We know what causes our runaway population growth and the line grows by 80 million desperate people cascading annually into western countries around the world. " Most Western elites continue urging the wealthy West not to stem the migrant tide, but to absorb our global brothers and sisters until their horrid ordeal has been endured and shared by all--ten billion humans packed onto an ecologically devastated planet." Dr. Otis Graham, Unguarded Gates
As our oceans degrade, oil depletes, soils decline and our quality of life degrades, isn't it time for discussion, debate and action?
Lester Brown, author of Plan B 4.0 Saving Civilization said, "Humans have set in motion environmental trends that are threatening civilization itself. We are crossing environmental thresholds and violating deadlines set by nature."
I urge everyone reading this commentary, from the smartest Ph.D.s to mothers, fathers and students--engage National Public Radio, all TV Channels as well as your newspapers and radio stations to address our predicament. We cannot avoid, evade or suppress this conversation any longer. If we fail, we fail our children, and as they will find out, Mother Nature always bats last.
References:
Plan B Saving Civilization by Lester Brown
www.albartlett.org by Dr. Albert Bartlett "Energy, resource and population"
Peak Everything by Richard Heinberg
Pew Report on population www.PEW.org
"U.S. Population Projections" by Fogel/Martin, March 2006)
"UN population projections" by UN May 2011
Ecological footprint at 25.4 acres per person for America by www.allspecies.org
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