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CWA: Population isn't the problem, consumption is the problem

“As we get women access to education and birth control, as there’s a focus on human rights, the birth rate is leveling out. It’s a great success story, actually. Sustainability is about consumption, not population. Indonesia has a high birth rate, but Indonesia is not going to push the world into runaway global warming. Not unless they all start consuming the way we do.”Ted Nace, author and environmental activist, during a Conference on World Affairs panel that asked, “Can Science Feed the Growing Global Population?”

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