Overconsumption Is the Problem, Not Overpopulation

You should care more about consuming consciously than not having kids or scorning others who do.

Danny Schleien
Climate Conscious
Published in
6 min readNov 13, 2020

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Credit: Christopher DOMBRES

Does the name ‘Malthus’ ring a bell?

In 1798, Thomas Malthus warned of an impending ecological trap driven by overpopulation. As he saw it, exponential population growth would override…

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Danny Schleien
Climate Conscious

Writer, editor, explorer, lifelong learner. Social distancing expert since 1994, big fan of semicolons and Oxford commas. Think green.