The role of population growth during three decades of increasing carbon emissions
A dominant narrative in climate change debates asserts that addressing population growth is not relevant for climate mitigation.
The search for meaning in these times
Priests and scriptures say a magical, invisible God created the universe, and put people here to be tested. But some of us can’t swallow it.
Reconciling human demands with planetary boundaries
Human population grows, Earth doesn’t. A certain environmental impact is needed to satisfy basic human needs.
The best and worst of times
The steady decline of supernatural religion is a human improvement because it advances scientific honesty instead of magical fairy tales.
White evangelicals are opposed to Jesus
Clearly Jesus espoused values aligned with the modern political left. Sometimes, this facet of religion is called the "social gospel".
Thomas Edison was a whimsical skeptic
Edison is greatly admired even today for his scientific genius but his views on religion are unfortunately little remembered.
Ending the sixth mass extinction
The chief cause of the Sixth Mass Extinction is exponential human population growth that has far exceeded Earth’s human carrying capacity.
The Great Multiplier
Consumption and population size work together in having an impact on the Earth's resources and the sustainability of our societies.
2000 Years of Disbelief: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 – 1902)
The struggle for women's rights in America was launched largely by one brilliant, determined activist who waged the battle for a half century.
Overpopulation as a local problem
Overpopulation is commonly associated with global ecological overshoot, but it can occur at any level from the local to the global.
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