1.1 The Human Predicament Humanity is facing its greatest emergency, a crisis consisting of many, interlinked, catastrophic risks. The crisis is already here, and will get worse. Its combined […]
William Rees at his best in recent podcast at Population Balance
“Confronting Overshoot: Changing the Story of Human Exceptionalism “We chat with population ecologist, co-creator of the ecological footprint analysis, and one of the world’s best big-picture ecological thinkers, Dr. Bill […]
The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable
By: Dr. William Rees Homo sapiens has evolved to reproduce exponentially, expand geographically, and consume all available resources. For most of humanity’s evolutionary history, such expansionist tendencies have been countered by […]
Are We Living in a Zoo?
Are We Living in a Zoo? Are the socially deviant behaviours we see normal for any caged animal? Part 1: Questions and No Answers Recently I have been reading […]