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Human Population Through Time
It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion — and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Education, Environment, History, Phlyarology
Tagged balance, cognitive dissonance, humanity, population
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The Great Squeeze
Gail at Wit’s End pointed me in the direction of the following documentary (thanks, Gail). I highly recommend watching it. It’s in five parts, totalling just over an hour. The human project over the course of this coming century is … Continue reading
Earth Overshoot Day: 27 September 2011 (today)
Today is Earth Overshoot Day. As of now, humanity is in ecological overdraft for the year, according to Global Footprint Network. In approximately nine months, we have already demanded a level of ecological services equivalent to what the planet can … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News and politics
Tagged cognitive dissonance, environment, population, safety, security, sustainability
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Thank you for not breeding
Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense.* “May we live long and die out” find out … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?
Tagged 'common' sense, choice, cognitive dissonance, environment, population, proactive, procreation, sustainability, YMMV
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“Arithmetic, population and energy” by Dr Albert A Bartlett
This is one of those videos I keep coming back to. Each time I watch it, I find that it’s easier to understand. Greg Craven (of manpollo.org and gregcraven.org) uploaded the playlist of all eight short videos comprising in total … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Capitalism, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, People, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy, Water
Tagged climate change, climate disruption, education, energy, environment, global warming, Greg Craven, population, science, sustainability
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Happy Earth Overshoot Day!
Celebrate, much?
Posted in News and politics
Tagged 'common' sense, boundaries, cognition, cognitive dissonance, ecology, environment, footprint, habituation, overshoot, population, stupid, sustainability
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