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ozone_man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 10:07 AM
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3. For starters, stop growing human population.
Edited on Sat Apr-23-11 10:07 AM by ozone_man
Stop the endless expansion of agriculture to support greater and greater human populations. Work toward negative population growth. This means confronting religion and capitalism, the endless growth model, e.g., 3% GDP growth mentality. It is unsustainable.

Equally important is making agriculture sustainable and less damaging ecologically. Stopping the use of pesticides and fertilizers is perhaps the most important. Stop Monsanto, Bayers, corporate control of agriculture.

Realistically, there has always been starvation and probably always will be. Solving the situation by promoting more agriculture, just exacerbates the problem by causing more population. The problem can only be solved by sustainable agriculture, sustainable economies, sustainable populations, education, ... Treat the causes, not the symptoms.

Conflict ends when we learn to respect and revere nature again, along with community.


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