Six steps to “getting” the global ecological crisis
By John Feeney: [Original version published at The Oil Drum; Revised here for clarity - 11/12/07, 11/17/07, 5/31/08, 8/12/08] Some of us who examine and discuss environmental matters are constantly...
View ArticleHumanity is the greatest challenge
The article quoted and linked to below came out of an idea I submitted to the BBC News’s Green Room. I was lucky enough to contact a wonderfully helpful and supportive editor (Thanks, MK!) and the...
View ArticleWell said, Bill
This came up in comments, but I thought it was worth a little more exposure.From Anne E. Kornblut at the Washington Post: Last week at his library, in a speech at a Slate conference honoring top...
View ArticleGrim worldview from the deck of the Titanic
Administrator’s note: Jim Lydecker’s essays have appeared previously on GIM. In this one, which first appeared as a guest commentary in the Napa Valley Register, Jim does an especially good job of...
View ArticleJane Goodall on overpopulation
It’s always worth bringing attention to another respected voice calling for action to address population. This brief video is a section of a broader October, 2007 interview with Jane Goodall: Notice,...
View ArticleRadio interview
I’ll be appearing this Sunday (12/9) on Free Range Thought, WKNY Radio (1490 AM) out of Kingston NY, with hosts Adam Roufberg and Robert Johnstreet. The show airs at 1:30 pm Eastern time. I should be...
View ArticleRussell Hopfenberg on food supply, carrying capacity, and population:...
Administrator’s note: Several months ago GIM was lucky enough to be able to arrange for Dr. Russell Hopfenberg to respond to readers’ comments and questions concerning his important work on the links...
View ArticleInterviews: Bartlett and Ehrlich
Below are two interviews worth a listen. The first is with Al Bartlett. The second features Paul Ehrlich. Each is, of course, a leading thinker and writer on a variety of topics in sustainability....
View ArticleGlobal warming and Malthusianism
Editor’s note: Brad Arnold is a global warming and biological weapons internet activist. This essay by Brad captures succinctly the potentially tragic consequences, intended or not, of the Bush...
View ArticleStuff to read and watch
I’m busy working on a difficult article which I hope to get published somewhere. In the meantime, I’ve come across several intriguing items on the Web, either in researching the article, or just poking...
View ArticleSowing the seeds of a future society
Editor’s note: Articles on GIM typically reflect the assumption that we may be able to avert societal collapse or other catastrophic consequences of our ongoing violation of Earth’s limits. Admittedly,...
View ArticleWatch for this error
By John Feeney: Update #1: See Brishen Hoff’s, Paul Chefurka’s, and Graham Strouts’s critiques of the Monbiot article as well. Update #2: For a correct, non-deceptive comparison of population growth...
View ArticleRaise awareness: write a letter!
By John Feeney: I received an email recently from GIM reader and occasional commenter, Alex Szczech, pointing me to his letter to the editor of his local paper. I was heartened to learn Alex had been...
View ArticleImpeding ecological sustainability through selective moral disengagement
Update: As an extra, here is a link to a video in which Dr. Bandura discusses the development and use of serial dramas, originated by Miguel Sabido and used by organizations such as the Population...
View ArticleNew directions
By John Feeney: From its first day GIM has been nothing more than an effort to reach as many people as possible with an urgent ecological message. The blog has prompted me to think through certain...
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