The number the environment can't afford.
Edward C. Hartman, the author of The Population Fix: Breaking America’s Addiction to Population Growth, (California: Think Population Press, 2006) will be asking audiences provocative questions about national human population expansion throughout his two week speaking tour of New England in early October, 2007.
As part of this circuit, Hartman will be speaking at Antioch University New England on Wednesday, October 10th, at 7 P.M., room E101. Antioch is located at 40 Avon Street, Keene NH, 03431.
Mr. Hartman is traveling through New England at his own expense because he wants to share his concerns about national population growth with the residents of New England. Ed worries that far too many Americans assume that the U.S. does not have to be concerned about domestic population growth.
Given that the U.S. population recently passed 300 million people and will pass 400 million by 2040, he feels that too few people realize that rather than winding down towards zero population growth, America is in the midst of a surge of unprecedented demographic expansion that is wreaking havoc on our environment.
In his book, Mr. Hartman describes many American entities--developers, political parties, and the media, to name a few--as addicted to population growth.
“To me the real issue is not fertility rates, illegal or legal immigration, it’s all of those things put together. We end up with this perpetual and accelerating population growth. And so all I try to do in my talks is try to engage audiences in asking themselves, ‘Do we really want to leave a nation of one billion to our descendants?’ And if they conclude that, yes, for religious reasons, for philosophical reasons, they do, I have no quarrel with that, but I do want them to think about it.”
Hartman’s stop at Antioch is being sponsored by the New England Coalition for Sustainable Population, a population advocacy organization working to raise awareness in the region about the need for a sustainable level of population in New England, the United States and the world.
The evening is being hosted by the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program (EAOP) of Antioch New England University.