BOGOR, Indonesia (18 January, 2011)_ Improving the health of local women in forest communities may provide powerful incentives for them to contribute to conservation efforts, says a recent study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Population growth tends to get blamed on other people: Africans and Asians who have "more kids than they can feed," immigrants in our own country with their "large families," even single mothers in the "inner city."

What is the one natural substance that is MOST vital to life on Earth? Water. Without water, life is impossible for most creatures and plants. 

Clean water is essential to life, and as the Earth’s population grows, water is becoming more and more a limiting factor to human life. Concentrating populations in cities places additional demands on our ability to supply growing urban areas with adequate fresh, clean water. Water is becoming our most valuable resource, especially in urban areas.

BOULDER—Changes in population growth and composition, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years, according to a new study out next week.

Everyone needs to realize that over-population will be the greatest disaster on this planet. Here is a plan that could achieve zero population growth.

from 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/03/population-bubble.html

Unless we act soon, the Great Disaster of 2050 will occur.

From 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-disaster-of-2050.html

The population of California is more than that of Canada, accounting for more than 12% of all U.S. citizens living in the Golden State. With already strained water and energy resources, work to build consensus on appropriate environmentally sustainable alternatives is at the center of Clean Water Fund’s California programs.

Did you know that there are approximately 80,000 chemicals in commercial use but that for most of them, there has been little or no testing for potential health or environmental impacts? As a result household cleaners, garden chemicals and pesticides, personal care products, computers, clothes, food, and even beds may contain chemicals about which there is little readily available safety information.