Are There Too Many People On The Planet?

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With a population approaching 10 billion, this episode debunks the overpopulation argument and looks to the real driver of environmental degredation - overconsumption.
Guests include; Charles Mann, author and journalist and Farhana Yamin, environmental lawyer and activist
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This series was produced by Earthrise Studio: www.earthrise.studio
Sources:
www.nytimes.com/video/us/1000...
www.economist.com/internation...
www.vox.com/future-perfect/22...
www.greenpeace.org/usa/overpo...
www.smithsonianmag.com/innova...

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  • @JackHarries263
    @JackHarries2632 ай бұрын

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  • @tiredofthebs9
    @tiredofthebs9 Жыл бұрын

    Yes there too many people. Less people, less competition, less headaches and stress.

  • @gaspersnakes

    @gaspersnakes

    11 ай бұрын

    Dont you think there are people who think like you?

  • @TSJ99

    @TSJ99

    7 ай бұрын

    Why are you scared of people

  • @mikeskylark1594

    @mikeskylark1594

    6 ай бұрын

    *And LESS environmental damage & animal suffering (both wild & ''farmed'').

  • @Stevesguitarchannel_777

    @Stevesguitarchannel_777

    2 ай бұрын

    It is overpopulated

  • @Mc.Scrumpy
    @Mc.Scrumpy Жыл бұрын

    All of humanity's problems would be solved if there were less people

  • @amyjade

    @amyjade

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @brainbomb.

    @brainbomb.

    Жыл бұрын

    Wrong, if there were less globalists.

  • @michaelf3719

    @michaelf3719

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanos likes this

  • @relaxingnights9451

    @relaxingnights9451

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, we waste and consume too much.

  • @gaspersnakes

    @gaspersnakes

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@relaxingnights9451i say we let Africa starve😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 no no im Joking im from Africa i dont want that too happen.

  • @FUJIIDEW
    @FUJIIDEW8 ай бұрын

    Honestly, working in the food industry in the US has shown me how much Americans overconsume compared to a lot of other nationalities. When an American family places an order I've noticed it consists of a lot more food compared to say, an Indian family. Time and time again I've seen this pattern and as an American myself I can understand why. Our portion sizes are outrageous yet growing up we are taught to finish every last bite instead of downsizing the portion size itself. Sad to see the consequences.

  • @MysteriMaan
    @MysteriMaan Жыл бұрын

    Way too many people here in my tiny country. Housing prices are through the roof became its so competitive.

  • @relaxingnights9451

    @relaxingnights9451

    Жыл бұрын

    More people equals to higher prices

  • @ThePlantParadigm
    @ThePlantParadigm Жыл бұрын

    Consumerism is definitely an important conversation we all need to have with ourselves and others!

  • @StephenLeGresley
    @StephenLeGresley Жыл бұрын

    We are very overpopulated. Governments and companies try to promote the idea that we're not because they want more workers, taxpayers and consumers but look at the population density issues, look at the rates of poverty and homelessness, look at the traffic congestion issues and the energy consumption issues. And yes, I know people will say we have enough food and homes for people, we just have companies and governments unwilling to act on it. But let's be honest here, that's not going to change anytime soon. We need population shrink in order to bring the population back down to a more manageable size for the world and systems we live in.

  • @StephenLeGresley

    @StephenLeGresley

    Жыл бұрын

    And it does impact the environment as well, more and more forests are being cut down for new suburbs and then new businesses surrounding those new suburbs. We need to start having less kids (which also leads to more freedom for people in their life choices and more economic stability for them as well.)

  • @SatanicChickenn

    @SatanicChickenn

    Жыл бұрын

    @@StephenLeGresley Have you watched the video?

  • @StephenLeGresley

    @StephenLeGresley

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SatanicChickenn Yes I have, your point?

  • @NathaNeil27

    @NathaNeil27

    Жыл бұрын

    Organizations, including governments, need to cut back on their greed and corruption. After that, individuals need to learn to live with less and be satisfied with their still-useful belongings rather than buying something just to make themselves feel better. The final step is to solve the logistics of supply chains so less perishable goods is thrown away.

  • @StephenLeGresley

    @StephenLeGresley

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NathaNeil27 Except none of that will happen. Look how hard it is to get anything done in this world. Even minor changes are a herculean struggle to accomplish. Also, while greed is the source of all our problems, it's also an inherent quality of the human race. People are greedy by nature and I don't think we'll ever be able to eliminate that defect from our species.

  • @toscagarciagil
    @toscagarciagil Жыл бұрын

    In my mind, Jack Harries' voice has become a symbol of hope for the future.

  • @ThePlantParadigm

    @ThePlantParadigm

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @JacobAndJamal
    @JacobAndJamal Жыл бұрын

    YES. And the people like Elon Musk who argue that there is “under” population; are looking at it from a position in society dependent on workers. At the least if you want to argue about overpopulation, then we can agree that there are too many people trying to live in the same places with limited resources or resources too expensive for the majority of the population.

  • @LeGrandeCappucinna

    @LeGrandeCappucinna

    9 ай бұрын

    'Children are our Future'. That's the corps and govs talking, because they're scared of economic failures from falling populations putting stress on existing systems. Let the systems fail! It's the systems that caused these problems in the first place. I refuse to have children, just to be a cog in a machine.

  • @katia7538
    @katia75382 ай бұрын

    Its literally terrifying. I think about it all the time

  • @toninof
    @toninof Жыл бұрын

    Based on what we're doing to the environment we depend on, and how we treat other sentient beings - yes, there are around 7.8 billion humans too many...

  • @nazarkonevych5786
    @nazarkonevych5786 Жыл бұрын

    Started about the overpopulation, ended about the climate

  • @M0101EP
    @M0101EP Жыл бұрын

    Great documentary&analysis!!

  • @Airdash5678
    @Airdash567811 ай бұрын

    If people’s lives are becoming less and less meaningful then we may already have the answer

  • @AlexPresa
    @AlexPresa Жыл бұрын

    Love how these videos leave a hopeful end to humanity. Just gotta actually change practically but lovely work Jack and team!

  • @LegendarySkyHero
    @LegendarySkyHero10 ай бұрын

    Food pricing has been rising steadily and it does not seemed to go down. I don't think we are able to feed everyone on the planet more than it is now in the next decade.

  • @lub9249
    @lub9249 Жыл бұрын

    very interesting! I like the emphasis on the root of the problem: rather than focussing on the number of people (which is difficult to control), we should focus on those people’s actions, it’s also is a way of seeing the positive of what such a vast amounts of people can do. Great!

  • @LeGrandeCappucinna

    @LeGrandeCappucinna

    9 ай бұрын

    It's not hard to control. China did it. Most problems we face are homo sapien made. So therefore, homo sapiens have to change their mentality to fix this.

  • @IAmNotABot9
    @IAmNotABot95 ай бұрын

    Well, while it's true and important to highlight that the root of the problem is overconsumption, I think is also important to understand that the problem goes way beyong that. Because the problem is not only overconsumption, but really, with that many people, simply consumption. And western society is based on the idea of consumption. Very very hard to transform society that much to the point of deconsumption. And then, even countries consuming the Earth resources later at the year, are still overconsuming it, and then remember, they are only ONE country. So really, even if the west/rich countries would stop tomorrow all emissions, we would still be troubled. The solution obviously is Degrowth, but everyone needs to be onboard, and that's almost impossible.

  • @ragnarkisten
    @ragnarkisten2 ай бұрын

    Poverty leads to more environmental unfriendly living, not less!

  • @ecemwashere.
    @ecemwashere. Жыл бұрын

    great video as always! 💚🙌

  • @jeremyncrm2012
    @jeremyncrm2012 Жыл бұрын

    I promise you as an American there’s no way this country ever accepts environmental reparations. It would be great for the world to become fair and equal and sustainable, but I’ve seen to much of real human nature, and it’s not happening.

  • @0b100
    @0b10010 ай бұрын

    Mass genocide?

  • @nithinkumar3839
    @nithinkumar3839 Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @LeGrandeCappucinna
    @LeGrandeCappucinna9 ай бұрын

    We can see the issues already... and we're only 8b. Imagine in 2050, 10b. I'm glad I didn't have kids. 10 b people is ruinous.

  • @Iamrightyouarewrong
    @Iamrightyouarewrong9 ай бұрын

    All the people who think that there is, aren't willing to leave themselves though.

  • @tayamoskva
    @tayamoskva Жыл бұрын

    thank you for the video 🤗🌻

  • @nithinkumar3839
    @nithinkumar3839 Жыл бұрын

    Do think people change

  • @R.E.A.L.I.T.Y
    @R.E.A.L.I.T.Y Жыл бұрын

    Now do a video on the real overpopulation catastrophe : animals bread for MEAT - cattle & sheep pigs chickens. We can feed 12billion people in ABUNDANCE on plants only grown on just 5% of the land used for grazing and animal feed crops. The rest can revert to wilderness for all children of all the species for all time.

  • @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s just vegan bullshit.

  • @stab74

    @stab74

    7 ай бұрын

    Nope that's not the real problem. It's overpopulation. When it comes down to it, even super lefty liberals don't want the government telling them they can't have 2-4 small clones of themselves. Well, too bad. If we limited population, then breeding animals for meat would no longer be a problem.

  • @michaellatsky
    @michaellatsky Жыл бұрын

    Short answer No (Correct answer)

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca636010 ай бұрын

    What Malthus was saying is true!

  • @JohnAlvarado-th7tt
    @JohnAlvarado-th7tt Жыл бұрын

    What are you worried about . . . Pissing you off . . . Clever girl

  • @kundansaurav2012
    @kundansaurav2012Ай бұрын

    No

  • @StressRUs
    @StressRUs Жыл бұрын

    Oh, how very wrong your are dear Earthrise! So, let's say it takes ten times as many 3rd world consumers to consume as many natural resources/produce as much pollution as any one "developed nation" consumer. So, their may be even a billion high consuming residents of the highest overshoot nations, but still 7B living and procreating in the 3rd world, all of whom are struggling to reach the same capacity for consumption/waste production as their wealthier neighbors. We are ALL responsible for the current climate collapse and combined overshoot, estimated at July 28 worldwide. In any case, rich or poor, we are too many humans using too many natural resources and producing to much pollution. Your sad little piece, no doubt corporate pro-growth funded, not withstanding. Stress R Us

  • @AshyLarryson
    @AshyLarryson Жыл бұрын

    Way too many

  • @yosefmacgruber1920

    @yosefmacgruber1920

    3 ай бұрын

    Compared to what?

  • @end-me-please
    @end-me-please Жыл бұрын

    Apophis is the solution to this

  • @JohnAlvarado-th7tt
    @JohnAlvarado-th7tt Жыл бұрын

    Slow and steady wins the races . . . And you could take that to the bank

  • @-JA-
    @-JA- Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @patrickcollins8048
    @patrickcollins8048 Жыл бұрын

    When we use the words ‘climate crisis’, we must first identify of crisis to whom, and in which sense? The facts are, climate related deaths are at their lowest point in human history. For proof, simply search: climate related deaths over time

  • @doomsday7308

    @doomsday7308

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude missed the point

  • @Brad267
    @Brad267 Жыл бұрын

    The population won't hit 10 billion.

  • @brainbomb.
    @brainbomb. Жыл бұрын

    No one who thinks there's too many people on Earth is willing to volunteer to leave.

  • @tiredofthebs9

    @tiredofthebs9

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll leave. Screw this corrupted world.

  • @brainbomb.

    @brainbomb.

    Жыл бұрын

    @кот That can start with the elite.

  • @brainbomb.

    @brainbomb.

    Жыл бұрын

    @Cyber1xe What would that solve? There's already declining birth rates.

  • @HollyMurphy3

    @HollyMurphy3

    8 ай бұрын

    I would if I could go to heaven for sure.

  • @brainbomb.

    @brainbomb.

    7 ай бұрын

    @@HollyMurphy3 You can go to Heaven for sure, but I wouldn't recommend trying to leave the earth manually.

  • @louismcintosh9144
    @louismcintosh91445 ай бұрын

    Does anyone else see how wrong this video is?

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