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Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

The vicious circle of fevers-malnutrition-lethargy would immediately follow overpopulation in a potentially malarial region, and it must he said, in a cold-blooded way, that it is as natural a method of population control as famine in an area susceptible to cyclical droughts. A vigorous or enterprising medieval or Renaissance ruler would introduce or reintroduce and enforce good drainage and hygiene and lift a place to a position of economic viability and political importance. Then disaster, in the form of overpopulation, would strike and decline would be repeated.

The True History of Chocolate Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe See book keywords and concepts

The Classic Maya Collapse, as this disaster is called, was triggered by overpopulation and severe environmental degradation, factors which caused a ripple effect across the southern lowlands. Yet the Collapse did not occur everywhere, and several regions had a cultural flowering during what is known as the Terminal Classic. One of these was the area of the Puuc hills in northwestern Yucatan, with the rise to power of such great cities as Uxmal and Kabah. Chichen Itza, in central Yucatan, also participated in this cultural renaissance.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Environmental Refugees mmaw Even if we succeed in calming the violence that has displaced so many, human activity is making the planet a more hostile and unforgiving place: deforestation and soil erosion have rendered barren much of the best cropland; overpopulation has forced large numbers of people to live in precarious situations; and, most direly, humankind has been changing the climate. Climate change may prove to be the ultimate humanitarian disaster.

Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini Gabriel Cousens, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Environmental Impact of Meat Eating In this age of overpopulation, meat eating is an attack on the entire natural world and one of the main causes of environmental depredation and destruction. The land needed to grow grain for livestock takes up 80 percent of the total land used for grain production. Livestock use approximately half of the water used in the United States. Livestock produce twenty times the excrement as the human population, increasing nitrite-nitrate water pollution; the extensive use of livestock is pushing us closer to a clean water shortage.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

But while overpopulation contributes to a spate of global problems — health-related and otherwise—none of us would bemoan the advancements in health care that have granted us life and sustained our wellness. We owe our thanks almost entirely to the advent of scientific public-health programs. Focused largely on prevention, education, and access, the public-health system has greatly enhanced the length and quality of lives worldwide during the last century. One of the greatest examples of a public-health initiative that literally changed the world is the eradication of smallpox.

DVD copy warnings, movie studio paranoia, and the effort to turn customers into criminals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The movie, music and audio book industries are out to turn their customers into criminals, as if we didn't already have a prison overpopulation problem. Imagine if everyone who had ever copied a piece of music or a snippet of video were actually put in prison? Frankly, I don't think there's a single online adult in this country who hasn't done that at one time or another. I've ripped music CDs to my computer so that I could listen to them on my iRiver device. If that makes me a felon, then it's a bad law.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

Then disaster, in the form of overpopulation, would strike and decline would be repeated. The Nile delta decayed several times in the period of which we have historical knowledge. The same is true of the lower Euphrates and the collapse of the Indus civilization before the Mogul invasion. After the fall of Rome similar cycles occurred in the wetlands between Seville and Cadiz in Spain, in the Rhone delta, at the mouth of the Danube, and, in the case for which there is a great deal more solid evidence, in the coastal belt of Portugal.

In this wide zone, particularly around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, the absence of malaria would have first brought about recurring crises of overpopulation, leading to famines—even more than there actually were—and making starvation, rather than disease, the control. The Arabs would not have stopped at the borders of the dry uplands of Africa, the borders of the Sahel. The Vikings would not only have colonized more than the North Atlantic islands, but also, perhaps, gone much further south than Sicily, and even further east than Kiev.

Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet Jeremy P. Tarcher See book keywords and concepts

To treat seriously the threat of overpopulation means to address the interwoven roots of population growth—as people described in this book are doing. It means perceiving new connections: Historically, fertility rates have fallen when people, especially women, have access to education, to jobs, and to food to feed their families. When Grameen borrowers began to advance, for example, their family size shrunk. In Kenya, the younger women discovering their power through the Green Belt Movement told us how pleased they are to be able to choose to have small families.

The Natural Way to Heal: 65 Ways to Create Superior Health Walter Last See book keywords and concepts

The toxins released by the microbial overpopulation cause chronic inflammation of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and intestines. This can have other health repercussions. I regard it as likely that a chronic inflammation of the pancreas is a major contributing factor in the development of insulin-dependent diabetes. Bacterial Attack: Specific types of pathogenic bacteria appear to cause or contribute to specific autoimmune diseases. One variety of coliform bacteria, for instance, produces a molecule very similar to insulin.

Emerging Viruses: AIDS And Ebola : Nature, Accident or Intentional? Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H. See book keywords and concepts

The article, which we read on the plane ride back to Boston, explained that despite official claims to the contrary, African overpopulation was not a prime motivation behind family planning and maternal and child health programs.1921 Nor was population control even a desire among African women. As Nicholas Eberstadt, foreign policy analyst for the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, noted, "in most of sub-Saharan Africa it is infertility—not unwanted pregnancies—that women rank as their top priority.

According to King, in countries where there is unsustainable pressure on the environment from overpopulation, "such desustaining measures as oral rehydration [a simple lifesaving method of treating diarrheal disease] should not be introduced on a public health scale," he concluded, "since they increase the man-years of human misery, ultimately from starvation.. . . Such a strategy needs a name," he wrote. "Why not call it HSE 2100— Health in a sustainable ecosystem for the year 2100?"37 Why not call it "MEF—Malthusain Eco-Fascism," Hartmann rebutted after contacting Dr.

It is not unimportant or coincidental, in my view, that starting in 1969, five years earlier, freshman Congressman George Bush from Texas, initiated a legislative investigating committee to look into the issue of planetary overpopulation. So these forces were active at the time that people were being persuaded by propaganda to believe that population, in and of itself, was a problem.

Prescription Medicines, Side Effects and Natural Alternatives American Medical Publishing See book keywords and concepts

Yeast cells occur naturally in your intestinal tract, but sometimes antibiotic drugs, a diet of too many sweets, breads, meats and mold-bearing foods can produce an overpopulation of yeast cells in your body. The result is a lot of toxic secretions by the cells into your bloodstream, resulting in many adverse effects, including arthritis. One of the best natural "yeast cell killers" is garlic. If you dramatically increase your garlic intake — say by one or two cloves per day — you may notice beneficial effects within a couple of weeks.

Reinheriting the Earth: Awakening to Sustainable Solutions and Greater Truths Brian O'Leary See book keywords and concepts

Perhaps you could land on the White House lawn and share some of these concerns with the President. Assuming you could get beyond the cultural paranoia that you might stage an Independence Day type of attack, you soon discover that the President's agenda is already filled: he's too busy fighting partisan squabbles, meeting with industrial lobbyists, attending fundraisers, strategizing wars in remote oil fiefdoms and propping up the wish for a robust consumer economy. The leaders on Earth posture to be economically powerful and politically correct.

Empty Harvest Dr Bernard Jenson and Mark Anderson See book keywords and concepts

Demineralized Soil, Over-Cropped Land, Agri-Poisons Rain Forest Depletion, Deforestation Desertification (Manmade; Caused by Poor Irrigation, Over-Cropping, Deforestation, Over-Grazing) Fresh Water Contamination Drought Torrential Rains, Flooding Contamination From Agri-Industrial Runoff Severe Erosion Unusual and/or Severe Weather Patterns Chronic Crop Failure Nuclear Contamination Acid Rain Severe overpopulation Genetic Extinction of Plants and Animals O. Ozone Depletion D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Jonathan Swift uses irony in "A Modest Proposal" when he suggests the eating of babies as a solution to overpopulation and starvation in Ireland. irregular verb A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending. Examples of irregular verbs are sing (past tense sang); feel (felt); and go (went). (Compare regular verb.) italics Slanted letters that look like this: We the people. Italics are most often used to emphasize certain words, to indicate that they are in a foreign language, or to set off the title of a literary or artistic work.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Finally, a weak ileocecal can lead to overpopulation of the small intestinal tract with bacteria from the colon. A weak ileocecal valve is most often the consequence of long-term constipation or straining excessively at defecation. In both of these cases, a low-fiber diet is most often responsible. An overgrowth in the gastrointestinal tract of the usually benign yeast Candida albicans is now becoming recognized as a complex medical syndrome known as the yeast syndrome or chronic candidiasis (see Ch. 48). Table 54.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Malthus, Thomas (mal-thuhs) A British economist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, especially concerned with overpopulation. fa Malthusian theories hold that populations will always increase faster than food supplies and that, therefore, hunger will always exist among the poorest populations, fa Malthus's pessimistic views, along with those of David Ricardo, earned economics the reputation of being the "dismal science." management The body of individuals who run major businesses, usually without owning them.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

And finally, a weak ileocecal valve (the valve that separates the bacteria-rich colon contents from the ileum, the final segment of the small intestine) can lead to overpopulation of the small intestine tract with bacteria. A weak ileocecal valve is typically the consequence of long-term constipation or straining excessively at defecation. In both of these cases, a low-liber diet is often responsible.

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life Robert Becker, M.D., and Gary Selden See book keywords and concepts

It was an honor to be there, and the conference itself was especially important, since it was one of the first times science formally addressed such ecological emergencies as pesticide pollution, the protection of vanishing species, overpopulation, and urban sprawl. The high point for me came when I gave my paper and saw in the audience Dr. Ralph Bowen, my college biology professor, a kind but exacting teacher who'd inspired me with his unique combination of scientific discipline and respect for life. Afterward, with characteristic caution, he said something like "That's not too bad, Becker.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilizations Donald Ryan See book keywords and concepts

These involve the usual factors—environmental abuse, overpopulation, warfare, etc. The answer is still not clear, and perhaps we will never know for sure. Some of the areas up in the eastern Yucatan peninsula, especially in Belize and Quintana Roo, seemed to hang on, some even up to the time of the Spanish. Rediscovering the Maya By the time the Spanish conquistadors arrived, the classical period of Maya civilization had been over for 600 years.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Malthus, Thomas A British economist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, especially concerned with overpopulation. fa Malthusian theories hold that populations will always increase faster than food supplies and that, therefore, hunger will always exist among the poorest populations, fa Malthus's pessimistic views, along with those of David Ricardo, earned economics the reputation of being the "dismal science." management The body of individuals who run major businesses, usually without owning them.

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices John Heinerman See book keywords and concepts

Besides thrifty leaf and resourceful root, creosote bush, so it is claimed, employs a shrewd system whereby it poisons most of its own seeds so that they cannot germinate; thus it prevents suicide by overpopulation in a land of scarcity. Count in finally the secret of the bear, the bacillus, and the bedbug—the ability of the organism (in this case, the seed above all) to sleep on [or hibernate] when energy must be conserved. For that matter, in bad years the entire plant is privy to the allied secret of 'drought dormancy.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Jonathan Swift uses irony in "A Modest Proposal" when he suggests the eating of babies as a solution to overpopulation and starvation in Ireland. irregular verb A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending. Examples of irregular verbs are sing (past tense sang); feel (felt); and go (went). (Compare regular verb.) italics Slanted letters that look like this: We the people. Italics are generally used to emphasize certain words, to indicate that they are in a foreign language, or to set off the title of a literary or artistic work.

Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

But then I learned how great is our cat and dog overpopulation problem. Seventy thousand puppies and kittens are born every day in the United States, and only 15,000 of them will ever be adopted as pets. Twenty million cats and dogs are killed each year at U.S. animal shelters because there are no homes for them. Now I think "Neuter is cuter." It's amazing to me how good I was at not seeing animal suffering, even when, or maybe particularly when, my own actions were causing pain. I didn't want to see it.

Physician: Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom Richard Leviton See book keywords and concepts

It's an irresponsibility now widely recognized (but not acted upon) in the form of air, soil, and water pollution, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases, global warming, deforestation, acid rain, biodiversity extinction, overpopulation. We know about these things—the knowledge capacity of the human intellect is prodigious—but as a culture evidently we do not know them, not directly—the wisdom capacity is, regrettably, not yet commensurate with our intellect—not deeply or passionately enough to act definitively to transform rampant abuse to mature cocreation.

The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss See book keywords and concepts

Cartesian philosophy's tendency to divide, analyze, and control. In the holistic or systems view, any drastic intervention or action in one system would affect other related systems. Thus, using pesticides in the agricultural system, for example, would cause the organisms that previously were eaten by the "pests" to grow beyond their usual bounds. In a systems perspective, these effects can and must be accounted for. The peace movement, the ecology movement, and the holistic health movement all share the same perspective: that the universe is made up of interdependent systems.

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