(par 5.2.1.4.1) Thomas Robert Malthus (taken from Wikipedia)
Thomas Robert Malthus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (13 February 1766 – 29 December 1834[1]) was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economyand demography.[2] Malthus himself used only his middle name Robert.[3] His An Essay on the Principle of Population observed that sooner or later population will be checked by famine and disease, leading to […]
(par 5.2.1.3) Birth Control Could Help the Environment, but Not Quickly
Birth Control Could Help the Environment, but Not Quickly http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/birth-control-could-help-the-environment-but-not-quickly/ Family planning could help reduce the pressure human population puts on the planet, but not for decades October 30, 2014|By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire This week, a group of researchers promoted a different kind of global approach to addressing climate change: voluntary family planning. Though their proposal may […]
(par 5.2.1.3) Stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth
(par 5.2.1.3) 2014-10-30 Stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth Stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/27/stop-pretending-we-can-fix-the-environment-by-curbing-population-growth/ By Chris Mooney October 27 When ecologist Corey Bradshaw gives public talks about the state of the globe’s endangered wildlife, he sees a recurrent phenomenon. At the end of the talk, […]