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» 2009 » November

Kids Against Climate Change

Posted: Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 • Author: Xander
Categories: Articles: Climate Issues, Participate • Comments: Awaiting Comments

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-> www.takeactiononclimatechange.com

If climate change isn’t stopped our children will suffer the consequences.

‘Tsunami’ of City Dwellers a Global Threat: Harcourt

Posted: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 • Author: Xander
Categories: Articles: Political Issues, Articles: Cultural Issues • Comments: Awaiting Comments

‘Tsunami’ of City Dwellers a Global Threat: HarcourtCanada needs to lead in urban eco-design, urges former Vancouver mayor.

He was Vancouver’s mayor before becoming premier of British Columbia, so no one could mistake Mike Harcourt for a city-hating, back-to-the-land kind of guy.

But his message lately paints a dark picture of city life in the future — unless Canada shows the way in designing and building green urban systems.

Harcourt and other experts say a massive global population shift towards city life is undermining efforts to combat climate change and achieve sustainable communities.

Source: www.thetyee.ca/…

LS » The thing that struck me about this article was this quote referring to our human population growth:

“The global population increase has gone from one billion in 1800, to two billion by 1930, to six billion by the year 2000, to eight and a half billion by 2025, to nine to ten billion by 2050. . . that’s the problem; it’s population growth.”

Okay, so we are experiencing exponential population growth, but what happens after 2050? Are we going to continue on this upward trajectory or all of a sudden are people going to become smart and altruistic and only have enough children to replace themselves or will something more dire, apocalyptic even, happen to cause a population reduction?