Not Room, Make Room ! By Harry Harrison

This New York Times article discusses the ideas of Paul Ehrlich on population and the environment. Although Ehrlich often resorted to dramatizations and apocalypse-type imagery in his writings, they often had some very poignant objective. Ehrlich discussed the “Population Bomb”, the idea that population was rising so rapidly, that widespread famine would soon be an issue for millions of people. As we saw, no such event occurred, but Ehrlich still firmly believes measures should be taken to limit population growth such as “tax benefits for having additional children” and taxes on childcare items such as diapers and strollers. These proposals and ideas remain highly controversial, as they were in the 1970’s and continue to create a stir even

This paper can be an excellent source for anyone researching into how to fight overpopulation. Hardin provides several other viewpoints that show he did not selectively choose evidence or distort it. Hardin proceeds from point to point logically which allowed the reader to comprehend the main idea effortlessly. The author glided to how the people of poor

“Well, here it is,” says the moving truck man “1101 Cherry Street.” “Thank you,” says 27 year old Beverly who just graduated from the University of Ottawa. “No problem,” the moving truck man replies “we’ll help you unload all of your stuff, no extra charge.” “Thank you very much,” Beverly thankfully replies. They got out of the industrial smelling white and red moving truck, and proceeded to unload Beverly’s items,

No matter how many people do claim overpopulation is not a relevant issue, it very much is because of the simple fact that starvation and pollution are very real and existing issues that are ultimately offset by overpopulation. In an article titled “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem,” author Erle C. Ellis uses the analogy “Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of a finite planet, with dire consequences,” to argue that overpopulation is not a problem by stating the opposing claim. “We are nothing like bacteria in a petri dish,” Mr. Ellis solemnly asserts, “...these claims demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of the ecology of human systems. The conditions that sustain humanity are not natural and never have been. Since prehistory, human populations have used technologies and engineered ecosystems to sustain

Overpopulation is an issue that many persons fail to bring attention, but don’t know the underlying effects that it can have on the United States itself. The hardships of overpopulation, affects the economy, the available of resources, and also the success of the future generations to come. Without much thought, someone may have children not knowing that it can affect the livelihood of the future generations who plan to land that job or that position they were aspiring to get. There are those individuals that continue having children, knowing that they are not financially capable of supporting another innocent child. In result this negatively affects the quality of living. If there are more births, it foreshadows that there are more jobs to be created, which causes employment hard to acquire, nevertheless, causing the economy to make a turn for the

When hearing the word “Overpopulation”, one tends to think about India and China and their massive populations, however it this is just the surface of the underlying hell that is these impoverished overpopulated areas. In Sold by Patricia McCormick, the reader is exposed to the dim reality of what happens in these crime ridden cities. The problem with these areas is that these poor living conditions affect millions of people daily, causing people to do things that they normally would not do to survive. The rapidly increasing populations in developing countries and cities is the main source of dehumanization in their societies.

The world population is only growing. The U.N. predicts that from today’s 7.5 billion we will reach 9.3 billion by the year 2050. (World Population Prospects n.p) In New York Times author Nicholas Kristof’s article, The Birth Control Solution, Kristof attempts to promote family planning as a solution to many of the world’s problems. He will do this by giving examples that an out of control global population causes poverty, conflict, and environmental damage; and that family planning would be a cost effective solution.

The next morning, in Billy’s homeless shelter, kids yell, the alarm clock pounds on Billy’s brain. He rolls out of bed and lets out a morning groan, and gets ready for school. He washes the blood off his shirt before he leaves for high school in Indianapolis.

Beyond a doubt we urgently need to address the devastating global issue of population growth in the United States America before we destroy our planet. We are facing many devastating economic problems, such as pollution, global warming, education, but the most critical is overconsumption. Overpopulation is a huge problem in the United States of America, which is causing us to run out of natural resources. The human race is already too large and is destroying the natural systems that support us. There are many solutions to this problem, but the common factor is controlling the human race. What can we do as a society to help contribute to controlling the population growth? “The United States is the most overpopulated country in the world” (Ehrlich).

But you can bet your boots I’ll be fine! I can get the cart to the center without and help," he yelled as he gave the grocery cart another push it started to turn over, but he was quick to steady it. “Mr. Cassidy, why don’t you use the old truck in your driveway? It would be so much easier. That is if it starts,” explained Justin. Yelling out in annoyance, “Why don’t you leave me alone and mind your own damned business. I can do this myself!” The old man stopped pushing, leaned against the cart, gasping for breath before sitting down on the grass. After resting a few minutes, he stood up, shook himself before giving it a hard push trying to get it down the road a few more feet before he stopped again. The boy knowing his name puzzled him “Who told you my name and what is yours?” Leaning against the cart, Mr. Cassidy asked, unaware anyone in town cared enough about him to know his name. After resting a brief time, he was ready to push the cart again. "Wait a minute, they don’t know me, and I don’t know them,” he declared. Since he was several feet away from him and knew he could outrun him, Justin was no longer afraid of the old man."Everyone in town knows who you are. For your information, my name is Justin Anderson. The

As a high school student, I was completely unaware that there were topics such as population control, and that women were restricted access to birth control because of the need for population growth as Roxanne Gay states in her article entitled "The Alienable Rights of Women". Thus, when moving to the mainland for university my eyes began to open to how controlling the government is on the choices men and women make in terms of the economy, their health, and their everyday

Many people do not think overpopulation is much of an issue; instead, they care more about things like global warming and poverty. These are, however, in the words of main villain and finally hero Bertrand Zobrist, basically “...These are merely symptoms of the real problem—overpopulation.” In the book, Brown recognized the effect of the Catholic Church’s views on contraception towards those who are poor. Admittedly, the Catholic Church has many followers amongst the rich, educated, and intelligent, but they still do some things wrong. Their inflexibility towards contraception is portrayed by Brown when he creates the scene where Dr. Sinskey, figurehead of the CDC is communicating with Zobrist: “Recently we spent millions of dollars sending doctors into Africa to deliver free condoms and educate people about birth control”, fumes

In the article “Over Population Is Not the Problem” New York Times. On 13 September 2013, Erle Elis informs us that many scientist believe humans are exceeding the earth’s natural carrying capacity. That the expanding numbers are reaching the limits of our finite planet. Earths carrying capacity is estimated between 4 and 16 billion, and the world’s population stands at around 7 billion. In other words, we may have already passed the limits. It is estimated that by 2050, population will reach 9 billion. We are exceeding the earth’s natural resources and undermining the life support that sustains us. (Ellis) We are living beyond our means and are increasingly doing so as our population expands. This is a serious problem with major implications for future generations. However, there is many ways to curb overpopulation, one of them being women empowerment. Women’s empowerment has four proportions: having control over their own body, education, radical and monetary.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how overpopulation causes social problems. To do so you must take many things into consideration, such as different views of racial problems and conflicting definitions of a social problem. Social problems can be defined in many different ways. They effect everyone and some of us encounter problems everyday as a result of our race, religion, gender, or low income. Others experience problems from technological change or declining neighborhoods, others are affected directly by crime and violence in their own neighborhood, and sometimes definitions of social problems are changed by society because of changes around you. Finally in

Population control is an idea that has been thrown around world-wide for years. One may wonder what population control would even mean for its partakers. As one researches population control, many different viewpoints are found. There are the viewpoints of those who are oblivious to the struggles an economy will be forced to face if population control is not put into effect; then, there are others who recognize the responsibility they have to care for their country the way it has cared for them for centuries. Without population control, not only will the economy fail, but there will be world-wide struggles. These struggles seem unfathomable at America’s current peak of economic success; however, soon they will be a reality if one does not take action quickly.