In case no one noticed, we hit zero reproductive growth in '94, with all population growth now accounted for by net immigration (<- Beware! Somewhat slippery statistics!). This has caused the Great Schism of '98 in the Sierra Club, with one faction favoring a resolution in favor of limiting immigration to restrict population and the other faction favoring a more open policy. Roger outdoors_at_biddeford.com wrote: > At 01:56 AM 4/22/98 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: > > > >We've know for a long time that the enemy is us, especially more of us. > >I just need some help sorting out how to handle all of this. What's a > >body to do? Hayduke's methods seem inappropriate here! > > > Dave, you hit the nail on the head. The enemy is too many of us. At our > current rate of reproduction, there'll be no worry about other species > because there'll be no room for anything other than humans. We can choose > to pick away at the symptoms, or we can make headway against the real issue. > My suggestion is to get to know and understand the Zero Population Growth > organization and champion its cause. Work on protecting wildlife habitat > also so there's something left when we finally slow our growth. > Bill > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 23 1998 - 07:36:09 PDT
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