Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime & FREE Returns

FREE delivery Wednesday, May 18 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon

Or fastest delivery Tuesday, May 17. Order within 11 hrs 35 mins

Only 3 left in stock - order soon.

As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app.

[{"displayPrice":"$16.00","priceAmount":16.00,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"16","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"00","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"weM3Y9KtGUvYJ2VHBH6zri%2FXnfw0KguVhXPB3CaB9Dcvd9HOPGHbAwjfzK2mnfSZdx%2F9TsiQ17EzeFB7uukUfCZJOpgZqtp2vthkv6sPCnvDpsisyRFJig7vD%2BIETcMPRDLq4H1Svm2O3mb7DkszQw%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$7.34","priceAmount":7.34,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"7","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"34","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"iG%2B3cs71Dys7VG59abo3NZMmHib34jcTpNqYePmtf6N9pLl1Rq6Aju63O3CgiXGGRg24%2FnQvsV7M4PyE8tIXK6Q%2FKwuDmqnCk25J3JcoQYEBht4iFXiKHvBkVZGMHXY4NHgk%2FXU2tcHC1%2FPX5p8uw94Id79aq2EJ3OoG%2BfBi7hPNh97R%2B9A2Ovx5eJk37iyQ","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]

$$16.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Secure transaction

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Details

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Return policy: Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

$3.98 delivery May 20 - 26. Details

Or fastest delivery May 18 - 23. Details

Used: Good | Details

Sold by glenthebookseller

Share <Embed>

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Other Sellers on Amazon

Added

Not added

$9.51
+ $4.89 shipping

Sold by: M-B-M

Added

Not added

$20.14
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: Book Depository US

Added

Not added

$23.51
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: Books Unplugged

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation Paperback – November 3, 2015

by Karen I. Shragg (Author)

42 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$8.99

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$16.00

$9.51

$7.33

Kindle
$0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles $8.99 to buy
Paperback
$16.00

8 Used from $7.33 12 New from $9.51

Enhance your purchase

"An excellent summary of the overpopulation zeitgeist." -Population Matters

Our world is overpopulated. This fact lies outside of the typical activist's perspective and doesn't fit into society's dominant anthropocentric worldview. When it comes to our use of natural resources, we are taught to consider issues related to consumption such as energy efficiency and recycling. However, the number of people - and how fast that number is growing - is a more important factor. More people consume more resources, need more services, produce more waste, and create more world conflict as resources diminish.
Working on downstream issues, such as saving the environment, feeding the hungry, and ending homelessness, is noble but ineffective and inefficient without also working to solve the primary cause of these and other important issues. In Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation, Karen Shragg challenges social and environmental activists to stop working downstream and take the problem of overpopulation seriously. She also provides compassionate ideas to solve the problem.

PRAISE FOR MOVE UPSTREAM

"From seal-level change to extinctions of charismatic fauna, most of our ecological problems are likely insoluble if we fail to reduce number by several-fold. ... Shragg sounds a vitally important alert. Tom Flynn, Free Inquiry

"The bravest book on human overpopulation yet. It will open your eyes, even if you have taped them shut. Shocking and provocative, Move Upstream has the courage to name names and proscribe the simple truth on how to combat the overpopulation crisis." Alexandra Paul, actress and activist

"A boldly truthful and hopeful book." World Population Balance

"Karen Shragg has hit the nail on the head of overpopulation denial and offers sensible solutions to this crisis." Bruce Phillips of One Planet One Child

"For anyone concerned with environmental issues, humanitarian missions, or the future of the planet in general, Move Upstream is an essential read." Manhattan Book Review

Print length

116 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Freethought House
Publication date

November 3, 2015
Dimensions

6 x 0.24 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0988493837
ISBN-13

978-0988493834
See all details

Frequently bought together

+

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

One of these items ships sooner than the other.

Show details Hide details

Choose items to buy together.

by Karen I. Shragg Paperback
$16.00 Get it as soon as Wednesday, May 18 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
Only 3 left in stock - order soon.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
by Garrett Hardin Paperback
$28.02 FREE Shipping
In stock.
Usually ships within 4 to 5 days.
Ships from and sold by Book Depository US.

Dave Foreman
24
Paperback
14 offers from $6.99
Philip Cafaro
23
Paperback
42 offers from $4.00

Editorial Reviews

Review

The bravest book on human overpopulation yet. It will open your eyes, even if you have taped them shut. Shocking and provocative, Move Upstream has the courage to name names and proscribe the simple truth on how to combat the overpopulation crisis. --Alexandra Paul, actress and activist

For anyone concerned with environmental issues, humanitarian missions, or the future of the planet in general, Move Upstream is an essential read. --Manhattan Book Review

From seal-level change to extinctions of charismatic fauna, most of our ecological problems are likely insoluble if we fail to reduce number by several-fold. ... Shragg sounds a vitally important alert. --Tom Flynn, Free Inquiry

About the Author

Karen I. Shragg is a naturalist, writer and overpopulation activist. She joined the advisory board of World Population Balance in 2004, and regularly delivers lectures on overpopulation to local, state and national groups. Karen holds an Ed.D. from the University of St. Thomas in critical pedagogy and is director of the Wood Lake Nature Center in Minnesota. Her other books include, The Wolf Within, Grieving Outside the Box, the Nature's Yucky! children s series with Lee Ann Landstrom, and Lucy's Hero: Remembering Paul Wellstone.

Start reading Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Freethought House (November 3, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 116 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0988493837
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0988493834
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.24 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,794,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,400 in Human Geography (Books)
- #4,408 in Ecology (Books)

Customer Reviews:
42 ratings

Customer reviews

5 star		71%
4 star		21%
3 star		8%
2 star 0% (0%)		0%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Ricardo Villarreal

The biggest threat of overpopulation can be solved!

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2017

Verified Purchase

An eye-opening book on the real and biggest threat humanity faces today. Karen Shragg does a wonderful job delivering a powerful and urgent message on the gravity of overpopulation, its devastating effects, and the actions needed to solve this critical issue. The amount of information on this subject is vast and convincing, and the author does a wonderful job putting it in very clear, easy-to-understand figures.

The author also talks about the efforts being done to fight some of the world's problems (like climate change), and does an excellent job describing them as symptoms of overpopulation. And here is where she presents the case on how we are conducting downstream efforts to solve these symptoms, when we should be focusing on urgent upstream solutions to solve the bigger problem: overpopulation.

What I also liked about this book is that the author offers real upstream solutions in order “to get humans to live within our planet’s ecological limits.”

I highly recommend “Move Upstream, A Call to Solve Overpopulation” by Karen Shragg. It triggered in me a profound reflection on how our actions today are extremely crucial to the future of humanity in a world were population and resources can secure sustainable balance.

5 people found this helpful

Helpful

Roberto

Timely and outstanding work...

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020

Verified Purchase

This book courageously addresses the global overpopulation issue. Overpopulation of our planet is the root cause for other problems like global warming and the destruction of ecosystems. For the sake of future generations we must fearlessly address this problem.

We can solve this problem or the planet will force a solution that we may not like. Our children and grandchildren deserve to inherit a world that has abundant primal forests, unpolluted land, toxin free water and a diverse fauna.

Human beings are not the sole occupants of this amazing planet. We share this blue marble with other living things. This work is an eloquent call to action to preserve what we have. I highly recommend reading this book.

Helpful

John F. Rebello

Nothing will change for the better until we honestly address the numbers

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015

Verified Purchase

Most of us are well aware that consumption of resources is one of the root causes of species and habitat loss and environmental degradation. While living in a manner that is less resource intensive is fundamental to protecting our environment, even with a smaller footprint, having more feet on the ground only serves to negate any progress that is made.

The issue of over population has become taboo in many circles, but we should be able to discuss the adverse effects that population growth has on the environment in an honest and straightforward manner without attacking or alienating people because it is simply the truth. Karen Shragg addresses how to approach the “scotoma” or blind spot that many individuals/groups, whose focus may be religious, feminist or social justice, have in seeing the necessity of addressing unbridled population growth. During my own 52 years on this planet, world population levels more than double from 3.2 billion to currently 7.3 billion.

Shragg points out that whatever our concern is, excessive population only makes it worse, whether the emphasis of our concern is environmental, democracy, or social justice.

Without stabilization, or rather reduction, of population levels, the economy must continue to grow and this growth will invariably be harmful to any effort towards habitat and species preservation. If we do not address this root issue (to move upstream, as Shragg refers to it) then we will forever be chasing after sparks, stamping out small fires, without making any real progress in saving this planet but, rather, actually loosing ground. At some point there must a “No” to the model of ever increasing growth, whether that be of human population or economic. Compassion must give way to principle or all life will suffer in the end. Environmental groups must find the courage to speak with one voice on this issue if there is ever to be any real hope of saving what is left of the richness and beauty on this planet that sustains us.

16 people found this helpful

Helpful

Stephanie C. Fox

It is better to be right than popular, to invert Mark Twain.

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016

Verified Purchase

Human overpopulation is an unpopular topic, and Mark Twain said, no doubt tongue-in-cheek, "It is better to be popular than right." Well, those of us who refuse to perpetuate the notion that human overpopulation can continue to be a taboo topic are opting to be right. We shall push for this by not being silent about it, as Karen Shragg has done in her book. She addressed the underlying cause of ecosystems collapse and resource scarcity: human overpopulation. I do the same thing in my dystopian series, Nae-Nee - Dystopian Series on Human Overpopulation and Ecosystems Collapse.

10 people found this helpful

Helpful

Chris Bystroff

This book sounds the alarm. If we can't reduce ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2017

Verified Purchase

This book sounds the alarm. If we can't reduce the population humanely, then Nature will do it for us, less humanely. Karen Shragg excoriates the progressive and religious communities for lagging, denying, ignoring and compartmentalizing away the human numbers problem. We really must get this dialog going. For as long as we avoid the topic, the consequences of not solving the problem get more severe.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Michael P Gallitelli

Well Informed

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2019

Verified Purchase

Well written and the author really brings home the fact that over population is the driving factor behind all other environmental issues. I have to say that after reading each chapter, I felt rather hopeless about our predicament , because there are no realistic means to reduce global population levels to sustainable levels.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Gary Houle

A narrow focus

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2020

Verified Purchase

The main thread is how different groups focus on their objectives while ignoring the fact that overpopulation will eventually negate their efforts. The point is well taken, but more needs to be said about the effects of overpopulation, current and future, as well as suggestions on how to raise awareness. References are given, but it would have been nice to have included some of the information in this book.

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Kym

Fantastically written

Reviewed in Australia on October 24, 2020

Verified Purchase

This book is fantastically written. It is concise and to the point. It summarises essential matters in a very organised way. I almost read this whole book in 1 sitting, which says a lot in the way it is a great joy to read. This should be the essential textbook for ALL school students !!! One issue which I think could have been addressed is the matter of how the Economic and Financial Systems can be adapted to break the present dependence upon population growth and excessive consumerism. We cannot continue with population growth and excessive consumerism (in fact population growth should have stopped 70 years ago) --- the Earth is a finite planet on which we need to continue to live --- Mars is NOT an option !!!

See all reviews

Buy new: $16.00$16.00 FREE delivery: Wednesday, May 18 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used: $7.34

Other Sellers on Amazon

Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation Paperback – November 3, 2015

Enhance your purchase

Frequently bought together

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Buy new:

$16.00

FREE delivery: Wednesday, May 18 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon.

Ships from: Amazon.com

Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used:

$7.34