Do we have a population problem?

[dragonsigh]

This post was inspired by Wesh's inquiry. The following short essay began as a response to her post. The response took up two reply posts, and Wesh suggested that I post it here, so here it is

Comments

[twesha]

Well personally, while I agree about people management, I do think we have a population problem... if not, I see it to be a problem in the future, taking an environmental stance. Do we have enough land to sustain and house us at the same time?

[dragonsigh]

<< Do we have enough land to sustain and house us at the same time? >>

I don't think we have sufficient land and ecological resources to sustain us in the long run, although at the moment I don't have any scientific evidence for this. But that's something the government should seriously consider. I also think that we as a people have to rethink our relationship with our land and our ecological resources. We can't just keep producing babies only to have them inherit an overcrowded, over-polluted dump site.

I was actually thinking of posting a blog entry about that--the way Filipinos manage space, the way we design streets, that kind of thing. Naisulat ko na, kailangan ko na lang i-type. :) Hehe.

Thanks, Wesh. :)

[twesha]

hahaahaha! i like this discussion... it's very stimulating.

But in my opinion, we don't know how to manage/organize. It's a very pinoy problem