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It's crazy how some people think we only have climate collapse because there's a human overpopulation. Like, no bruh, if there was a single billion of people in the World and all of them lived insustainably, we would still be fucked! And the solution of the overpopulation problem (if such a thing even exists) is not forced sterilization! STOP IT!!! YOU SOUND LIKE A NAZI!!!
The global mass extinction
I just came over an article about fertility problems in humans due to anthropogenic chemicals polluting the environment. A big problem indeed.
See here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reproductive-problems-in-both-men-and-women-are-rising-at-an-alarming-rate/
The last lines of the article say: “In other words, we need to stop using each other and our unborn children as lab rats for EDC exposures. The health and the future of the human race really do depend on it.”
Stop the pollution, yes. But is the human species with 7.9 billion individuals threatened? No, not really. In this article, there was not a single word about the enormous ecological effects of this human-caused pollution. Not a word about how this affects other species, which are already struggling for survival of their very kind. Only a brief mention about climate change.
So I thought to put the human population status in perspective with some other (rather iconic) large mammals (source: IUCN red list): Lion: 23.000- 39.000 decreasing Cheetah: 6647 - decreasing Chimpanzee: 172,700–299,700 – decreasing Eastern gorilla: 2600 - decreasing African wild dog: 1409 – decreasing European bison: 2.518 - increasing Human: 7.853.630.000 - increasing By comparison – the world wide wild lion population barely fills one football stadium. So no, it is not the fertility of the human species that I’m worried about, neither am I concerned about SARS-CoV-2, except that it comes from the horrible, bloody wildlife trade.
Life on Earth would breathe in relief if the human population gets down to a healthier size and stops confiscating everything on its path with its uncontrolled population growth and economic growth obsession. I also believe that a smaller human population size would benefit humans themselves and would increase wellbeing a lot more than the non-stop increase in pressure on limited resources and murderous competition over them. The figure below illustrates well how skewed the global mammalian biomass is with humans: 36%, livestock: 60% and wild mammals: 4%.
So, no I'm not concerned about humans reproducing a little less fast. I’m much more worried that humanity keeps pushing other animals to the limits of their ever dwindling living space, that threatened species are still shot as trophies, that non-human animals are still seen as tradable objects, that entire populations are still slaughtered because “there are too many” (how hypocrite is that, see the numbers) and that many people still deny other animals sentience and emotion, opening the door to objectification and terrible abuse (see the bioindustry).
I’m a also lot more concerned about the ecological effects of chemical waste, dramatic climate change, all this suffocating plastic waste and the wildfires scorching billions of animals, plants and fungi to death.
See here more information (yes, Wikipedia as it is an accessible and rather reliable information source) The current extinction wave (and source of the figure): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction The biodiversity crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_loss
Just a reminder
If you consider yourself an environmentalist and don't oppose the onging Migrant Caravan or support immigration restrictions/control, you're a hypocrite.
Story time
I annoyed the ever loving hell out of a famous Dutch Biologist!
So the renounced Biologist Francis de Waal from Beligum came to our Identity class today~ and we went around and stated our year, major, and what we wanted to hear from him. I was the last one and stated my name, year, major and commented on how I used to want to be a zoologist/marine-biologist. Waal looked at me, almost offended, and asked "Why did you choose Theatre??? Above science?" And I explained how it felt right and made me happy~
He didn't seem very interested in me after that, I don't think he expected to hear from me again. He kept looking to the science majors in the room, but nobody talked.
Boop boop here I come, I asked him at least 3 well thought out questions in a span of 40 minutes!
"What studies have been done on nonverbal communication between humans and animals? What animals respond better to nonverbals from humans?" Answer was dogs
I then asked "How do you think wild animals have evolved to trust or seek out humans in times of distress?" I then recalled the time I helped a bat in the theatre (he was astounded that 1) we had a bat in the theatre and 2) I just went up and grabbed it correctly without any prior training and 3) was able to determine it was fine and set it free without hassle).
Last question I asked was the theory of human overpopulation and if there was a gene being introduced that made humans reproduce less, but not stop completely to control this. He said that that has already happened and it's because of wealth in society, and we are seeing an increase in people who wish to not be parents and theories suggest the population will go down to a more manageable number.
Needless to say, he seemed rather irritated a theatre major was talking more and KNEW more about evolution, animal biology, and recent theories than the other science majors in the room. I was tempted to ask him about the studies done on homosexuality in mammals and whether it's natural or used as a population control thing, but decided I had annoyed the Dutch man enough lol. I shook his hand and thanked him for his time and he just went "Mhm...thank you for your...insightful questions."
And that is how I annoyed the ever loving hell out of a famous biologist~
It was a fun talk though like this man is a genius and if you all have time to go and check out his work please do!
It's cherry blossom season! 🥰 Antoinette and her friends, Ileandra and Lilith, are ready to celebrate. 🍒 You can see them doing this in their book, Antoinette: A Year in the Life of a Doll with Her Friends, available at: https://www.amazon.com/Antoinette-Year-Life-Doll-Friends/dp/1734374322/
These dolls are adults, with careers, and they are concerned about the state of the world. Democracy, the ecosystem, and human overpopulation are just some of the issues covered in this book.
How long do we let unchecked natural resources depletion? Overpopulation, pollution, overconsumption, deforestation, are degrading renewable and non renewable resources. Act today!
Natural Resources Depletion occurs when a natural resource is consumed faster than it can be replenished by nature. Natural resources are broadly categorized into renewable resources and nonrenewable resources. Consumption of either of these types of resources at a faster rate than their rate of replacement is called resource depletion.
The Amazon is Burning; the Permafrost is Thawing; Greenland is Melting. Therefore, the Earth is Heating Up and Fascists are Circling.
The Amazon is Burning; the Permafrost is Thawing; Greenland is Melting. Therefore, the Earth is Heating Up and Fascists are Circling.
Have you watched or read the news in the past few days? Or week? Or month?
If you’re reading this blog post, I’ll bet you have, because I don’t write for the apathetic.
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Earth Overshoot Day has come 3 days earlier this year.
We have to change our habits of reproduction and consumption.
