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Cameron Diaz on her Childfree Status and Why the Planet Needs More Non-breeders

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Population, Cameron Diaz, Childfree, Childless, Green News, Children, Overpopulation, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

Cameron Diaz: "I don't think it's a compromise to have children. I don't think it's a compromise not to... It's just a different choice." In 2009, women must still defend their choice to be child-free.

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Protecting the Rights of Mother Earth

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Monsanto, Family Planning, Population Control, Earth Friendly, Overpopulation, Mother Earth, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Planned Parenthood, Green News
Danielle Cavallucci

A Monsanto ad really set me off with their "sustainable agriculture" full pager in the New York Times last week. How about answering the Earth's ple...

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Earth Day and the Elephant in the Room

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Global Population, Earth Day, Overpopulation, Green News
Gabriel Rotello

The biggest thing the human population can do to save itself and the planet is to stop growing as quickly as possible, and then quickly reduce itself to a sustainable level.

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Want to Fight Hunger? Empower Women and Prioritize Family Planning

Tod Preston | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Population, Abortion, Starvation, Population Growth, Family Planning, Ethiopia, Abortion Debate, Overpopulation, Haiti, World News
Tod Preston

Ironically, family planning isn't seen as a sexy issue. And it wrongly gets mired in debates around abortion -- even though family planning reduces abortions.

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Frank Mundus -- The Old Man and the Sea (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Irrational Fear, Jaws, Commercial Fishing, Circle Hook, World's Largest Shark, Last Interview, Montauk, American Original, Monster Fish, Sharks, Cricket II, Steven Spielberg, Overpopulation, Star Island Yacht Club, Shark Attack, Shark Hunter, Summer Blockbuster, Overfishing, Great White Sharks, Frank Mundus, Video, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

In 1986 Frank Mundus and angler Donnie Braddock caught a 3, 427 lb great white off Montauk NY -- a world record with a rod and reel.

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Population And Earth: Zero Growth Or Armies Of Greenies?

Grist | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Population, Zero Population Growth, Poll, Overpopulation, Breeding, Green News

Today, Grist's advice columnist fields a question about population growth and its impact on the environment. It's a touchy subject. Here's the questio...

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The TED Conference: Day One: Highlights

Christiana Wyly | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Tim Berners Lee, Entertainment, Change the World, Design, Bill Gates, Life-Changing, Nandan Nilekani, Clean Coal Myth, The TED Conference, Bill Gates Mosquitoes, World-Changing, Jacqueline Novogratz, Seth Godin, Palm Springs, Overpopulation, TED Unveiling, Tribes, Al Gore Clean Coal, Evolution, Homo-Evolutis, Disney, Technology, Oceans, TED.Com, Jake Eberts, Ted 2009, Worldchanging, TED Conference, Unveiling, Green News
Christiana Wyly

I decided to do a series of highlights to share some reflections from TED. The range of the unveilings in the fields of art, music, and technology have been astonishing.

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Biden in the Doghouse

Cheri Shankar | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Joe Biden, Cruelty to Animals, Puppy Mills, Euthanasia, Overpopulation, Dog Breeders, Animal Cruelty, Joe Biden Puppy, Animal Rights, Pet Adoption, Dog Shelter, Shelter Dogs, Dog Adoptions, Living News
Cheri Shankar

While the news of Biden and his new cute-as-all-get-out purebred German Shepherd puppy is generating lots of positive reports, many of us in the animal community are concerned.

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Are There Just too Many People in the World?

Johann Hari | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Abortion Rights, Green Living, Feminism, Carbon Footprint, The Pill, Overpopulation, Famine, Mass Starvation, China, Global Warming, Politics News
Johann Hari

To achieve the green goal of dealing with overpopulation, it's necessary to mix some oestrogen into the environmentalist palette.

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Sarah Palin, Blind to Overpopulation Threat

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Abstinence Education, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Bristol Palin, Overpopulation, Sarah Palin, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Sarah Palin scares the hell out of me, and for good reasons. She believes the war in Iraq is "God's task." She has actively sought the support of th...

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Overpopulation: Overhyped

John Feffer | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Hunger, Carrying Capacity, Food Crisis, Overpopulation, Green News
John Feffer

More pertinent than how we procreate is how we farm. If we don't change it, we will still reach our approaching limits -- of energy, land, and carbon emissions -- at current or even lower population levels.

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How Did Things Get so Bad So Quickly? (Sustainability Primer Part 1)

Matthew Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Ecology, Overpopulation, Environment, Sustainability, Ecosystems, Collapse, Lester Brown, Green News
Matthew Stein

"The bottom line is that the world is in what ecologists call an "overshoot-and-collapse" mode. Demand has exceeded the sustainable yield of natural s...

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Food

Peter Clothier | Posted 04.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Environmentalism, Starvation, Consumption, Overpopulation, Food Shortages, Food, Food Prices, Living News
Peter Clothier

It's started. The recent BBC World News report on the startling rise in basic food costs throughout the world is alarming new evidence of the trouble we're in as a species.

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