Re: 6 Billion People Resolution

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 > 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.