Comments on: Book review – Time and the Generations: Population Ethics for a Diminishing Planet

By: Book review – Techno-Fix: Why Technology Won’t Save Us or the Environment | The Inquisitive Biologist

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:29:40 +0000

[…] not dedicate a chapter to the thorny questions of whether we should control world population, what population size is optimal for the planet, and how many children to have (if […]

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By: Book review – A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:03:45 +0000

[…] to a declining world population is mentioned, but not the suggestion put forward by some that a lower world population of, say, 2-3 billion might be more sustainable. And though Attenborough points out increased […]

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By: Book review – Planetary Accounting: Quantifying How to Live Within Planetary Limits at Different Scales of Human Activity | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:55:14 +0000

[…] be a population quota? Depending on living standards plugged into your equations, some authors have tentatively concluded that 3 billion is a more sustainable limit and that we cannot justify having more than one […]

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By: Book review – Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:38:42 +0000

[…] about practising self-limitation, the questions of whether we should control world population, what population size is optimal for the planet, and how many children to have (if any) are the big […]

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