Population explosion crisis (documentaries)

The documentary, adapted from Paul Ehrlich's book The Population Bomb, explores the tragic consequences that await humanity due to overpopulation, emphasizing mass starvation and social disruption. Additionally, it addresses the critical issue of halting population growth.

The ecological crisis, caused by uncontrolled technological expansion, poses a threat to life on a global scale. In today's modern civilization, states are unable to confront the greatest dangers-wars, overpopulation, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources. International cooperation aimed at convincing states to exchange a piece of their sovereignty for environmentally sound management is essential for the future of humanity. This film was created to highlight the urgent need to reverse the developing catastrophe affecting humanity and the planet Earth.

Documentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.

Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction.

A study of the human population explosion and its impact on biodiversity and global ecosystems.

Young people and the environment.

"On the Edge" is reminder that Western civilization can't continue with business as usual. Every 12 hours, the world population increases by 100,000 people. There is no more land to grow food; all the arable land is already in production and the amount of seafood per capita is shrinking. Everywhere people are running out of freshwater, which means that the wars in the latter part of this century will be fought over food shortages.

In Fall 1999, the Earth's human population was six billion -- for an instant. With 10,000 children born every hour, the landmark was over in less time than it takes to say the words "population explosion." This landmark documentary from Saybrook Productions examines the consequences of population growth -- as well as initiatives to promote reproductive health and gender equality in the world's most impoverished countries.

A short visualization of the increase in the number of inhabitants on the planet since the beginning of our era.

A recording of professor Al Bartlett conference about population growth in a planet with finite resources.

This short film discusses the topic of population growth and its impact on life on our planet. Through humor and some interesting clips of Les Knight from the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) and Chris Korda from the Church of Euthanasia (CoE), Paley ignited a firestorm of opinions in the media.

Global responses to the human population explosion and its impact on the environment and biodiversity.

As global population and our appetite for energy rise drastically, fossils fuels depletion and global climate change have now become the most pressing issues facing humanity today.

A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American culture.

Most experts agree that global peak oil production, when demand exceeds supply, will occur within the next 15 years and will drastically change the very fabric of our industrialized world. As fossil fuels power every facet of the American economy, how can we avoid an energy crisis and a possible collapse of our economy? Today, China and India have aspirations to attain our western quality of life; but at the rate and the way we use the world's energy resources, their ambition will be physically impossible. In addition to increasing geopolitical conflicts, the process of extracting and using these crucial resources is endangering the very own habitat that we depend on to prosper as a species - pushing the earth's climate and ecosystem to a point of no-return. It is clear that in order for us to survive our modern self-destructive societies, we will have to change course drastically and as fast as possible. Scientists and experts agree that the use of renewable energy such as solar and wind power, coupled with higher efficiency and conservation, will be key factors in preserving our quality of life and paving the way to a sustainable world for our children. Will America be up to the task as it consumes 25% of the world's energy, 85% of which comes from non-renewable fossil fuels?

The story of our growing awareness and understanding of the environmental crisis and emergence, during the 1960's and '70's, of popular movement to confront it.

Follows the account of Lucy, who is born into a society where people are desperate for natural resources, while the global temperature and population are highly increasing.

In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment. While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. Some experts claim that in the UK consumers use as much as two and a half times their fair share of Earth's resources. Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth.

How to Boil a Frog is an eco-comedy that gives an overview of the Big Mess We're In - environment, energy, economic - and lays out a set of personal solutions that will make your life better and save civilization as a by-product. HTBAF chronicles Jon Cooksey's personal, three-year adventure as a filmmaker, activist and, above all, a father driven to make sure his daughter would have a future beyond living on a raft with the last polar bear. HTBAF mixes humor, facts and a sprinkling of experts (in tiny doses) to show how climate change is just one symptom of an even messier problem: overshoot. "Overshoot means too many people using up too little planet," says Cooksey, "so in the end, we either need fewer people, more planets, or we're going to have use less stuff. Or all three. I dib Mars." With its Everyman approach in the style of "Supersize Me", interviews with scientists, journalists and energy experts across North America, HTBAF takes the kind of information that makes most people want to jump off a bridge and makes it into entertainment that just might save your life, and everybody else's too.