433 - Biodiversity and the Just Society (Why human population growth is a legitimate concern)

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Episode #433 - Biodiversity and the Just Society (Why human population growth is a legitimate concern)

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⌚ Sun 19 October 2008  ☻David Suzuki, Paul Ehrlich

Download Hour1 Download Hour2Two speakers who underline the importance of biodiversity as the issue underlying concerns about human population limits.

In the last chapter I read from Susan Rosenthal's Power and Powerlessness, I felt compelled to respectfully disagree with her assertion that human population growth was not in itself a problem. While I agree with her point that hunger is caused by maldistribution of food resulting from our political economic system, I disagree with assertion that environmentalists who raise the issue of overpopulation a are either witting or unwitting supporters of a racist and genocidal world view. When I say respectfully disagree, I mean it about the respect part. Dr. Rosenthal is not the only eminent, or sincere thinker who has this view.
Thanks to Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock
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