Examining news coverage and commentaries about human population passing 8 billion on November 15, we unpack the reasons far too many of us avoid discourse about human overpopulation. Why are we tap-dancing around the very dialogue needed so people around the world can make informed, responsible family-size decisions? We conclude the guilt many feel about their privilege is actually hurting those who don’t share our fortune.
Also, find out why Black Friday was really bleak, and how TV networks refused to run Buy Nothing Day commercials. Plus, should Dave get over his obsession with phantom power and wall warts? And, how do you approach the occupant of an idling vehicle and educate them about wasting gas and needlessly polluting – without getting shot?
LINKS:
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth – the documentary (see it free)
https://tinyurl.com/growthbustersmovie
World Population Hits 8 Billion: What Do People on the Street Think? – our YouTube video
https://youtu.be/ncT-J5BsVuc
8 Billion is Too Many: Don’t be a Twit About Overpopulation – Episode 73 of GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/8-billion-is-too-many/
Child-Free by Choice: The Birth Rate Crisis Gripping the West - by Rosa Silverman in the UK Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/child-free-choice-birth-rate-crisis-gripping-west/
World Population At 8 Billion Humans -- And Still Growing – AFP story by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
https://www.barrons.com/news/world-population-at-8-billion-humans-and-still-growing-01667786407
8 Billion People: A Milestone by the Numbers – by Jennifer Sciubba at Population Reference Bureau
https://www.prb.org/articles/8-billion-people/
Earth at 8 Billion: Consumption Not Crowd is Key to Climate – AP story by Seth Borenstein
https://apnews.com/article/science-africa-pollution-climate-and-environment-1c70df435acda74301ff2df96a86dd43
The Human Eco-Predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum – by William Rees in the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023
https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576_0x003dcfa1.pdf
Bending the Curve - by Chris Tucker
https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/761/515
Global Population About to Hit 8 Billion - by William Ryerson (Population Media Center) and Kathleen Mogelgaard (Population Institute)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3712763-global-population-about-to-hit-8-billion/
8 Billion Day Facts and Myths: A Guide to the 8 Billion Global Population Milestone on 15 November – by Sustainable Population Australia
https://population.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Briefing-Note-8-Billion-Day.pdf
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