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Lists of things people can do to mitigate global warming, but that completely ignore overpopulation:

Some sustainability issues you will hear little or nothing about at other sessions at this conference, nor read much about in lists of “50 simple things you can do to save the Earth” . Lists of things people can do to mitigate global warming, but that completely ignore overpopulation:.

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Lists of things people can do to mitigate global warming, but that completely ignore overpopulation:

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  1. Some sustainability issues you will hear little or nothing about at other sessions at this conference, nor read much about in lists of “50 simple things you can do to save the Earth”

  2. Lists of things people can do to mitigate global warming, but that completely ignore overpopulation: Sierra Club Al Gore’s list NRDC Union of Concerned Scientists Environmental Defense Outside Magazine’s Green Issue Time’s Global Warming Survival Guide

  3. The number of children a couple has is not a component of anybody's sustainability equations

  4. National GeographicGreendex poll of 14,000 people in 14 countries To determine a person’s environmental footprint and “to promote environmentally sustainable consumption”.

  5. Family 1 Family 2 • Father Husband • Mother Wife • 4 minor children no children

  6. Eat little or no meat and fish Meat industry => atmospheric carbon Fish consumption => species extinction and death of aquatic ecosystems Misuse of antibiotics Excessive cruelty to animals e) Diminished wildlife habitat and elimination of essential top predators

  7. Switch from using cars and airplanes to (fast) trains where appropriate

  8. Change from Plurality Voting to something better (note, virtually every voting system is better than the plurality voting we have now). Please consider attending a panel discussion on voting systems and sustainability at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday

  9. Kyoto’s Binding Targets 7,000 Official baseline years Kyoto Targets 6,000 United States 5,000 4,000 Million metric tons CO2 per year 3,000 European Union (EU-15) 2,000 Japan 1,000 - 2016 2004 2008 2012 2000 1924 1928 1944 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1984 1988 1992 1996 1932 1936 1940 1948 1972 1976 1980 9

  10. Kyoto’s Binding Targets 7,000 Official baseline years Kyoto Targets 6,000 United States 5,000 4,000 Million metric tons CO2 per year 3,000 European Union (EU-15) 2,000 Japan 1,000 - 2016 2004 2008 2012 2000 1924 1928 1944 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1984 1988 1992 1996 1932 1936 1940 1948 1972 1976 1980 10

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