Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge. By Lester Brown et al. Examines the impacts of population growth on global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income, and health. After examining the stakes involved in potentially adding another 3.3 billion people to the world population over the next fifty years, Brown and his co-authors call for expansion of international family planning assistance and new investment in educating young people - especially women - to promote a shift to smaller families. More… | Lester Brown EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Stork and the Plow: The Equity Answer to the Human Dilemma. By Paul Ehrlich et al. Focusing on the issue of equity (between nations, classes, and genders), this book confronts the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. It looks at the interaction between population size and food supply, and offers strategies for achieving a balance between the two. These strategies include improving the status of women, reducing racism and religious prejudice, reforming the agricultural system, and shrinking the growing gap between rich and poor. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>