Do any of you think about how your children will affect the planet in the future? There are 7 billion people on this planet, and the numbers keep climbing. The earth can't even sustain the amount that is on it now, but people continue to have 3,4,5 and more kids. Is anyone out there not having kids, or only having 1 trying to bring down the human population?
Do you do anything to combat it? Use cloth diapers, drive a hybrid, anything to attempt to offset the fact you are bringing yet another planet destroying human onto the planet? I'm just curious if anyone thinks about it at all.
2007-11-09 07:56:42 · 4 answers · asked by Dolyn 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I'm TTC and we plan to use cloth diapers ... there are some with cute patterns, which gets me all excited... It's less expensive and this gets my bf excited :P
I will breast-feed, so then again inexpensive but also less bottles in the garbage!!!
I don't have a hybrid car, but when I change my old car, I will. Right now, its a low emission car which is better then nothing :)
I also want to teach my children to care for this planet : I want earth-friendly activities such as planting trees ;)
So yeah, some people do think about it...
sadly, not many of us tho :(
Our children will be those paying for all this, in the end!
2007-11-09 08:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by Fannie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but also think about it in terms of spacing. Ive people have kids at age 15,30, and 45. Now if every generation has one at 15 and you live to 90, thats 6 people. At 30, thats 3, or 45 thats 2 people. Although obviously far older also may bring in other factors. So think that around 30 is a pretty good sweet spot.
We carpool and have a 34mpg vehicle, not great but ok, and use local organic substainable foods as often as we can. Plus lots of handmedown toys and clothes, and do the same for others.
Although what makes me mad is that Walmart cheap stuff is cheaper than goodwill. There was an interesting article I read a long time back, no idea on the link, of people who lived off not buying anything brand new for a year. (I think except food and maybe a few other things)
2007-11-09 16:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by lillilou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...but at least alot of countries are having negative population growth...
2007-11-09 16:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoa
2007-11-09 16:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋