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What must we do to ensure that population growth is not out of control?  The answer lies in education. We humans are a very young species. We have been here for only a short time. We are like a child just learning to walk. We face grave challenges that demand a rapid shift in our behavior. Our teacher is our parent. Our parent is the natural world from which we emerged. In every way, in every facet of our existence, we must learn to align ourselves with that which supports life. There is no alternative if we are going to avoid catastrophic consequences.
With so many of us on a very small planet, and with the addition of so many more every week, we can no longer continue to relate to each other, our environment, ecological systems and biosphere as we have or we will succumb to the effects of human overpopulation. Nature, which could not care less, will eliminate us. We humans must grow up and learn to walk…hand in hand with each other and with our natural world. There is no alternative if we wish to sustain humanity and advance our civilization.
    1. Limit the allowance of Children per couple to 1 child (this continues until the population has reached a stable amount, changing the number to 2)
      2. Educating the poor will also help, since the largest population booms are always amongst the poor.
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      Raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation.
      Raise the people’s living standard.
      Exercise/ implement reward and punishment policy.
      Carry out population education program/family planning programs.
      Use birth control.
    3. Education
      It is one of the most commonly agreed causes of overpopulation that a lot of the uneducated people have more penurious children and the whole lack of family planning is due to the stark absence of basic education. If they had been educated, they would be forewarned against the effects of overpopulation and their own inability to nurture their children well enough.... [continues]

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