In 2008, poor air quality alone, including from oil and gas production, cost Canada about $8-billion, according to a report by the Canadian Medical Association. By 2031, those costs are expected to rise to $250-billion....almost 90,000 people will have...
I am pleased to welcome Lee Norton, a new Blogger on BoomerWarrior. Lee is a presenter for The Climate Project - Canada. He has given over 75 presentations to more than 8,000 people (Editor of BoomerWarrior).
Years ago (1971) Paul Ehrlich worked out...
We are pleased to welcome Kirsten Stade as a contributor to Below2C. She is an environmental activist, writer and organizer for a US-based nonprofit. In this first article, Kirsten makes the assertion that population control is one of the low-hanging fruits of...
In this video, Hans Rosling shows the correlation between health (life expectation) and the wealth of countries, which has caused the population explosion.
If you have 4 minutes, you can get the history of the modern world presented to you...
We are one human race, rapidly expanding, living on a finite planet. We continue to ignore the problems of overpopulation, overdevelopment and overshoot at our own peril. As a ‘book champion’, ‘campaign activist’ and ‘campaign friend’ of the Global Population Speakout network, I’m pleased to share...
Mike Nickerson returns as a Blogger in BoomerWarrior. Mike is an accomplished author and creator of SustainWellbeing. (Editor of BoomerWarrior)
Mike rightfully points out that "there are no longer vast new frontiers to move to when resources are scarce or we...
The problems of overpopulation, overdevelopment and overshoot continue to be largely ignored by the climate movement. As a 'book champion', 'campaign activist' and 'campaign friend' of the Global Population Speakout network, I'm pleased to share the following excerpts from the afterword of the book (written...
The problems of overpopulation, overdevelopment and overshoot continue to be largely ignored in discussions about global climate action. As a 'book champion', 'campaign activist' and 'campaign friend' of the Global Population Speakout network, I'm pleased to share the following excerpts and resources showing that we are...
It took humanity 50,000 years to reach 1 billion people. It then took about 200 years to go from 1 billion to 7 billion. The world's population is growing at the rate of 1.1 percent per year; if this...
Top Five Posts of 2014!
1. What Did You Do Once You Knew?
It's 3:23 in the morning, and I'm awake because my great, great, grandchildren won't let me sleep.
My great, great, grandchildren ask me in dreams
What did you do, while...