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Retropopulationism: Clawing Back a Stable Planet from Eight Billion and Change Paperback – November 27, 2023

by Albert Bates (Author)
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Will we colonize Mars? Will lab-grown meat replace our favorite foods? Why did China change its one-child policy? Will Nigeria be a superpower in the 21st Century? Are gender roles obsolete? Will we soon live forever? When should we worry about food and water supplies? Are mass migrations threatening to destabilize entire countries? Will artificial intelligence eliminate the need to work?

When we step back and see the whole modern crisis in perspective, it can be paralyzing. We did not get ourselves into this overnight. It has been centuries in the making but It can’t go on. In fact, it isn’t. Today, in the wealthiest parts of the world, we are witnessing the first natural decline in fertility rates we have seen for thousands of years. People are choosing to have fewer children.

Many are calling this a crisis. Others are sighing in relief. What will the world look like as these trends play out?

Are we counting arithmetically while exponential changes are taking place? What can we learn from Elephant love? Read this book and join Albert Bates as he makes sense of it all.
— John Dennis Liu, Ecosystems Ambassador, Commonland Foundation

Albert Bates brings a fresh breeze to our troubled minds and hearts, a bigger perspective from which to look into ourselves. Could a new picture emerge as human populations decline? Allow your curiosity to lead you to this book!
— Kosha Joubert, CEO, Pocket Project

As I hear the news day to day much of the misery I hear incessantly—inflation, war, hunger, border conflicts, seething prejudices—reflects the simplest ecological reality: too many people struggling for diminishing oil, land and other resources. Albert Bates considers himself a translator of scientific and other information into clear terms for the average person. Here he undertakes an interesting, far-ranging and eclectic survey of how various writers from antiquity through today have considered population and its relation to resources. It’s a good read.
— Charles A.S. Hall, author, Energy and the Wealth of Nations

Albert Bates has been at the forefront of environmental movements and solutions for decades. Now he takes on a key—and often taboo—environmental issue: population. Albert goes beyond the issue of too much (and too little) population to explore the dangers and opportunities that lie ahead on a crowded planet.
— Dan Miller, Managing Director of The Roda Group climate investments

Retropopulationism is a page-turner filled with profound truths about humanity’s future, sometimes sad, sometimes uplifting, but always elegantly done with pathos and deep insight.
— J. T. Ross Jackson, author of The Bad News and the Good News: The Economics of Collapse and The Birth of a Regenerative Society.

Albert has the headquarters of all his work at The Farm. That says it all: if you want to change the direction of the world, where health and happiness combined with the quest for resilience stands at the core, then you have to live it yourself as Albert is doing. Therefore his words are his walking the talk!
—Gunter Pauli, author of The Blue Economy and Gunter’s Fables

Albert Bates has courageously tackled the issue at the root of all of our environmental challenges: human population growth. His pithy and pragmatic perspective cuts through many layers of destructive mythologies and sets a solution in front of us. Everyone should read this.
— Bryan Welch, author of Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want

Thank you, Albert. You offer such a thoroughly grasped and sharpened understanding of the complexities and crisis of our human and planetary condition today. With a lot of heartfelt wisdom, you urgently invite us to pause and imagine what are viable and balanced solutions to regain a healthy population, living environment and brighter future for our children."
—Ave Oit, Foundation for Future Education
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CP43LHYY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 219 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8868259302
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Albert Bates is author of The Paris Agreement, Pour Evian on Your Radishes, The Biochar Solution, The Financial Collapse Survival Guide and Cookbook and numerous books, films and new media on food, energy, environment and history. A former environmental rights lawyer, paramedic, brick mason, flour miller, and horse trainer, he received the Right Livelihood Award in 1980 as part of the steering committee of Plenty, working to preserve the cultures of indigenous peoples, and board of directors of The Farm, a pioneering intentional community in Tennessee for the past 45 years. His book Climate in Crisis (January 1990, with a foreword by Al Gore), only missed stealing Bill McKibben's record of "the first book on climate change written for a general audience" by a few weeks. A co-founder and past president of the Global Ecovillage Network, he is presently GEN's representative to the UN climate talks. When not tinkering with pedal wringers for honey, hemp cheeses, or pyrolizing cookstoves, he teaches permaculture, ecovillage design and natural building and is a frequent guest on podcasts. He tweets at @peaksurfer and blogs at peaksurfer.blogspot.com.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking ideas in manageable chapters
    Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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    The predicaments and now threat to humans that we got ourselves into since the Age of Industrialization doesn’t have one simple answer or way to address all the interconnected problems we experience with climate change. This book lays out many possible solutions and opportunities to save people and our planet as well as many of the forces within us and ranged against us that may well lead to collapse.
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  • Ellen H. Anderson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not Done Yet
    Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023
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    I do admire Albert Bates' persistence as well as his erudition and accessible prose style. I feel that I can keep on as long as he keeps on but man - it is getting late. This book is preaching to the choir but using intriguing stories and prodding us to get out there with what we know could work and get stuff done even if we may not succeed. It reminds me of another Albert who said "All work that is worth anything is done in faith."
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  • Albert K. Bates
    5.0 out of 5 stars El mejor libro del año.
    Reviewed in Mexico on December 20, 2023
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    ¡Este tiene que ser el mejor libro del año! ¡No pude dejarlo! Cierra el arco iniciado hace 34 años con el libro Clima en Crisis del mismo autor. Ahora podemos saber cómo nos irá a todos en los próximos años.
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    Reviewed in Mexico on December 20, 2023
    ¡Este tiene que ser el mejor libro del año! ¡No pude dejarlo! Cierra el arco iniciado hace 34 años con el libro Clima en Crisis del mismo autor. Ahora podemos saber cómo nos irá a todos en los próximos años.
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