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  • August 2008

    • Worst Threat to Earth? Way Too Many People

      Yale Environment 360  |  Aug 6, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Worst Threat to Earth? Way Too Many People

      (Newser) - With the number of humans on Earth expected to reach 9.5 billion by the second half of the 21st century, policymakers and environmentalists should turn their attention to the grave dangers of overpopulation and overconsumption, Paul Ehrlich—author of 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb —and wife Anne write in Yale Environment 360. Population growth, above all other ecological hazards, may lead to the collapse of our civilization. More »

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      environment  • overpopulation  • consumption

  • July 2008

    • Pixar's Lovable Robot Has Important Lessons For Us

      Washington Post  |  Jul 11, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Pixar's Lovable Robot Has Important Lessons For Us

      (Newser) - Yes, Wall-E has environmental themes, but its main point is a moral one, writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post . Not simply a critique of capitalism, as some conservatives have suggested, the movie sets its satirical sights on our self-imprisoning culture of consumption—and the snacking, reclining consumers in the audience. It offers us an alternative of hope, beauty, and joy. More »

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      Earth  • robot  • Pixar  • consumption  • consumerism  • computer animation  • Wall-E

  • June 2008

    • Forget the Rebound; 'This Thing's Going Down'

      Washington Post  |  Jun 27, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Forget the Rebound; 'This Thing's Going Down'

      (Newser) - A cycle has emerged in the economic mood of recent months: a round of bad news sends markets into a tailspin, then things appear to improve, complete with predictions that the worst is behind us, only to fall apart again, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. It’s time now to realize that “this thing’s going down, fast and hard,” Pearlstein concludes, and it won't turn around any time soon.  "We're caught in one of those vicious, downward spirals that, once it gets going, is very hard to pull out of." More »

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      recession  • economy  • US dollar  • real estate values  • production  • consumption

  • January 2008

    • Consumers Beware

      New York Times  |  Jan 2, 08 3:53 PM CST

      Consumers Beware

      (Newser) - Don’t worry how many people there are in the world—worry how much each is consuming, noted author and professor Jared Diamond argues in today’s New York Times . People in the developed world consume 32 times more than counterparts in the developing world; if the 5.5 billion in the developing world were to catch up, we’d all face a massive resource crisis. More »

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      developing world  • overpopulation  • consumption

  • September 2007

    • Earth Flunks Its Annual Physical

      Reuters  |  Sep 14, 07 4:15 AM CDT

      Earth Flunks Its Annual Physical

      (Newser) - Most of the Earth's vital stats are "pronouncedly bad," according to a research institute that tracks 44 indicators of the world's health. Only six were positive. More wood was harvested this year than ever before, meat production and consumption hit record highs, people ate 156 million metric tons of seafood, and carbon emissions are burgeoning in China and India. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • Earth  • consumption

    • Japan Fights Heat Tooth and Nail—But Not With A/C

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 11, 07 4:08 PM CDT

      Japan Fights Heat Tooth and Nail—But Not With A/C

      (Newser) - The Japanese are waging a painful war against energy consumption, meeting summer needs not with air-conditioning but with business casual clothing and a good dose of grinning and bearing it. The 2-year-old Cool Biz movement, which aims to keep office temperatures at 82 degrees, took off in earnest this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Japan  • environmentalism  • energy  • consumption  • air conditioning

  • May 2007

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