overpopulation

the elephant in the room

submitted by daniel on tue, 2007-07-31 07:35.

The Toronto Star ran an article last Sunday which explores a discussion Susan and I had on that same day! I just found it today through TreeHugger as I don't read the Star.

There are many environmental issues people are trying to solve in the world, such as global warming, species extinction and pollution, to name a few. The elephant in the room that nobody talks about is human overpopulation. That is the base problem behind all of the environmental issues we're facing.