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The Growing Problem of Population Growth

Introduction It was an invasion!  As I watched from the comfort of my small home, the earthmovers and bulldozers encroached upon Gaston County’s last dairy farm.  The infinite powers at city hall and in the corporate world of land development had determined that …

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Noel, Missouri is small, but it occupies a huge part of my heart.  My great-great-grandfather was the town’s first sheriff, and my great-grandfather was the mayor.  I spent childhood summers there, canoeing on the Elk River, exploring the bluffs and caves, and enjoying peaceful walks in the woods.  Noel was always quiet.  …

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Hardly a day goes by when a report on the world’s ruinous finances isn’t mentioned.  Scary phrases like “fiscal cliff” and threats of economic Armageddon are common.  I find it ironic that so much emphasis is being put on people living within their financial budget, but no thought is ever given to living within the earth’s budget.  …

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“The only constant is change.”  These words, written twenty-five hundred years ago by a man named Heraclitus who could not possibly have known the extent of his wisdom, came at a time when just one hundred million people inhabited the Earth.  Today, as the global population has grown to seventy times that number, …

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Talking about Population Growth:  The First Step to Sustainability

In the year 2011 the world population exceeded 7 billion, with over 315,000,000 people in the United States alone. These numbers should be alarming, yet overpopulation is still treated like a taboo subject. We need to address the 7 billion “elephants in the room” in order to ensure quality of life for my and future generations. In the United States …