A Project for a New Global Future

Dudo Erny has written a new book called Babbling Green which highlights the main issue we here at NGF have been discussing for many years.  Overpopulation is for some reason a taboo topic among most environmentalists.  The earth might be technically capable of supporting a much larger population, a fact that is commonly dragged out as a way to dispel the whole idea of overpopulation as nothing but a myth.  Billions of people live in poverty around the world and most of the earths 29 megacities (cities with populations over 10 million) are in developing countries where economic, political, and social issues prevent any sort of care to be taken in dealing with the environment and management of local resources.

For example, Manila is a city with 20 million people and growing by 250,000 per year.  Space is so scarce that hospitals pack 4 or 5 mothers per bed with their newborn babies into beds.  Pollution is rampant and the general quality of life is quite terrible.  Why is Manila so overpopulated?  Well, the majority of people are Catholic and contraception is taboo.  As a result, having 4, 5, 6, or more children is not an uncommon thing.

We commend Dudo for tackling this issue and certainly consider him to be a friend of the future.