Opinion

 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

Part 6: Farm pollution, pig pollution, incinerator pollution, plastics 1,300 sites on the list. New Jersey has the most Superfund sites, with over a hundred. Nevada and the District of Columbia have one apiece. Here’s a closer look at some of the notable ones.”Anniston, Alabama, where Monsanto ran a huge chemical manufacturing plant,” said Weber.

Part 7: Quality of life, big cities, crowding, gridlock, human spirit    My friend John Muir, the first environmentalist, said many years ago, “Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets—all as part of the natural up-growth of man towards the high destiny we hear so

The United States finds itself in a devil of a predicament.  Yet, its citizens don’t realize it.  None of its national leaders acknowledge it.  The media avoids and ignores it at all costs.  If you asked the average citizen on the street what they thought about adding 100 million people to this country in the

Part 9: As small towns expand into big towns, the costs, the pain, the results ain’t so hot, innumerates and idiots share the same bed   This week, in the Denver Post, a journalist wrote a story that celebrated the addition of 600,000 people to the Denver area in the last two years.  Mind you,

Part 10: too many people, too little water, too little energy, too little resources   In a brilliantly written book, Too Many People by Lindsey Grant, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Population Affairs, he brought a lifetime of global experience into his profoundly direct book.   No matter how much the

Part 11: Silence across the land, food, fertilizers, top soil Most Americans cannot dream nor do they give a second thought to the United States adding 100 million people within 25 years. For some mysterious reason, few connect the dots on water shortages currently manifesting in Florida, California and Arizona. Other states like Colorado and

Part 12: Genetically modified foods   The human race continues thinking it can fool Mother Nature without consequences. Let me tell you folks, no one in the final analysis fools her—not then, not now, not ever! She will kick our butts so far down the bowling alley of the 21st century—it will make our heads

Part 13: Water, meat and fish   If you look at California today, you see more filtered water outlets than anywhere in the world. More people buy bottled water than anywhere else in the USA. However, water diminishes with the addition of 1,700 people added 24/7. At 38 million, California expects to add close to