SOC101 Reflective Writings #36

RW #36 – As the world population continues to grow beyond 6 billion people, what challenges can we expect to face? Consider competition for space and other scarce resources; jobs; pollution; and more. Do you think we as a nation or as a world should strive to control the growth of the human population? If so, how? You can refer to the following website for more information: http://www.populationconnection.org

Striving to control the growth of the human population is not a movement that I would support. For religious and moral reasons, I believe that every child who is conceived should have the chance to come to this earth and work out his or her salvation. As for the population growth and the factors it is playing out in the world society there are quite a few issues that are in need of a solution. There are ways to live more in harmony with the Earth that insures less of an impact to the Earths vital resources. It is only very recently (the last 2 hundred years) that we as humans have been making such a detrimental impact on the Earth. Making drastic changes in manufacturing, mining, refining, and transportation emissions would help pollution levels around the world. (which would be a good start) Some places in the world have begun to literally run out of space. This correlates with the depletion of biological resources. Japan seems to be a wealthy enough country to learn and adapt to soaring population growth. They have utilized residential construction methods that are tall, and incorporate thousands of families. So there are some solutions to the world’s population problems, it will probably take a very long time before the answers are figured out on a global scale.