Osterreichische Stiftung fur Welbevolkerung und Internationale Zusammenarbeit (SWI), an Austrian population and development organization, has completed its second package of teaching materials to be used in Austrian secondary education schools. The main component of the package is a 30-page brochure titled "6 Billion - are we concerned?" The educational materials are targeted at 15 to 18 year-old students. "6 Billion - are we concerned?" is an interdisciplinary approach to examining the factors contributing to population growth, and makes connections with other social trends.

To aid the Austrian secondary students in their study of population, SWI's materials contain numerous diagrams and tables providing an overview about demographic developments in past and future projections. A glossary explains all terms and a detailed discussion guide will facilitate classroom and peer-to-peer conversation. Students are invited to reflect on their own situation in life and to empathize with young people their age living in other countries under much different circumstances.