Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for. — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.” — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Without productivity gains, any growth in GDP is exactly offset by population growth, and the average income stays the same. — Said Musa Copy Share Image
Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
Hong Kong needs population growth to cope with a rapidly ageing population. — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to… — Howard W. French Copy Share Image
We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of… — Mechai Viravaidya Copy Share Image
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it… — Henry W. Kendall Copy Share Image
In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and,… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains. — Jerry Costello Copy Share Image
“Blankets could be used to stop exponential population growth. If we kept the people warm, maybe they wouldn’t try to heat themselves… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
“The islanders, they write: carried out for us the experiment of permitting unrestricted population growth, profligate use of resources, destruction of the… — Ronald Wright Copy Share Image
“Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“By the time Nixon reached office the environmental cause had grown stronger than ever, thanks in part to media attention given to… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
The reason this system can’t be overthrown in this country,” Walter said, “is all about freedom. The reason the free market in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Unless we realize that the present market society, structured around the brutally competitive imperative of “grow or die,” is a thoroughly impersonal,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Childbirths were likely reduced — people were making a name for themselves being men of renown (Genesis 6:417), which means they would… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“No civilization can possibly survive to an interstellar spacefaring phase unless it limits its numbers. Any society with a marked population explosion… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Through its prohibition on birth control, the Church has suggested that the only right way to have children is through biological reproduction:… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
“Thomas Malthus, was one of the first to analyze the relations between population growth and available resources. At the end of the… — David Christian Copy Share Image
It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth. — James Douglas Copy Share Image
Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage. — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself. — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
