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Re: 6 Billion People Resolution
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- Subject: Re: 6 Billion People Resolution
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:11:02 +0000
Sorry if this may be a repeat mailing...
> From: Karen Gaia Kempster <http://www.calweb.com/~gaia>
> Date: Fri Sep 24, 9:54pm
>
> A group of us in Sacramento got together a resolution about population - hoping
> that we get plenty of signatures to get big time media attention. Maybe this can
> even be taken to the next Capitol Hill days to our lawmakers! Several other
> groups have joined the bandwagon in gathering signatures, so this thing may
> catch hold.
>
> Anyway, if you want to sign, just delete the state of Ca - if you are
> not in Ca, or leave it in and remove the brackets if you are in
> Ca, and then follow the instructions at the bottom.
>
> If you are participating in a Y6B event, don't hesitate to make a copy of this
> resolution, and get signatures! My address is below. Email me if you want
> instructions for a nice-looking paper copy.
>
> Karen Kempster Pitts
> ------------------------
>
> On the commemoration of October 12, 1999
> which marks the world population reaching
>
> 6 Billion People,
>
> we make the following resolution:
>
> Whereas it took 123 years to add the second billion people,
> but only 12 years to increase from 5 billion to 6 billion,
>
> Whereas a billion people require billions of acres of land,
> and displace an equivalent biomass of billions of animals,
>
> Whereas the world will increase by another billion in the next 12 years,
> the U.S. will exceed half a billion by 2060
> [ and Ca will double to 60 million in 50 years, ]
>
> Whereas the consequences of this growth will stress all natural resources,
> drinkable water, clean air, farmland with topsoil and fossil fuel
> increasing carbon emissions, pollution, deforestation,
> causing further decline in ocean fisheries, accelerating ozone layer depletion,
> wildlife habitat loss and species extinction
> and degrading the quality of human existence for billions,
>
> We urge governments of all localities to put population stabilization
> as a top priority on their agenda.
>
> We also urge rich countries to help the poor countries
> fund their unmet needs for family planning.
>
> We urge population stabilization efforts
> to prevent deterioration of the quality of life everywhere,
> to preserve wildlife habitat and bio-diversity,
> and most importantly
> to sustain our biosphere for future generations.
>
> Additionally , because of humanity’s dependence on the environment,
> we urge governments everywhere to incorporate metrics of ecosystems health
> into the performance measurements of the economy and of public health.
>
> Signed:
>
> Details -
>
> To sign, please add your name, title or association (optional), and U.S. state
> of residence under 'Signed' above, and forward it to http://www.calweb.com/~gaia.
>
> Alternatively, print it out from your browser, at
> www.overpopulation.org/Y6Bresolution.html, sign it, and mail it to:
> World Overpopulation Awareness, box 1541, Rancho Cordova CA 95741.
>
> Statistics are from:
>
> United Nations - http://www.popin.org/pop1998/
> U.S. Census Bureau -
> http://www.census.gov/population/projections/nation/npaltsrs.txt
> Ca Dept. of Finance - http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/Demograp/Proj_age.htm
>
> This resolution is at www.overpopulation.org, and will appear on websites in at
> least two other states: Colorado and Georgia.