CWA: Population isn’t the problem, consumption is the problem
- maggiekb
- Uncategorized
- Apr 09, 2011
- Action, Civlib, Environment
“As we get women access to education and birth control, as there’s a focus on human rights, the birth rate is leveling out. It’s a great success story, actually. Sustainability is about consumption, not population. Indonesia has a high birth rate, but Indonesia is not going to push the world into runaway global warming. Not unless they all start consuming the way we do.” — Ted Nace, author and environmental activist, during a Conference on World Affairs panel that asked, “Can Science Feed the Growing Global Population?”