Control Urban Growth!

"Perpetual growth is the creed of the cancer cell." -- Paul Ehrlich

Control Urban Growth! is an internet network for those groups and individuals interested in controlling the rate of growth and/or overall population size of their communities, providing an opportunity to share ideas, experiences and resources.

 

What is the Control Urban Growth! network?

The Control Urban Growth! network has been established in order to give groups and individuals who want to control the growth of their communities an opportunity to communicate with one another and share resources. Please use this service to share your ideas on and experiences with growth control and to post relevant articles, news releases, photos, podcasts and videos and to create your own blogs.

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John Zeger

Effecting change in your community -- an example of how it's done

In Santa Barbara, CA the group Preserve Our Santa Barbara (www.preserveoursantabarbara.com) has been organized principally to lower building heights in their downtown and to further general objectives of neighbourhood preservation. They are well funded and running a slate of candidates in the upcoming civic election in which the subject of lowering downtown building heights will be a referendum item (Measure B). This is an example of community activism at its best and demonstrates how individual… Continue

Posted by John Zeger on September 27, 2009 at 7:12am

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Increasing residential densities will yield only modest CO2 reductions, U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds

Urban planners hoping to help mitigate CO2 emissions by increasing housing density would do better to focus on fuel-efficiency improvements to vehicles, investments in renewable energy, and cap and trade policies say some commentators as a recent report by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds that increasing population densities in metropolitan areas would yield insignificant CO2 reductions.

read the article and the report: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23343/?nlid=2323

Posted by John Zeger on September 7, 2009 at 1:30pm

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Former managing editor of Portland newspaper says that controlling population is the only way to save environment

Jack Hart, former managing editor of the Portland Oregonian says that controlling population is the only real answer to our environmental problems. Cut and paste this link to your browser bar to read his op-ed piece: http://www.populationmedia.org/2009/05/27/treading-on-a-taboo-overpopulation-in-america/

Posted by John Zeger on June 21, 2009 at 4:24pm

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William Rees calls "smart growth" an "ineffective" solution to mankind's sustainability dilemma

In the recent article in the journal Building, Research & Information "The ecological crisis and self-delusion:implications for the building sector," William Rees writes that, "The world's top ecologists and climate scientists tell us that global civilisation is on a collision course with biophysical reality ... we have 'overshot' long-term carrying capactiy ... staying on our growth-based path to global development virtually guarantees eventual catastrophe for billions of people." Yet despi… Continue

Posted by John Zeger on June 13, 2009 at 8:30am

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"Smart growth" called "a monumental planning failure" in San Diego County, California

Cut and post the following URL into your browser window:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/05/27/opinion/commentary/z1542fd2c43455508882575ac00594897.txt

Posted by John Zeger on May 27, 2009 at 6:30am

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a conference for growth control advocates 2 Replies

Started by John Zeger. Last reply by John Zeger Apr 25.

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Overcoming the "Chamber of Commerce" mentality

Started by John Zeger Jun. 26, 2007.

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"Smart growth" 1 Reply

Started by John Zeger. Last reply by Neil Dawe Jun. 25, 2007.

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