Declining Infrastructure, Declining Civilization
Thanks to Leta Finch for this article. ——————— For the 10th-anniversary issue of The Chronicle Review, we asked scholars and illustrators to answer this question: What will be the defining idea of the...
View ArticlePopulation growth key barrier in achieving MDGs
Leading economists, educationists, health and environment experts and development planners have identified the uncontrolled growth of population as the number one problem in achieving the country’s...
View ArticlePopulation taboo stokes doubt over development goals
Thanks to Fred Stanback for this article. —————— Of all the issues that will be aired from the pulpit of the U.N.’s development summit this week, one is likely to stand out by its absence: What should...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea warned on population and development issues
Papua New Guinea has been warned of the adverse impact the increase in the country’s population would have on the economy, education, health and other sectors. if the government did nothing to take...
View ArticlePopulation Explosion: Can the Planet Cope?
Thanks to Scott Connolly for this population report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. See http://www.imeche.org/news/archives/11-01-12/Population_Explosion_Can_the_Planet_Cope.aspx World...
View ArticleConference: Girls and Population, the Forgotten Drivers of Development
Thanks to Ed Barry for information on a two-day conference of parliamentarians and experts scheduled for May 16-17 in Paris. The conference description can be downloaded at...
View ArticleDeconstructing the Dangerous Dogma of Denial
Thanks to Tim Murray for this article by Madeline Weld. See http://candobetter.net/node/2373 Deconstructing the Dangerous Dogma of Denial: The Feminist-Environmental Justice Movement and Their Flight...
View ArticleConsumption: the other side of population for development
Thanks to Bill Ryerson for pointing out this recently published article, which appears in the January issue of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. Below is the abstract, and you can download...
View ArticleOn the Use and Misuse of the Concept of Sustainability
The following is an excerpt of a paper co-presented by Ed Barry and William Rees at the 8th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability. The conference was...
View ArticleMore Prime California Farmland Feared to be Lost
July 2012 statements made by a representative of the California Department of Conservation. More prime farmland feared to be lost to population growth By STEVE ADLER/ Special from Ag Alert Created:...
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