Population

1000 days to the 7th Billion Human: What Do We Tell Her?

Ali Hakan Altinay | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


Ali Hakan Altinay

We have roughly 1,000 days before the 7th billion human joins us on Planet Earth. A worthwhile exercise would be to imagine what we would say about the human condition awaiting her.

The Great Convergence of Crises: Can We Handle the 21st Century?

Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


Rahim Kanani

The symptoms of catastrophe are unmistakable, and the diagnosis is clear: we are in a race against time with the forces of the natural world.

Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

1950s vs. 2000s: The Drive to Supersize

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

In the 1950s the average American consumed roughly 2,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year; today that number has grown to roughly 13,800 kilowatt-hours per year.

Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity

Lissa Coffey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Lissa Coffey

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 884 million people are without adequate drinking water, and 2.5 billion people are without adequate water for sanitation.

Afghanistan Pullback: U.S. May Focus On Drone Attacks On Terrorists

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Military officials voiced frustration and congressional leaders urged caution Tuesday over what they described as President Barack ...

Birth Control Could Help Developing World Combat Climate Change

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...

Q&A: Acclaimed Doc Director Robert Stone Reviews Our Earth Days

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Brad Balfour

"Right now, the current battle over climate change, all it is being debated by Washington lobbying organizations," said Stone, "and how much money can you put into The Left versus The Right?"

Reading Lion Tracks: New York Times' Friedman on Vacation in the Bush

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green


Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

As long as we remain a bioilliterate populace of which only the wealthiest 0.1% can afford to have an expert interpret the hieroglyphics, and only lions and other celebrity species attract our interest, then we will continue to turn the dazzling diversity of life into cannon fodder.

Finding Optimism on World Population Day

Carol Peasley | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


Carol Peasley

The early international family planning movement was dominated by "population control" advocates who too often forgot that women should be at the center of their thinking.

Contraconception

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living


Paula Gordon

A tightly held secret is being kept from today's young people. Not having children can be great!

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

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green


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.

A Modest Proposal (With Apologies to Jonathan Swift)

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


Geri Spieler

The solution, of course, is to slow population growth. The benefits from reduced reproduction rates among humans are 20 times more effective than lifestyle changes.

The Upside of the Minority Population Growth

John Ridley | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


John Ridley

Here's what we know about minorities in America: their names are too hard to pronounce, they're responsible for bringing in the Swine flu -- as devastating as that was -- and they single-handedly caused the financial meltdown.

Want to Fight Hunger? Empower Women and Prioritize Family Planning

Tod Preston | Posted 05.24.2009 | World


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.

Are You Ready for the Year 2050?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living


Deborah Jiang Stein

Everyone needs to be ready for a new landscape: all shades and all hues of skin color and cultures.

Population And Earth: Zero Growth Or Armies Of Greenies?

Grist | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green


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...

Surging Vasectomies Signal Record Births are History

Robert Engelman | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living


Robert Engelman

There has been a reported 50-percent increase in vasectomies, and many of the soon-to-be-sterile men are telling their doctors the economy made them do it.

The Pope Reiterates Stance on Condoms and Loses Another Lapsed Catholic

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


Marcia DeSanctis

How nice it would have been for those of us who can't help the fact that we were born Catholic, to see the church listen and respond to the world we inhabit.

The Perfect Crash Course in The Economy

Charles Shaw | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business


Charles Shaw

Chris Martenson created a three-hour long internet video that is a literal "crash course" in the economic, environmental, and societal "crashes" that are unfolding all around us.

Octuplets' Mom In Violation Of Green Guru's Advice

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


Nadya Suleman, the octuplets' mom making headlines lately -- to recap, she just added 8 babies to the 6 kids she already had -- is a prime violator of...

5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green


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...

The President and the Planet, On a Budget

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green


President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total popu...

Voodoo Science Blames Climate Change on Immigrants

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green


Angela Kelley

According to an anti-immigrant group's new junk-science report, immigrants would ultimately produce less CO2 if they just remained in their "less-consuming, less-industrialized, and less CO2 emitting" home countries.

Why Care About Projected U.S. Ethnicity and Age?

Robert Engelman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media


Robert Engelman

It's pretty curious, given the country's aspiration to be unbiased by race or ethnicity, that the topic of our ethnic mix fascinates the Census Bureau and the news media so much.