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“What do you know about overpopulation?”

April 8, 2010 New What would you do with $63 billion dollars?

Well, Obama would use it to invest on family planning and reproductive health care worldwide. That’s MAJOR.

The Secret “Good Club”, where membership will be considered if you’re a billionaire, includes Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, David Rockefeller, Oprah Winfrey, and others.  It’s reported by Times (London) that these big people with big money got together last year to discuss overpopulation and how to curb it.

Some people are upset though – they think that this is a cover-up that the Obama administration supports abortion. Now that’s a topic for another blog…

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/2775-global-obamacare-and-world-population-control

April 7, 2010 Ouch! Environmental Impact

More people on this earth = More emitters.

Example: China’s one-child policy averted about 400 million births (that’s more than thirteen times Canada’s current population). On average, one Chinese person emits 4.5 tonnes of CO2 a year.

400 million x 4.5 tonnes = 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 emitted

Okay, I know. This seems kind of cold, to be putting numbers on births that were previously averted. I’m not saying I approve or disapprove of China’s “one-child policy.” My point is that everybody emits carbon dioxide. The more people we have, the more gasses will be emitted. Then what do we do when our Earth can’t take it anymore?

Also, our agricultural land is being threatened by soil erosion. What this means is that our cropland will go down in productivity, so what used to be able to make two truckloads of carrots can now only make a truckload and a half. This leads into the topic of genetically modified organisms (GMO’s). If we have less land to harvest food for more and more mouths, is it now okay to genetically modify our food…so that it can withstand conditions the natural plant cannot? How do we know if this is “safe”?

Overpopulation also means housing land will cut into agricultural land. This expansion will leave us less space to cultivate food, maintain green space and save ecosystems.  Take that, skeptics.

April 3, 2010 A skeptic says: “Overpopulation is a Myth.”

So according to this short animation, overpopulation is a myth. The narrator brings up a very important person: Thomas Malthus. He  was a British ordained minister, political economist and realist who was the first to propose that overpopulation would threaten the demise of the human population.

He believed that populations (both human and animal) grow at “exponential rates” (ex. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 254) whereas food sources grow at “arithmetic rates” (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…). Malthus believed we would run out of food by 1890.

Obviously, Malthus didn’t foresee the significant advances in science and technology…I mean, one-hundred and twenty years later in 2010, we’re still alive.  HOWEVER, that also means he didn’t predict the astronomical amounts of carbon dioxide we’d be emitting into the atmosphere. From his social perspective and day in time, he did his best to bring the issue to the table:  our world’s resources are not infinite, and with more and more people breathing, eating, consuming energy, and being ALIVE – we actually might run out one day.

March 31, 2010 The importance of maternal care

I’m sure you’d agree: moms are heroes. They bring you into this life, they nurture, care for you, and possibly your other siblings.

It’s important for women to be able to make their own choices. As a young Canadian woman, I know I’m fortunate to be able to choose who I want to be, if I want kids, and what I want in a job. Not all women have this luxury. In fact, high fertility rates are prevalent in societies where women don’t have access to contraceptive options, free health care and education. From here, you can deduce that overpopulation can be helped if women have access to maternal care, education, and choices.

March 24, 2010 Comic relief?

We’re going to weigh down our resourceful bird and it’ll never be able to fly again.

March 23, 2010 What are the challenges found when discussing overpopulation?

I found a video on Jane Goodall’s views on overpopulation.  We all know Goodall from her help with gorillas, but from looking at her biography, it’s clear she has a lot of say on other crucial matters involving human society & the environment.

I think it’s interesting how she addresses the topic that the reporter noted may have been “taboo”.  She brings up the Roman Catholic Church, morality, religion, and a number of factors some people wouldn’t feel comfortable adressing when it comes to overpopulation.  Clearly, there are a number of issues that are touchy in discussing the matter.

What do you think?

March 10, 2010 Define “overpopulation”

Quantitatively speaking, the term is “vague.”

Currently, there is no international standard to numerically determine if a country is “overpopulated.”

Overpopulation is the concept in which humans reproduce too quickly – resulting in the creation of massive populations that cannot be sustained by the earth’s depleting supply of natural resources.

Forget the lack of a defined term. This IS an overpopulated pool.

March 1, 2010 FAQ Project

Here, my mission is to answer frequently asked questions about OVERPOPULATION.

Ready? Get set….GO!

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