Dear Mother: June/July 2009
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June/July 2009
Reader letters
Tripp Tibbetts
Spokane, Washington
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Emphasize Quality, not Quantity
If we had free, unlimited energy, our planet could still not support our marketing society. We mainly buy stuff we don’t need, and when we run out of room, we rent storage space to house all of it! It isn’t just global warming, though of course we need to do all we can not to add to the problem.
Jacques Cousteau said, “Until we do something about population, all that we do will not solve the problem” (paraphrased).
Bryan Welch is 100 percent right. We need to do something about population now. Regarding economic models, we need to change society and eliminate the “marketing” aspect. We have become so prosperous we can nearly retire and work only for the artistic pleasure of human existence while our basic needs are completely taken care of.
A planned reduction in material production with emphasis on product longevity and operational quality would still require workers, but take the money out of it so that we may work for pride in accomplishment. Keep up the good work and keep the emphasis on the real causes and solutions of global warming.
Richard Walter
Spokane, Washington
Walking Away from the Conversation
The article by Bryan Welch was poorly written and presented. It appears he hasn’t spent any time in other cultures, nor is he listening to the other side of the argument about the events he so dramatically reports as fact. You may cancel my subscription, because I didn’t subscribe to Mother Earth News for the political rhetoric that is starting to dominate.
Bill Mulholland
Newberg, Oregon
Keep it Up!
Thank you Mother Earth News, especially Bryan Welch, for writing about population issues. I know you’ve been taking some flak, but keep it up! I buy your magazine at the newsstand, but thanks to Planning for a Sustainable Human Future, I will be buying a subscription.
Beverley Wagar
Ontario, Canada
Difficult Choices
I want to commend you for tackling the population issue again in your April/May 2009 issue. I was surprised at the vehemence and anger with which so many people rejected any discussion of population. Our world is in trouble, and we can trace most of that trouble back to us. We are sentient beings; we can make choices based on a concept of the future that no other animal has.
The choices we will need to make for the health of the world and all of its residents will be extremely difficult, but that does not relieve us of the responsibility of making them.
Mark Blaauw-Hara
Boyne City, Michigan
Bitter Irony
I’ve been reading the ongoing discussion on population in your issues, and I tip my hat to you for staying strong despite some disappointed readers out there. While I understand the sensitivity of the issue for many, to simply ignore the discussion is such an unproductive approach.
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