Suggested Reading

There are many fine books relating to population and environmental issues. The following have been selected as they help explain the assumptions at the core of the work of the Population Institute of Canada.

Curry, Patrick. Ecological Ethics: An Introduction. Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA. Polity Press. 2006.

Meadows, Donella; Randers, Jorgen; Meadows, Dennis. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. White River Junction, Vermont. Chelsea Green Publishing Company. 2004.

Catton, William R., Jr. Overshoot: the Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. Urbana and Chicago. University of Illinois Press. 1982.

Heinberg, Richard. The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Gabriola Island, BC. New Society Publishers. 2003.

Heinberg, Richard. Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World. Gabriola Island, BC. New Society Publishers. 2004.

Tainter, Joseph A.. The Collapse of Complex Societies. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. 1988.

William Catton on YouTube

William Catton’s powerful book, Overshoot, has changed the way many readers understand the current human predicament on Earth. A five part interview with William Catton is available on YouTube at the following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXXQ1vVdsI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8cXLsoU_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlEYmbkGyO0

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nk5wh763fc

Albert A. Bartlett's presentation
"Arithmetic, Population, and Energy"

Part 1 of 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY