At a minimum people can decide not to have children or just have one, and create a dramatic change. Since there will be less demand for food and other resources needed to raise the kids, then there wouldn’t necessarily be as much logging, pollution, etc.

I appreciate the comment, Kambiz.

On a personal level, to does help to “reduce, reuse, and recycle,” though we may be half a world away — we’re all connected. Our reproductive choices are by far the most significant way we can help. By choosing to not create another of ourselves, we eliminate one lifetime of consumption. To find out how much wildlife habitat we preserve by not creating another human, go here and click on “Download national footprint results.”

In North America, we avoid the loss of 24 acres of biologically productive land for about 75 years.

There are more humans born each day than the populations of great apes combined.

Les Knight