Lets Talk About the Elephant in the Living Room

dc.contributor.author	Cairns, John Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-23T02:36:30Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-01-23T02:36:30Z	en
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.description.abstract	Overpopulation is the _elephant in the living room _ the issue everyone sees but no one will address. Exponential population growth on a finite planet is neither sustainable nor desirable; however, politicians refuse to discuss population control with constituents. They may believe that economic growth is linked to perpetual population growth or they fear alienating their audience. However, the fact is Earth s human population has more than doubled within the last 86 years and some projections place the population size at 15 billion by 2100. The Earth s resources are being used at a far faster rate than they can be regenerated, so something must be done.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25058	en
dc.identifier.url	http://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/elephant.pdf	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	EcoRes Forum	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	human population	en
dc.subject	Sustainability	en
dc.subject	tipping points	en
dc.subject	carrying capacity	en
dc.title	Lets Talk About the Elephant in the Living Room	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en

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