biodiversity,climate change,economic growth,limits to growth,overconsumption,overpopulation,overshoot,sustainability
Sheryl Crow makes the Wall of Fame today with a song and video from her new album, Be Myself. The song is Halfway There, and there is a lot to like about it, and a little to nitpick.
biodiversity,climate change,overpopulation,overshoot,sustainability,technology
I was impressed to see Salon publish this unusually accurate and candid assessment of the prospects for the human race:
It’s the End of The World and We Know It: Scientists in Many Disciplines See Apocalypse, Soon
contraception,family planning,family size,overpopulation,overshoot,population growth,population taboo,women's rights
This is a first for Growth Bias Busted. We honor someone on the Wall of Fame and someone on the Wall of Shame in the same post. Kudos to Bill Nye, known as “the Science Guy,” for devoting an episode of his new Netflix series, Bill Nye Saves the World, to the subject of overpopulation.
economic growth,economy,gdp growth,overconsumption,overshoot,population growth,sustainability
Advocating high levels of immigration to boost economic activity is not a sustainable policy and is dehumanizing. This New York Times column by David Brooks is on the Wall of Shame today because of that:
economic growth,gdp growth,limits to growth,overshoot,sustainability,technology
This Facebook post caught my eye recently:
“A new report shows that economic growth doesn’t have to come at the expense of the planet.”