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stopblamePOST_final.jpg We invite you to download or request a hard-copy of Stop the Blame: Population Control Imagery (1933-2008) , a project of the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment with the Hampshire College Population and Development Program. This digital flash archive ...
U.S. Water Use Declines Despite 30% Population Increase
U.S. Water Use Declines Despite 30% Population Increase
cleantechnica.com — The U.S. Department of the Interior reports that overall water consumption in the United States has declined... in the past 25 years, even though the population has increased 30% and use by individual American households has increased. The statistics ... (more) U.S. Water Use Declines Despite 30% Population Increase
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Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue | Jess McCabe
The Guardian | Environment — ... I'm not going to get into the arguments around whether population control is a good solution to climate change. Others have already done so; George Monbiot's piece barely more than a month ago, for this newspaper, ...

Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... on the basis that population control is a way to prevent the situation spiralling out of control. And, she posited, this could be achieved by giving more women more autonomy over their own bodies, through improved access to contraception and abortion. I'm not going to get into the arguments around whether population control is a good solution to climate change . Others have already done so; George Monbiot's piece barely more than a month ago, for this newspaper, ...

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