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Is Sustainability Even Possible?
2013-04-21 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Some questions to ponder on Earth Day: how much of an environmental problem is the growing human population? And is the problem too many people or the throwaway culture of too many things? A new paper in the journal Science attempts to assess the burdens placed on people and the planet by individuals decisions to have large families and/or consume a lot. A key factor in the creation of large families is young women without access to schools or family planning. So one way to address population...
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