On AlterNet: overpopulation

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7 Billion and Counting: Welcome to a Planet With Population Overload and Resources in Crisis [With Photos From National Geographic]

Scott Thill, AlterNet. October 29, 2011.

The definition of overpopulation has less to do with raw numbers of people than their relationship with the planet's sustainable resources.

Use a Condom, Save a Polar Bear? Not That Simple

Katie McKay Bryson, AlterNet. April 13, 2010.

Many factors besides human overpopulation contribute to our environmental crises.

Those Stories About Religious Groups Taking Over the World with Birth Rates Are for Suckers

Scott Thill, AlterNet. November 14, 2009.

Many have fallen sway to demographically data about cultural or religious birth rates -- here's why it's a fool's game.

A Millionaire with a Super Yacht Is a Larger Strain on Resources Than Hundreds of Peasant Families

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. October 2, 2009.

It's time we had the guts to name the problem. It isn't population; it's consumption. It's not sex; it's money. It's not the poor; it's the rich.

Can Condoms Save Us from Climate Change?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. September 19, 2009.

The greenest technology available to us may not be solar panels, but instead contraception, according to a new report.

Why My Vasectomy Will Help Save the Earth's Resources

Matt Leonard, Earth Island Journal. June 10, 2009.

"Any child I had would have been raised here and would consume (despite my best efforts) far more resources than I am comfortable accepting."

Consumption, Not Population Is Our Main Environmental Threat

Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. April 14, 2009.

Let's challenge the convenient notion that "over-consumers" in rich countries can blame "over-breeders" in distant lands.

Rebuttal to Chris Hedges: Stop the Tired Overpopulation Hysteria

Betsy Hartmann, AlterNet. March 14, 2009.

Raising alarms about overpopulation distracts us from the real environmental tasks at hand and legitimizes top-down punitive policies that hurt women.