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Sunday, February 27, 2011

David Gallo shows underwater astonishment's

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http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Leaders Make Bids To Save The Earth

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2010: Green Leaders Make A Bid To Save The Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JWuft7k72c

Christie's Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8gr4b_acC4&feature=related

Prior: Cap and Trade: Will It Save the Earth? - A U.S. Viewpoint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPVDOpFCIA

Save Our Earth - Beautiful scenery - Slide show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VLl2E3Yd7o

Save the Earth – The ugly examples; and beauty - Slide show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzXReBZq8M&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Save Planet Earth - about ecology and the species which are in danger of extinction, owl, butterfly, insects, wolf, birds, polar bear – Slide show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W74aPF5cH6U&feature=fvw

Sunday, December 12, 2010

How to recycle 7 things (video)

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How to recycle 7 things (video)

And, you may have thought you had to throw these things away?

Website URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xx7YHtSEpo&feature=player_embedded

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Google Earth Engine Overview - Perhaps There Is A Glimmer of Hope

Watch the following video to learn more about this BRAND new technology from Google! - Amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnCf9Gjz720&feature=player_embedded

http://google.org/earthengine | Learn more about Google Earth Engine, a new platform that puts an unprecedented amount of satellite imagery and data -- current and historical -- online for the first time and enables global-scale monitoring and measurement of changes in the earth's environment. It aims to show "how the earth is changing under a changing climate, and use that information to drive public policy... We're hoping that it will elevate people's understanding of the planet."

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The philanthropic arm of Google is launched a new technology platform on Thursday, December 9, 2010, that will allow worldwide monitoring and measurement of changes in the earth's environment.

Google Earth Engine draws on 25 years of satellite images collected by LANDSAT, the longest continuing orbiting satellite on earth.

The new product, from Google.org - Google Technology-Driven Philanthropy - the philanthropic arm of the company. This web site lists Google's philanthropic activities.

This was developed over the past two years and will post online for free, could prove critical in helping developing nations track deforestation rates in real time as well as other key environmental changes. One of the few substantive achievements the United Nations climate talks may produce is an agreement on how to compensate rainforest nations for preserving their forests in order to absorb carbon dioxide, but these efforts need to be validated by tracking data that proves the regions in question face the pressure of deforestation and have been able to resist it.

Google is providing 20 million CPU hours free of charge to the developing world and scientific community in order to help these groups take advantage of the new analytical tool. This could provide a basis for enforcing agreements forged under the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), which may be finalized as early as next week in Cancun. Google hopes that the Earth Engine will emerge as a critical tool in the enforcement of land management initiatives such as the UN's REDD programme in which wealthier nations pay developing nations to preserve rainforests.

Usually Google Labs - Explore Google's New Ideas products are cloaked in secrecy. However, you can play around with prototypes of some of Google's wild and crazy ideas and offer feedback directly to the engineers who developed them

In the case of Google's Earth Engine , however, they have drawn on collaboration with scientists such as Greg Asner - Carnegie Institution for Science, Carlos Souza of Imazon and Matt Hansen - Geographic Information Science Center at South Dakota State University to refine the forest monitoring tool.

Along with Hansen and Conafor - Comisión Nacional Forestal. Información sobre el organismo, sus visiones, misiones y programas para integrar, organizar, actualizar y difundir la - [ Translate this page ], Mexico's national forestry commission, Google has already used the platform to create the finest-scale forest and water map ever made of Mexico. It required 15,000 hours of computation, which normally would have taken three years if run on a single computer, but the group completed it in less than a day on the Google Earth Engine by using 1,000 computers running simultaneous (in parallel) to process more than 53,000 LANDSAT scenes taken between 1984 and 2010. CONAFOR provided data it had collected on the ground to calibrate and validate the algorithm.

Hopefully, and we are all optimistic about this, policymakers can make progress on saving temperate and tropical forests worldwide, in part because of technological advances and the political will in both developed and developing nations.

New Google Earth Engine (news.sciencemag.org)
Google lends its massive computing cloud in fight against deforestation (news.mongabay.com)
New Google Technology Monitors Environment (doyourpart.com)
Amazon Tribe Using Android Phones to Combat Deforestation (intomobile.com)
Google Unveils Powerful New Tool (huffingtonpost.com)
Introducing Google Earth Engine (google.org)
Google Earth Engine Revealed At COP 16 (techcrunch.com)

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Is the Party is Over for the Human Race? Winding down civilization?

Cover of "Peak Everything: Waking Up to t...

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This YouTube video, 300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds (The Ultimate Roller Coaster Ride – An Abbreviated History of Fossil Fuels), from the Post Carbon Institute | Leading the transition to a resilient world reminds us how we got here, and that our dependence on oil and coal is a relatively recent phenomenon. It also demonstrates how the issues of consumerism, oil dependence, endangered biodiversity and financial collapse are interrelated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&feature=player_embedded

Narrated by Richard Heinberg - Wikipedia, (his Home Page) author. educator. speaker. Author of: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines - $19.95 (PDF eBook); Amazon.com: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (Hard and Paperback editions, various prices).

This video demonstrates that, how in the space of three lifetimes, all aspects of our economy, including energy, transportation, agriculture, and manufacturing, have become completely dependent on fossil fuels, which are both finite in supply and dangerously polluting. In the space of three lifetimes, our society has come to teeter on the brink under the pressure of climate change, population growth and out of control consumption.
Can we learn to "live within nature's budget of renewable resources?" Can we get past our political and socio-economic differences and work together? From Beijing to Bangladesh, from the Capitol in Washington, DC to the climate talks in Cancun, the picture is not encouraging. Can we redesign cities, healthcare, manufacturing, and, most important, our cultural values, before it is too late?
The change can only start with us, right now.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Boycott Plastic! - Don't Buy, or Use Plastic! (2nd post)

Image via WikipediaPerhaps our work to ban plastic is beginning to work. A Plastic Pollution Coalition has been formed. Disposable plastics are the greatest source of plastic pollution (sign The REFUSE Pledge). Designed to be discarded, cigarette filters, straws, plastic bottles, plastic utensils, lids, plastic bottles and so many others offer a small convenience but remain forever. REFUSE disposable plastics! Follow the “4 Rs” of sustainable living: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

The Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations and businesses working together to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/986

With its work, Plastic Pollution seeks to put plastic pollution at the forefront of global social, environmental and political discourse.

Celebrities like Jack Johnson, Benicio del Toro, and Jackson Browne are lending their media-clout to the problem of excessive plastic pollution currently choking our oceans and killing innocent wildlife. These prominent actors and musicians have improvised their own creative REFUSE disposable plastic videos and posted them on Plastic Pollution Coalition's website and YouTube channel. The short spots encourage people to refuse disposable plastic bags, cups, utensils, and straws—the biggest sources of plastic pollution.

Plastic Pollution Coalition provides a platform for collaboration and coherent communications; increases awareness and understanding of the problem and sustainable solutions; and empowers action. (Membership organizations, as at November, 2010):

See also:

Fake plastic fish ... Live life with less plastic: Plastic-Free Living Guide. Our oceans are filling up with plastic: plastic that harms wildlife and never biodegrades; plastic that enters the food chain and leaches toxic chemicals. This blog is a record of my journey to live with as little unnecessary plastic as possible. Won't you join me? Fake plastic fish may be cute, but if we keep filling up our oceans with plastic, they could be the only kind we have left ...

Immaculate Earth©'s Nov 7, 2010 post: Boycott Plastic! - Don't Buy, or Use Plastic! 1^st post (includes 5 videos)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Boycott Plastic! - Don't Buy, or Use Plastic! (includes 5 videos)

Image via WikipediaMany of you know that I formerly made my living as a financial man, mostly in the forest and mining industries, an author and university lecturer. But, I've had a change of heart, a 180° degree reversal, if you will. Especially as I have grown older I have become increasingly concerned about the legacy we are passing on to our children and grandchildren.

For a number of years I have been more concerned with Conservation, Ecology, the Environment and Global Warming. In 2003 I set up Immaculate Earth© Green World Club©, An Internet Club concerned with Conservation, Ecology, the Environment and Global Warming. It has been going through many a lot of research, edits and has been completely reorganized with a new name and URL. It has, we think an important message – Stan Webb:

Prologue and Mission:

We promote clean-ups and long-term reductions in pollution; and programs assisting life affirming and sustainable development.

Statement of Fact:

We [humankind] are poisoning our planet for ourselves; and all other species of life. We are poisoning the air we breathe, the food and water we ingest, the very land we walk upon, and the oceans from which humanity hopes to produce food in future. For instance, already the U.N. is advising humans all over the world not to eat shark of any kind or type, and no more than 4 ounces of Tuna per week if you are an adult; none if you are a child? . Mercury! Do you remember that 25 years ago we all had a dream . . . of living in a paperless computer world . . . we now consume more paper, in every office, than we ever did?
We have a very important job for you to do. Find all sources of plastics and discontinue it's use. It never breaks down into organic compounds and will, eventually, find it's way into the oceans. After you do your own research, we hope that you will follow along with the 1^st of some actions of the we will ask you to take.

Perhaps the most inspirational message comes in the last 2 videos; those of our young people and children and grandchildren who will have to live with our garbage, forever.

Polluting the world's oceans, one of our major food sources, is one tragedy that makes me ashamed of what I am passing on for my grandchildren. It should make us all ashamed. It will be a shame because plastic only breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces and never goes away completely. The water species mistake broken down, smaller plastics for food, eat those, which then continue on up the food chain to the top, into humankind's food. Of course, there is also the problem about the untold species, often unwanted species, killed in discarded and/or drift plastic nets.

It will not only kill off a lot of potential food sources which will die from hunger when the birds and fishes bellies are full of undigested plastic; but, there are known carcinogens (cancer-causing) and other as yet unknown side effects that will be passed right back up to our grandchildren.

TEDx has posted a series of videos about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also on YouTube:

MIDWAY JOURNEY - Plastic Beach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9j0y9bivo&feature=player_embedded

Plastic Gets There First - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSmnWyjVgc&feature=player_embedded

Our Today Is Forever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8s7uIzmesI&feature=player_embedded

J.D. Russo speaks out about plastic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ColuteHHNM&feature=player_embedded

Ocean of Plastic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wuFebfwc8Y&feature=player_embedded

Monday, September 20, 2010

The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

There are five major ocean-wide gyres — the No...

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Narrated by Jeremy Irons, this video depicts the long journey of a plastic bag -- from a grocery store parking lot to its home in the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, caught in an Ocean gyre: (from Wikipedia).

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgh9h2ePYw&feature=player_embedded, or

The following are the five most notable gyres:

“Gyres are caused by the Coriolis Effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, which determine the circulation patterns from the wind curl (torque). The term gyre can be used to refer to any type of vortex in the air or the sea, even one that is man-made, but it is most commonly used in oceanography, to refer to the major ocean systems.”

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Another Way

From: [http://www.storyofstuff.org/anotherway.php]

See Video: The Story of Stuff [http://www.storyofstuff.com/]

"Each of us can promote sustainability and justice at multiple levels. But there is no single simple thing to do, because the set of problems we’re addressing just isn’t simple. Click around our site to get started on the individual level and contact groups listed on our site to get involved at the city, state and national level. These organizations are involved in diverse campaigns to address the problems and to promote solutions. It is by joining together that we can create the momentum for real change. So click around, reach out, get involved, have fun.

10 Little and Big Things You Can Do

1. Power down!
A great deal of the resources we use and the waste we create is in the energy we consume. Look for opportunities in your life to significantly reduce energy use: drive less, fly less, turn off lights, buy local seasonal food (food takes energy to grow, package, store and transport), wear a sweater instead of turning up the heat, use a clothesline instead of a dryer, vacation closer to home, buy used or borrow things before buying new, recycle. All these things save energy and save you money. And, if you can switch to alternative energy by supporting a company that sells green energy to the grid or by installing solar panels on your home, bravo!

2. Waste less.
Per capita waste production in the U.S. just keeps growing. There are hundreds of opportunities each day to nurture a Zero Waste culture in your home, school, workplace, church, community. This takes developing new habits which soon become second nature. Use both sides of the paper, carry your own mugs and shopping bags, get printer cartridges refilled instead of replaced, compost food scraps, avoid bottled water and other over packaged products, upgrade computers rather than buying new ones, repair and mend rather than replace….the list is endless! The more we visibly engage in re-use over wasting, the more we cultivate a new cultural norm, or actually, reclaim an old one!

3. Talk to everyone about these issues.
At school, your neighbors, in line at the supermarket, on the bus…A student once asked Cesar Chavez how he organized. He said, “First, I talk to one person. Then I talk to another person.” “No,” said the student, “how do you organize?” Chavez answered, “First I talk to one person. Then I talk to another person.” You get the point. Talking about these issues raises awareness, builds community and can inspire others to action.

4. Make Your Voice Heard.
Write letters to the editor and submit articles to local press. In the last two years, and especially with Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the media has been forced to write about Climate Change. As individuals, we can influence the media to better represent other important issues as well. Letters to the editor are a great way to help newspaper readers make connections they might not make without your help. Also local papers are often willing to print book and film reviews, interviews and articles by community members. Let’s get the issues we care about in the news.

5. DeTox your body, DeTox your home, and DeTox the Economy.
Many of today’s consumer products – from children’s pajamas to lipstick – contain toxic chemical additives that simply aren’t necessary. Research online (for example, http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/) before you buy to be sure you’re not inadvertently introducing toxics into your home and body. Then tell your friends about toxics in consumer products. Together, ask the businesses why they’re using toxic chemicals without any warning labels. And ask your elected officials why they are permitting this practice. The European Union has adopted strong policies that require toxics to be removed from many products. So, while our electronic gadgets and cosmetics have toxics in them, people in Europe can buy the same things toxics-free. Let’s demand the same thing here. Getting the toxics out of production at the source is the best way to ensure they don’t get into any home and body.

6. Unplug (the TV and internet) and Plug In (the community).
The average person in the U.S. watches T.V. over 4 hours a day. Four hours per day filled with messages about stuff we should buy. That is four hours a day that could be spent with family, friends and in our community. On-line activism is a good start, but spending time in face-to-face civic or community activities strengthens the community and many studies show that a stronger community is a source of social and logistical support, greater security and happiness. A strong community is also critical to having a strong, active democracy.

7. Park your car and walk…and when necessary MARCH!
Car-centric land use policies and life styles lead to more greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel extraction, conversion of agricultural and wildlands to roads and parking lots. Driving less and walking more is good for the climate, the planet, your health, and your wallet. But sometimes we don’t have an option to leave the car home because of inadequate bike lanes or public transportation options. Then, we may need to march, to join with others to demand sustainable transportation options. Throughout U.S. history, peaceful non-violent marches have played a powerful role in raising awareness about issues, mobilizing people, and sending messages to decision makers.

8. Change your lightbulbs…and then, change your paradigm.
Changing lightbulbs is quick and easy. Energy efficient lightbulbs use 75% less energy and last 10 times longer than conventional ones. That's a no-brainer. But changing lightbulbs is just tinkering at the margins of a fundamentally flawed system unless we also change our paradigm. A paradigm is a collection of assumptions, concepts, beliefs, and values that together make up a community’s way of viewing reality. Our current paradigm dictates that more stuff is better, that infinite economic growth is desirable and possible, and that pollution is the price of progress. To really turn things around, we need to nurture a different paradigm based on the values of sustainability, justice, health, and community.

9. Recycle your trash…and, recycle your elected officials.
Recycling saves energy and reduces both waste and the pressure to harvest and mine new stuff. Unfortunately, many cities still don’t have adequate recycling systems in place. In that case you can usually find some recycling options in the phone book to start recycling while you’re pressuring your local government to support recycling city-wide. Also, many products – for example, most electronics - are designed not to be recycled or contain toxics so recycling is hazardous. In these cases, we need to lobby government to prohibit toxics in consumer products and to enact Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, as is happening in Europe. EPR is a policy which holds producers responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, so that electronics company who use toxics in their products, have to take them back. That is a great incentive for them to get the toxics out!

Buy Green, Buy Fair, Buy Local, Buy Used, and most importantly, Buy Less.
Shopping is not the solution to the environmental problems we currently face because the real changes we need just aren’t for sale in even the greenest shop. But, when we do shop, we should ensure our dollars support businesses that protect the environment and worker rights. Look beyond vague claims on packages like “all natural” to find hard facts. Is it organic? Is it free of super-toxic PVC plastic? When you can, buy local products from local stores, which keeps more of our hard earned money in the community. Buying used items keeps them out of the trash and avoids the upstream waste created during extraction and production. But, buying less may be the best option of all. Less pollution. Less Waste. Less time working to pay for the stuff. Sometimes, less really is more."

Monday, February 22, 2010

Keep Green and Toxic Free

Even your body is an amazing machine. It's in a full time "detox" mode ridding your system of harmful chemicals and dangerous compounds. Depending on your lifestyle and your workplace, your toxic load can soon overwhelm your body and the buildup of harmful chemicals can cause serious health problems.

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By choosing to eat organic, you're taking a major step to reduce that toxic load. The outside world is mostly introduced to your body through your diet, so pesticide-free dining is a major step in the right direction.

You can also reduce your exposure by switching to more environmentally sensible personal care products and household cleaners.

So, in the spirit of maintaining your resolution to become even healthier, you can choose from any selection of "clean cleaners", including some excellent hand and body soaps. The most popular are often 'on special', so be sure to try them out and help reduce your toxic load today.

Do you choose your liquid soap based on scent or which design matches your bathroom décor? Well, you may be getting a lot more than you bargained for.

76% of liquid soaps and 30% of bar soaps now contain anti-bacterials. Many people pick up anti-bacterial soaps without even realizing it. Others choose anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners because advertising implies that using them will help protect your family against colds and flus. But colds and flus are viruses, and anti-bacterials have no effect on them.

A commonly used anti-bacterial chemical is triclosan, a suspected immunotoxin and a suspected skin or sense organ toxin. Triclosan creates a carcinogen called dioxin, as a by-product. A Swedish study found high levels of this bactericide in human breast milk.

Not all bacteria make people sick. Some are beneficial. Anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners kill both beneficial and harmful bacteria. By doing this, they actually leave us more vulnerable to the harmful ones we encounter. Children especially need exposure to some germs, to develop their immune systems.

Scientists are concerned that the widespread use of anti-bacterials contributes to the development of resistant bacteria, i.e. bacterial that will only be killed by different or stronger doses of chemicals. So when we need to kill harmful bacteria, like strep, staph and e-coli, it will be more difficult.

Organic liquid soap, 100% vegetable based and created without perfumes, dyes, harsh preserving agents or animal tallow can become a well considered substitute.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A Few Years Ago We Were Lobbying The Canadian Government for Higher Standards for Car Emissions

This is an update of that post, and an encouragement for others to take similar actions.

Encourage government to adopt clean cars laws. New requirements can significantly reduce vehicle emissions.

How to do it

Use your voice to encourage our lawmakers to adopt California's Clean Car standard. Write letters to the Prime Minister and speak to your local government representatives. This is the time to speak up: Canada's outdated vehicle emissions regulations are under review, and voluntary agreements with the auto sector will soon expire. A personal note from you will have greater impact than many form letters or emails. For best effect, make your request for action clear encouraging, and address only one issue. Here are some suggested points you can make:

The government's promise to update the fuel efficiency requirements for Canadian cars is welcome and long overdue (some praise and encouragement always helps!).
I urge you to adopt the California Clean Car Standard (the request should be clear and emphatic).
The rules put in place by Governor Schwarzenegger are achievable and widely accepted; almost 20 states are adopting them, and nine provinces have endorsed them (provides evidence that it is technically and politically feasible).
Please resist pegging Canada's standards to the less efficient US national average; that would put Canada behind the pack in the North American market, damage our ability to fight climate change, burden consumers with higher-than-necessary fuel bills (tell them what you don't want, as well as what you do want).
The federal government has the ability and the responsibility to regulate pollution and fuel economy in cars. I urge you to demonstrate strong leadership by passing the California-level emission standards as soon as possible (re-state your request).
I look forward to hearing from you (always ask for a response). A letter to the Prime Minister needs no postage, and should be addressed to:
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada

To find the name and contact information or your member of Parliament, use this link: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC

Why you're doing it

A typical car a late-model mid-sized sedan - driven for 20,000 kilometres a year emits four tones of CO2. Right now, transportation contributes to more than 30 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. The potential for fuel efficiency has improved by 50 per cent since the 1970s, the height of the gas-guzzling era. But because there are more cars on the road today than ever before, and many people are driving larger vehicles that are not fuel-efficient, emissions keep rising. California's Clean Cars law will drive a 30 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from cars by 2016, using only existing and available technology. Canada must proceed in lock-step with California and other progressive states, especially since the Canadian car market is so tightly linked to the US market. Not only will this help our planet, but having access to more fuel-efficient cars can save you a lot of money, especially as gas prices are continually on the rise.

GreenFacts Link

From GreenFacts - Scientific Facts on Climate Change and Global Warming

Human Overpopulation - How many people can the world hold?

World’s Population Counter – not advertiser supported [requires Java] [Click on:]

http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop or,

World’s Statistics [including Population – and other statistics; US bias – Google advertiser supported: http://www.worldometers.info/

Could the growth in the human population (and the resultant increased pollution?) have something to do with the Ecology, Environment and Global Warming?

Overpopulation occurs when the population of a living species exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment: Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation

The Population Reference Bureau predicts continuing population growth. Their charts indicate that the rate of growth will be less in about 50 years. In reality, other than statistics for the last 25 years only, there are no facts to support the assumption that trends in population growth will remain low for the next 50 years in the future. The rate of growth in the previous (26 years) was much higher.

Of course there are food and other natural capacity and resource limits. They may eliminate or reverse growth trends, as might a global pandemic. Even though the annual rate of population growth has decreased in the past 25 years, the population continues to grow. If none of that happens there is no reason to assume the rate of growth will actually continue to decrease. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

Although there is still much discussion and controversy within religious organizations some still maintain that birth control should not be used. They maintain that it is in the “natural”, or in “God’s Order”, not to use artificial means to minimize the number of births:

“The Church, nevertheless, in urging men to the observance of the precepts of the natural law, which it interprets by its constant doctrine, teaches that each and every marital act must of necessity retain its intrinsic relationship to the procreation of human life. (12) “ The Vatican; The Holy See

And, that dogma continues to be challenged within, and outside the Catholic Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church .

The number of human beings living on this Earth always will affect the world’s Ecology, Environment and Global Warming.