Earth's largest cities to produce Urban Earth.

"In 2008, the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: for the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth", UN State of the World Population Report 2007.

Daniel will capture the year in which Earth's human population turned urban by photographing every one hundred metres of his 700km journey across the metropolitan areas of New York, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Lagos, Mumbai, Jakarta and Tokyo. Presently two television producers have shown interest in following what promises to be an exciting adventure.

In addition to capturing the imagination of the general public, Daniel will publish for free the film and photographs along with guidance for teachers to use the resources in schools across the world. Urban Earth promises to be a low cost, high impact opportunity.

Offers of sponsorship are now open for Urban Earth. In return for sponsoring Urban Earth sponsors will: 1. have shared copyright over the photographs and final film; 2. have their company name and logo in the film credits; 3. have their company name and logo on the website and educational resources that will be made freely available to teachers and educators around the world; 4. have access to Daniel Raven-Ellison for publicity and marketing opportunities; 5. be the sole sponsor of Urban Earth.

Contact: Daniel Raven-Ellison

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