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Pope benedict thinks slowed population growth is bad. http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060520/w052050.html Is this guy crazy? He is talking as though Canada's low birth rate is bad and is resulting from the "pervasive effects of secularism". Doesn't he realize the earth's resources are finite and...

Colin Angus becomes first person to travel around the earth on human power (bike, foot, row-boat) http://www.expeditionplanetearth.com/index.html In June 2004 a team departed from Canada on what is undoubtedly the world’s most grueling race: To be the first to travel around the planet (land...

I heard Green Party leader candidate Elizabeth May interviewed this morning on CBC Radio's The Current. She downplayed the problem of overpopulation in Canada and how our present immigration practices are making it worse. She said the problem was only sprawl and wasteful overconsumption...

http://dymaxionworld.blogspot.com/2006/05/problems-without-end.html Apparently, it takes more energy to extract oil from tar sands in Alberta than is contained in the oil that is produced, as much as 3x more. To get the oil out of the tar sands, they are using natural gas to cook it. But the...

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/04/05/ecology-prof-20060405.html I agree with Eric Pianka, that people and the ecological balance on earth would all be better off with 10% of the present population.

Canada's economy, like every other nation's economy on planet earth, is geared towards growth. With more people and more production of goods, where will this leave the planet's fragile ecosystems? When does the growth stop? When is enough enough? Who is looking at the big picture?

According to this philospher and author Dave Pollard, our well-being should be measured with GPI (Genuine Progress Indicator). GPI apparently takes into account resource depletion, crime, household and leisure time, pollution, wealth distribution, lifepsan of consumer goods, dependence on...

In this article published yesterday, Suzuki questions our plan for a perpetually growing economy in a finite planet, which ultimately means a societal goal of "producing more consumer goods": http://www.davidsuzuki.org/about_us/Dr_David_Suzuki/Article_Archives/weekly02240601.asp He links it to...

During the few times when environmental issues are discussed, Canada's deliberate population growth is never debated. It seems that Canadians are only willing to discuss finding ways to reduce their per capita consumption. Apparently population growth is too controversial for an...