The Threat of Over-Population

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This paper discusses how population growth presents one of the largest challenges to the environment of any of the potential problems human beings pose towards nature. It looks at how the problem of over-population presents itself in a variety of different forms such as air pollution, chemical dumping and the greenhouse effect. It argues that we must work together as a global community and as nations individually to promote positive methods of producing responsible population stabilization, and in some cases negative population growth.

Outline:
Introduction
The Problems of Population Growth
Global Solutions for Population Growth
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Population growth must be considered as an exponential increase rather than a linear increase. A liner increase is when a number is added to the previous number to create a larger number. Exponential increase multiplies instead of adding the new number to the previous number. Population growth moves in this pattern because of the natural reproduction of families. In traditional nuclear families with two and a half kids the growth should be about the same. However, if a couple has eight children, which is not totally unreasonable, the population of that family is now four times as large. In this way, population increases geometrically or exponentially. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Pojman, Louis. "Population: General Considerations," Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth (2005)
• McKibben, Bill. "A Special Moment in History: The Challenge of Overpopulation and Overconsumption," ed. Pojman, Louis. Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth (2005)
• Wolf, Clark. "Population and the Environment," ed. Pojman, Louis. Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth (2005)
• Jacobson, Jodi. "China's Baby Budget," ed. Pojman, Louis. Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth (2005)
• Flavin, Christopher. "The Heat Is On: The Greenhouse Effect," ed. Pojman, Louis. Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth (2005)

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