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 Here’s another stirring piece from the pen of the American activist and author Frosty Woolridge.  It is Part 2 in his ongoing series of reflections on population. It includes an implied refutation of the "Malthus was wrong" line so often put about by Rightwing think tanks and by the likes of Cardinal Pell. One of

 Here’s the third in Frosty Woolridge’s series on the dilemmas of population. ?There are some chilling analogies with Australia. Frosty writes In Australia, even though natural increase is still very high, with twice as many births as deaths each year, the mere prospect that by 2050 natural increase will fall away to zero has been

 “53% of SEQ will most likely be urbanised by 2100.” ?On the ABC on Friday, November 20, 2009 Tony Eastley said “Can Queensland handle its projected population growth? You talk about crisis of liveability at different stages.” The premier’s response was, “I think this growth is manageable but it does have to be managed. We can't let it

  “Just like illegal boat arrivals, Mr Rudd believes population growth is just another global tectonic force outside his control that he is not responsible for. This seems to be his default response every time there’s an issue where there are no soft options, just hard choices,” Mr Morrison said.   “The Coalition wants a

The Daly News February 28, 2010   Herman Daly @ 11:05 pm     The term “economic growth” has two distinct meanings. Sometimes it refers to the growth of that thing we call the economy (the physical subsystem of our world made up of the stocks of population and wealth; and the flows of production

 Not mentioned, but increasing in numbers as the human race accelerates its own populations across the globe an astounding 18 million human beings starve to death or die of starvation related diseases every year. (Source: World Health Organization)  The breakdown: eight million adults and 10 million children perish at the hands of starvation annually.  Fully

Sadly, the Government’s announcements are just goodwill gestures, which cannot be achieved if Australia’s population grows as projected. This matters for the globe, because by 2005, per capita emission of greenhouse gases in Australia  were 28.9 tonnes, nearly three times the EU rate of 10.7 tonnes and many times greater than in India and China. Since

Enter these forests. Set off a mob of kangaroos. Then hear the silence settle. Look around and be filled with the wonder of being in ancient Australia. Log these? Log them for another 5 years until the old ones are all gone and we are left only with straggly regrowth? Log them when 80 per cent of

 My late colleague and friend, Dianne Proctor, was immersed in family planning and women’s rights through her latter career. Nevertheless, she took a holistic approach to global issues. Dianne realised that, not only was rapid population growth an impediment to development, it also had a deleterious effect on the environment. “There are too many people,”

 Part 5: Nuclear waste, neurological diseases, ground water poisoning, ocean dead zones, mustard gas dumping The recent blockbuster movie, “Avatar”, by the enigmatic director James Cameron, touched a lot of environmental nerves across America and hopefully, the planet.  Moviegoers enjoyed an amazing futuristic world with similar dramas playing out across America and around our globe