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Retropopulationism: Clawing Back a Stable Planet from Eight Billion and Change
by Albert Bates
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- John Dennis Liu, Ecosystems Ambassador, Commonland Foundation Albert Bates brings a fresh breeze to our troubled minds and hearts, a bigger perspective from which to look into ourselves. Could a new picture emerge as human populations decline? Allow your curiosity to lead you to this book!
- Kosha Joubert, CEO, Pocket Project As I hear the news day to day much of the misery I hear incessantly-inflation, war, hunger, border conflicts, seething prejudices-reflects the simplest ecological reality: too many people struggling for diminishing oil, land and other resources. Albert Bates considers himself a translator of scientific and other information into clear terms for the average person. Here he undertakes an interesting, far-ranging and eclectic survey of how various writers from antiquity through today have considered population and its relation to resources. It's a good read.
- Charles A.S. Hall, author, Energy and the Wealth of Nations Albert Bates has been at the forefront of environmental movements and solutions for decades. Now he takes on a key-and often taboo-environmental issue: population. Albert goes beyond the issue of too much (and too little) population to explore the dangers and opportunities that lie ahead on a crowded planet.
- Dan Miller, Managing Director of The Roda Group climate investments Retropopulationism is a page-turner filled with profound truths about humanity's future, sometimes sad, sometimes uplifting, but always elegantly done with pathos and deep insight.
- J. T. Ross Jackson, author of The Bad News and the Good News: The Economics of Collapse and The Birth of a Regenerative Society. Albert has the headquarters of all his work at The Farm. That says it all: if you want to change the direction of the world, where health and happiness combined with the quest for resilience stands at the core, then you have to live it yourself as Albert is doing. Therefore his words are his walking the talk!
-Gunter Pauli, author of The Blue Economy and Gunter's Fables Albert Bates has courageously tackled the issue at the root of all of our environmental challenges: human population growth. His pithy and pragmatic perspective cuts through many layers of destructive mythologies and sets a solution in front of us. Everyone should read this.
- Bryan Welch, author of Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want Thank you, Albert. You offer such a thoroughly grasped and sharpened understanding of the complexities and crisis of our human and planetary condition today. With a lot of heartfelt wisdom, you urgently invite us to pause and imagine what are viable and balanced solutions to regain a healthy population, living environment and brighter future for our children."
-Ave Oit, Foundation for Future Education
- John Dennis Liu, Ecosystems Ambassador, Commonland Foundation Albert Bates brings a fresh breeze to our troubled minds and hearts, a bigger perspective from which to look into ourselves. Could a new picture emerge as human populations decline? Allow your curiosity to lead you to this book!
- Kosha Joubert, CEO, Pocket Project As I hear the news day to day much of the misery I hear incessantly-inflation, war, hunger, border conflicts, seething prejudices-reflects the simplest ecological reality: too many people struggling for diminishing oil, land and other resources. Albert Bates considers himself a translator of scientific and other information into clear terms for the average person. Here he undertakes an interesting, far-ranging and eclectic survey of how various writers from antiquity through today have considered population and its relation to resources. It's a good read.
- Charles A.S. Hall, author, Energy and the Wealth of Nations Albert Bates has been at the forefront of environmental movements and solutions for decades. Now he takes on a key-and often taboo-environmental issue: population. Albert goes beyond the issue of too much (and too little) population to explore the dangers and opportunities that lie ahead on a crowded planet.
- Dan Miller, Managing Director of The Roda Group climate investments Retropopulationism is a page-turner filled with profound truths about humanity's future, sometimes sad, sometimes uplifting, but always elegantly done with pathos and deep insight.
- J. T. Ross Jackson, author of The Bad News and the Good News: The Economics of Collapse and The Birth of a Regenerative Society. Albert has the headquarters of all his work at The Farm. That says it all: if you want to change the direction of the world, where health and happiness combined with the quest for resilience stands at the core, then you have to live it yourself as Albert is doing. Therefore his words are his walking the talk!
-Gunter Pauli, author of The Blue Economy and Gunter's Fables Albert Bates has courageously tackled the issue at the root of all of our environmental challenges: human population growth. His pithy and pragmatic perspective cuts through many layers of destructive mythologies and sets a solution in front of us. Everyone should read this.
- Bryan Welch, author of Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want Thank you, Albert. You offer such a thoroughly grasped and sharpened understanding of the complexities and crisis of our human and planetary condition today. With a lot of heartfelt wisdom, you urgently invite us to pause and imagine what are viable and balanced solutions to regain a healthy population, living environment and brighter future for our children."
-Ave Oit, Foundation for Future Education
Paperback
$19.95