Keith Lampe
Keith Lampe
Earth Read-out
Continuation of a review: The Population Bomb, by Paul R. Ehrlich, Ballantine, 223 pp., 95 cents paper.
[For Part I see “Earth Read-Out,” FE #86, August 21-September 3, 1969].
Ehrlich says: “A general answer to the question, ‘What needs to be done?’ is simple. We must rapidly bring the world population under control, reducing the growth rate to zero or making it go negative. Conscious regulation of human numbers must be achieved. Simultaneously we must, at least temporarily, greatly increase our food production.
Jul 4, 2019 Read the whole text...
Keith Lampe
Earth Read-Out
a review of
The Population Bomb, by Paul R. Ehrlich, Ballantine, 223 pp., $.95, paper.
Ehrlich tries to reach a broad public in this book—but he’s not coy or campy.
He knows there’s no longer time for that.
His first words are: “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs -embarked upon now...
Jun 7, 2019 Read the whole text...
Keith Lampe
Earth Read-Out
BERKELEY—About 2,000 persons attended—off and on—a six hour teach-in on “Ecology and Politics in America” May 28 at the U-C Berkeley campus.
The idea was to relate the People’s Park issue to broader questions of planetary survival.
A lot of language under a hot sun—but hopefully the thing will get made into a book to help people past the old politics and into a root politics of ecology.
Apr 3, 2019 Read the whole text...