Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

Anyone interested in VHEMT, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, can take a look at the group's website here.  Some pretty interesting stuff, including "free graphics," including bumper stickers and poster ideas like this one:

Anyway . . .  would make a very interesting paper topic.

Population

Hi everybody!
I remember coming across this when it was published as a National Geographic article. I think it's an interesting comparison as compared to Ehrlich's "Population Bomb" idea, as well as to the various population predictions made by scientists throughout the years.
The article dicusses in further depth the demographic transitions occuring around the world, and is an interesting read for anyone intersted in human population dynamics.
Here's the link if you're intersted:
http://http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/seven-billion/kunzig-text
And if you're short on time, there's a video summary here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0

-Crystal Uminski

The solution to overpopulation?

Just ran across this item.


Apparently every U.S. citizen could fit into an area the size of New Hampshire if we all wanted to live at the population density found in Brooklyn, NY. As the graphic says, the rest of the U.S. could be our greenbelt, and "we'd all be neighbors."

You can click on the graphic to enlarge.

Population: A Taboo Topic

The author of this article points out that although population was a major topic of discussion in the 70's and 80's it is rarely brought up in present debates.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7865332.stm

Population control should be considered as a method for reducing strain on natural resources and for increasing the quality of life globally.