climate change,contraception,family planning,family size,overpopulation
Can you believe it? This is getting to be a routine occurrence – media coverage of young women reconsidering bringing children into a world already so overpopulated we’re damaging the Earth’s life-support systems we depend on.
biodiversity,climate change,contraception,economic growth,family planning,family size,limits to growth,overpopulation,overshoot,population growth
My compliments today go out to CNN and CNN Opinion columnist John D. Sutter. It’s not every day we see such complete, candid reporting or commentary as that found in
How to Stop the Sixth Mass Extinction
economic growth,economy,gdp,gdp growth,limits to growth
Again yesterday, we heard the promise of 4%-plus U.S. GDP growth in the coming years. Monday, I believe it was President-Elect Donald Trump’s new Treasury Secretary appointee Steven Mnuchin I saw across the gym on MSNBC making the promise. A few weeks ago we heard him promise 3 to 4 percent.
climate change,economic development,economic growth,gdp growth,limits to growth,overshoot,politics,sustainability
Rarely do I find writing about our economic system that warrants not just Wall of Fame status, but also a parade. I cannot heap enough praise on today’s honoree:
Six Theses on Saving the Planet
economic growth,gdp growth,limits to growth,overpopulation,overshoot,population growth,sustainability
I have a great read to recommend this week — an outstanding interview with Dennis Meadows about the (somewhat) famous Limits to Growth study he led at MIT about 45 years ago.