Phil Harding
Phil Harding
world care environment
To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have
thinking growth environmental
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth in the context of climate change, travel congestion, unaffordable housing, and resource depletion
two-sides growth coins
Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin
growth climate population
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it
numbers waiting growth
Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers?
children thinking car
What will use more finite resources? That 3rd or 4th child you have or driving a large car? We all need to think about the choices we make
future vision environmental
Without environmental sustainability, economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved
choices looks faces
21st Century choice: Look after our planet and it will look after us, or don't and face the consequences
investing economic clean
No economic measure has more value for a nation than investing in a clean & sustainable low carbon future
growth expansion population
Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead to disaster
land oil strategy
Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a background of depleting oil resources, this is a dangerous strategy
population needs saving
Large carbon and resource savings arising from efficiency and renewable energy programmes will be completely cancelled out by the added resource needs of even small population increases. Action is urgently required on both fronts to protect our life on earth
growth different use
Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous consequences unless we address population growth sooner rather than later. Efficiency improvements, increased use of renewable resources and less waste in themselves are no longer sufficient to put us back into credit
continuing-on humanity being-positive
Reasons to be positive. The economic downturn could be the catalyst for positive change. It should be translated into the wake-up call we need for a major change in aspirations and lifestyles to save humanity from the ecological and economic disaster that would otherwise result from continuing on the high carbon and resource depleting path we have been pursuing