economic development,economic growth,limits to growth,overpopulation,overshoot,population growth,sustainability,taxes,traffic congestion
While most politicians promise, pursue, and extoll the virtues of economic growth, they generally shy away from public admissions they’re chasing population growth to get it.
economic growth,gdp,gdp growth,limits to growth,overpopulation,overshoot,population decline,sustainability,sustainable popluation
I was prepared to slap this story onto the Wall of Shame when I saw the headline. After all, it’s just another worry piece about a “birth dearth” in a nation that actually doesn’t know how lucky it is.
biodiversity,climate change,economic growth,limits to growth,overconsumption,overpopulation,overshoot,sustainability
Sheryl Crow makes the Wall of Fame today with a song and video from her new album, Be Myself. The song is Halfway There, and there is a lot to like about it, and a little to nitpick.
biodiversity,climate change,overpopulation,overshoot,sustainability,technology
I was impressed to see Salon publish this unusually accurate and candid assessment of the prospects for the human race:
It’s the End of The World and We Know It: Scientists in Many Disciplines See Apocalypse, Soon
climate change,economic bro,economic growth,economy,gdp,gdp growth,limits to growth,sustainability
With its recent executive order to gut the US federal government’s climate regulations, the Trump administration has chosen to ignore the ongoing devastating impacts and future risks of climate change while perpetuating the widely believed myth that economic growth drives prosperity.