'One child' policy for Australia?

Dr John Coulter from Sustainable Population Australia has controversially called for Australia to adopt a 'humane population strategy … of an average of one child per family' to help avert a 'cull imposed by nature' in the 21st century.

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ECOS Magazine 2007 (Issue 138)

From This Issue

Reclaimed water that's good enough to bottle

Community breathes new life into Lagoon Creek

Desalination: option or distraction?

Events Calendar

Business signs up to support short-term cuts

Tiny bilbies star in WA's biggest native fauna release

Call for energy labelling of TV screens

Native grasses low-cost option for mine clean-up

Sweet success in utilising saline water

Older may be wiser when it comes to energy, water use

Water resource 'snapshot' shows need for groundwater mapping

More meaningful 'day at the office'

Editorial: Highlighting the 'social' in CSR

Taking carbon into account

This year's Banksia winners

Sea rangers close in on Gulf's killer nets

The value of a truly sustainable business strategy

'One child' policy for Australia?

A warning and action on coral reef conservation

Warmer Tibet, lower flows

P back in the loop after S bend?

Opinion - Prompt action required on sustainability and global inequity

Review - Listening to the land: an extraordinary Australian story

Review - Sorting the greenwash from 'true green'

Plant crops to clean up aquaculture waste

Catching up with the new carbon cycle

Making sure your home is not an energy sink

Tuning in to a deeper wisdom

Uranium mining and the question of corporate social responsibility

Marine reserves bring NZ waters back to life

The proof is in the printing

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