63 relations: Alan Weisman, Altruism, Antinatalism, Biosphere, Birth control, Bonobo, Bumper sticker, Carrying capacity, Church of Euthanasia, David Benatar, Death drive, Deep ecology, Douglas Kellner, Earth First!, Earth liberation, Enculturation, Environmental degradation, Environmental movement, Environmental movement in the United States, Final Exit, First World, Food chain, Fox News, Frank Furedi, Gaianism, Garden of Eden, Green anarchism, Grist (magazine), Human extinction, Human overpopulation, Human population planning, Humanism, Katharine Mieszkowski, Lee Edelman, Maclean's, Malthusianism, Misanthropy, Natalism, Nature worship, Negative Population Growth, Non-governmental organization, Oliver Burkeman, Population Action International, Population Connection, Portland, Oregon, Queer theory, Radical environmentalism, Resource, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Salon (website), ..., San Francisco Chronicle, Sexual desire, Spiked (magazine), Steven Best, Sustainable living, The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, The World Without Us, Vasectomy, Voluntary childlessness, Willamette University, World population. Expand index (13 more) »
Alan Weisman
Alan H. Weisman (born March 24, 1947) is an American author, professor, and journalist.
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Altruism
Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for happiness of other human beings, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual.
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Antinatalism
Antinatalism, or anti-natalism, is a philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth.
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Biosphere
The biosphere (from Greek βίος bíos "life" and σφαῖρα sphaira "sphere") also known as the ecosphere (from Greek οἶκος oîkos "environment" and σφαῖρα), is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems.
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Birth control
Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy.
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Bonobo
The bonobo (Pan paniscus), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee.
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Bumper sticker
A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles—although they are often stuck onto other objects.
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Carrying capacity
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
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Church of Euthanasia
The Church of Euthanasia (also known as CoE) is a religious organization founded by Reverend Chris Korda and Pastor Kim (Robert Kimberk) in the Boston, Massachusetts area of the United States of America in 1992.
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David Benatar
David Benatar (born 1966) is a South African philosopher, academic and author.
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Death drive
In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and self-destruction.
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Deep ecology
Deep ecology is an ecological and environmental philosophy promoting the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, plus a radical restructuring of modern human societies in accordance with such ideas.
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Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner (born 1943) is an academic who works at the intersection of "third generation" critical theory in the tradition of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, or Frankfurt School and in cultural studies in the tradition of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, also known as the "Birmingham School".
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Earth First!
Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that emerged in the Southwestern United States in 1979.
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Earth liberation
"Earth liberation" is an ideology founded by the radical environmental movement and was popularised by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) as well as the Earth Liberation Army (ELA) in the 1990s.
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Enculturation
Enculturation is the process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture and worldviews.
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Environmental degradation
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.
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Environmental movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues.
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Environmental movement in the United States
In the United States today, the organized environmental movement is represented by a wide range of organizations sometimes called non-governmental organizations or NGOs.
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Final Exit
Final Exit (fully titled Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying) is a 1991 book written by Derek Humphry, a British-born American journalist, author, and assisted suicide advocate who co-founded the now-defunct Hemlock Society in 1980 and co-founded the Final Exit Network in 2004.
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First World
The concept of First World originated during the Cold War and included countries that were generally aligned with NATO and opposed to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).
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Fox News
Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
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Frank Furedi
Frank Furedi (Hungarian: Füredi Ferenc; born 3 May 1947) is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, United Kingdom.
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Gaianism
Gaianism (also referred to as Gaian Religion, with an offshoot termed "New Age Gaian") is an earth-centered philosophical, holistic, scientifically non-religiously supported, and the spiritual opinion that shares expressions with various religions such as Earth religions and Paganism while not identifying exclusively with any specific one.
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Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden (Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן, Gan ʿEḏen) or (often) Paradise, is the biblical "garden of God", described most notably in the Book of Genesis chapters 2 and 3, and also in the Book of Ezekiel.
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Green anarchism
Green anarchism (or eco-anarchism) is a school of thought within anarchism which puts a particular emphasis on environmental issues.
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Grist (magazine)
Grist (originally Grist Magazine; also referred to as Grist.org) is an American non-profit online magazine that has been publishing environmental news and commentary since 1999.
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Human extinction
In futures studies, human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species.
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Human overpopulation
Human overpopulation (or population overshoot) occurs when the ecological footprint of a human population in a specific geographical location exceeds the carrying capacity of the place occupied by that group.
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Human population planning
Human population planning is the practice of intentionally managing the rate of growth of a human population.
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Humanism
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism and empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition.
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Katharine Mieszkowski
Katharine Mieszkowski (born 1971) is an American journalist.
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Lee Edelman
Lee Edelman (born 1953) is an American literary critic and academic.
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Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian news magazine that was founded in 1905, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.
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Malthusianism
Malthusianism is the idea that population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of the food supply is linear.
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Misanthropy
Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature.
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Natalism
Natalism (also called pronatalism or the pro-birth position) is a belief that promotes reproduction of sentient life.
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Nature worship
Nature worship is any of a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of the nature spirits considered to be behind the natural phenomena visible throughout nature.
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Negative Population Growth
Negative Population Growth is a membership organization in the United States, founded in 1972.
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Non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.
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Oliver Burkeman
Oliver Burkeman (born 1975) is a British journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian.
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Population Action International
Population Action International (PAI) is an international, non-governmental organization that uses research and advocacy to improve global access to family planning and reproductive health care.
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Population Connection
Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) is a non-profit organization in the United States that raises awareness of population challenges and advocates for improved global access to family planning and reproductive health care.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.
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Queer theory
Queer theory is a field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and women's studies.
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Radical environmentalism
Radical environmentalism is a grassroots branch of the larger environmental movement that emerged from an ecocentrism-based frustration with the co-option of mainstream environmentalism.
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Resource
A resource is a source or supply from which a benefit is produced.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in New York State.
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Salon (website)
Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.
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Sexual desire
Sexual desire is a motivational state and an interest in “sexual objects or activities, or as a wish, or drive to seek out sexual objects or to engage in sexual activities”.
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Spiked (magazine)
Spiked (also written as sp!ked) is a British Internet magazine focusing on politics, culture and society.
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Steven Best
Steven Best (born December 1955) is an American author, total liberation advocate, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Sustainable living
Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources and personal resources.
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The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The World Without Us
The World Without Us is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the natural and built environment if humans suddenly disappeared, written by American journalist Alan Weisman and published by St. Martin's Thomas Dunne Books.
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Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a surgical procedure for male sterilization or permanent contraception.
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Voluntary childlessness
Voluntary childlessness, also described by some as being childfree, is the voluntary choice to not have children.
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Willamette University
Willamette University is a private liberal arts college located in Salem, Oregon, United States.
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World population
In demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living, and was estimated to have reached 7.6 billion people as of May 2018.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement