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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Population Quit talking about it already	David Roberts	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
We're constantly getting yelled at here at Grist for not discussing population, which according to the yellers is the ultimate problem of all problems, such that addressing any other problem without addressing it first is to demonstrate one's total subjugation to The Man and False Consciousness. The issue came up in this thread, so I thought I'd say for the record why I never bother to discuss population. It's obviously relevant to the ecological health of the plane ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics, population (all these topics)

Sometimes you just have to let go of a word ... Rethinking 'overpopulation'	biodiversivist	04 Oct 2006	Gristmill
'Overpopulation' is one of them. 'Gay' is another. You can insist on calling yourself gay out of a stubborn refusal to let language evolve, but unless you are gay, you will be giving a lot of people the wrong impression. The word 'overpopulation' (which remains vague and poorly defined) has fallen out of favor and is rarely used in polite company. We can thank, at least in part, those who called for an increase in death rates and draconian restrictions on childbirth ...
Topics: environmental movement, messaging, population (all these topics)