Much of human activity can be characterized as accidental experiments.
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version SUMMARYPolitical and diplomatic promises made by both parties make it likely that the Bush White House and the new 108th Congress, despite public opposition, will take up the nagging issue of amnesty for as many as six million illegal immigrants before the 2004 national elections. Amnesty, as now envisioned by both parties, …
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The World Summit on Sustainable Development concluded its 10 days of deliberations at Johannesburg on September 4th. If the purpose of the conference was to define the problem and then advocate an adequate solution to it the conference was a disappointing – although not an unexpected – failure. Based on newspaper reports, …
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Summary: 1. Economic growth in a finite world, which is the only world we have, is not sustainable. Sustainable economic growth is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms.2. In order to create a sustainable economy we must first discard the goal of macro economic growth and replace it with the goal of …
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Forging and maintaining a sustainable society is The Challenge for this and all generations to come. At this point in history, no nation has managed to evolve into a sustainable society. We are all pursuing a self destructive course of fueling our economies by drawing down our natural capital – that is …
Continue ReadingThe U.S. population is too large and is still growing.
Continue ReadingThe Fate of America NPG Forum Paper by Tim Palmer June 2000 Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version This Forum examines the current levels of destruction of the American environment by our current population growth, fueled by immigration, which continues to devastate our natural resources. Already ninety-eight percent of old growth forests have been destroyed, and a third …
Continue ReadingThe last 5 decades of the 20th century represented a period of unprecedented growth in the scale of the human enterprise.
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Better Not Bigger by Eben Fodor New Society Publishers, 1999 Reviewed by former NPG Executive Director Sharon McCloe Stein American attitudes toward growth reflect a great deal of ambivalence. Many see economic and population growth as good business, more consumers, more workers, more prosperity ÷ a rising tide that lifts all boats. For …
Continue ReadingA short definition of sustainability is the management of environmental and resource systems so that their ability to support future generations is not diminished.
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