Daring to Tell the Truth About Sustainability
By Terry Spahr Daring to Tell the Truth About Sustainability In my short lifetime I have observed human economic activities and interactions that negatively impact our world with greater frequency and with greater severity. I desired to better understand these signs, their frequencies, trends, patterns and causes; to separate what fact from fiction; and to […]
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Recognize Family Planning as a Human Right
Dear Reader, It is good to review a small chapter in the history of family planning and to remember that family planning has been recognized as a human right for half a century. In addition, I take a look at how a theocracy has had effective control over family size. Richard Family planning was declared […]
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A Proposal for a United Nations Framework Convention on Population Growth
By Rob Harding Introduction Recently, an international assembly of scientists from 184 countries endorsed an article published in the journal Bioscience entitled “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice”. As the warning states, “We are jeopardizing our future by not reining in our intense but geographically and demographically uneven material consumption and by not perceiving continued rapid […]
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Why Family Planning is Good for People and the Planet
By Suzanne York, Transition Earth Given the state of the world today, it is urgent that humanity and nature exist in balance. The burden, of course, is on people to make this happen. In a world of 7.6 billion people that could grow to 10 billion by 2050, we are making this more difficult. It […]
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Climate Change and Freshwater Realities
By Brian Miller and George Wuerthner Editors’ note: A shorter version of this article, originally ran in Counterpunch. Abstract Greenhouse gases cause climate change. The science is unequivocal. Temperatures are increasing in the lower level of the atmosphere and cooling in the outer atmosphere. Night temperatures are rising more than day temperatures, winter temperatures are […]
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Revise your Ideas of Family Planning History
By Richard Grossman, MD, who practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Durango. Reach him at richard@population-matters.org. This article was originally published in the Durango (Colorado) Herald. © Richard Grossman MD, 2017 Malthus was the first person to make the connection between increasing human population causing problems, correct? And, of course, Margaret Sanger was the first to […]
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The World’s Number Two Emergency
The Nobel-winning medication Ivermectin is causing an unexpected shitstorm. by Richard Conniff MOTHER JONES July/August 2016 To the extent that we think about them at all, people tend to regard dung beetles as entertainment, rolling, tumbling, even somersaulting over massive balls of elephant poop. But the 5,000 or so species at work on every continent except […]
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Australia: Exceptional Rates of Population Growth are Causing Stress on Many Fronts
by Katharine Betts, Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology at the Swinburne University of Technology, Australia For the past 10 years Australians have been subjected to exceptional rates of population growth. Now many voters are losing patience with its effects. During the election campaign both major parties have promised to improve infrastructure, but neither have mentioned […]
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Offer for Free Copy of Man Swarm to Professors is Still On!
In December 2015 the Rewilding Institute offered university professors interested in population issues a free copy of Dave Foreman’s book, Man Swarm: How Overpopulation is Killing the Wild World. This offer is still on! Laura Carroll
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Don’t Get Pregnant!
“The Zika virus provides a glimpse into a future we should do everything possible to avoid, a terrifying reminder why the fight for a stable physical planet is the fight of our time.” Bill McKibben Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This article, written by Richard Grossman MD, first appeared in […]
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