Trying to separate the contributions of nature and nurture to an attribute is rather like trying to separate the contributions of length and width to… - Paul R. Ehrlich

Culture can be loosely defined as the body of non-genetic information which people pass from generation to generation.

The debate regarding which individual factor, among the three key factors producing the environmental crisis, causes more damage - the size of the human population on the planet, excessive consumption of resources or unequal/ unjust distribution of resources among countries [the wealthier countries consume much more resources than poorer countries] - is like a debate about which contributes more to a triangle, the base or the ribs of the triangle. You can not separate the three factors. If we analyze the numbers over a relatively longer time interval, we will conclude that the size of the population has a bigger impact than consumption. On the other hand, consumption and unequal distribution are also important aspects. If we do not change these three factors all at the same time, the quality of our life will change dramatically. Today humanity is delivering a serious blow to nature, but it is clear that nature will deliver the final blow.

As I’ve said many times, ‘perpetual growth is the creed of the cancer cell’.