Adding another estimated 2 billion people over the next three decades to our existing 7.7 billion global population will put unimaginable stress on the planet’s resources.
Tag: overpopulation
Bob Stannard: World cannot support its growing population
Too many humans are what’s causing the problems of the world; not the world causing problems for too many humans
Lance Polya: Reduce population, reduce carbon
Science tells us that the best thing each and every one of us can do to lower our personal carbon footprint is to have one less child.
George Plumb: World Vasectomy Day focus on overpopulation
And as a culture we need to talk more about the impacts of population growth.
George Plumb: The challenges facing the Earth
We need to deal with our personal addiction to fossil fuels.
Bob Stannard: The worst invasive species
Ironically, the most dangerous species on Earth is also the only species that has had the wherewithal to try to save species that are near extinction.
George Plumb: While human population grows, wildlife declines
The population of vertebrate species – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish -- on this planet has plummeted by 52 percent just since 1970.
George Plumb: Are we facing near-term human extinction?
It is now projected that due to overpopulation of homo sapiens, by the end of this century an estimated 50 percent of all plant and animal species on this earth will have gone extinct.
Don Peterson: Responding to climate change … without destroying the planet
What causes a species to experience a surge in population? Trudging through the sugarbush fixing squirrel chews has given me time to think about this.
Stannard: The next war
When we learn that our thirst for oil, gas and other energy supplies runs the risk of obliterating our water, then perhaps it’s time to rethink just what the heck it is we’re doing.
Stannard: It’s more than pink sneakers
It is no longer OK for religious or political leaders to tell people that they must have more and more children. Here’s why. We have to start asking just how many people can this planet support.
Biologist Paul Ehrlich gives dire prediction for global civilization
In a speech at UVM, the 81-year-old Ehrlich, a professor at Stanford University, called attention to environmental problems on overpopulation, evolutionary biology, and conservation.
Richardson: A large family, not by choice
I was always aware that my mother had more children than she wanted.
