Acknowledgments

As editors of Climate and Capitalism (Ian) and Green Left Weekly (Simon) we have met, corresponded with, and learned from more green-left and left-green activists than we can possibly name here. Their insights and advice have helped enormously with all our writing, and with this book in particular.

Jeff White carefully read several drafts of Too Many People? and thoroughly checked the reference notes. In addition to providing valuable suggestions on content, he caught and corrected innumerable errors, typographical and otherwise.

Lis Angus, Martin Empson, Betsy Hartmann, Joel Kovel, John Riddell, and Chris Williams read the manuscript at various stages and gave us detailed comments and suggestions that have made the book much stronger.

The scan of the cover of the 1954 Population Bomb pamphlet in chapter 9 was shared by Ronald Ladouceur, who maintains the Textbook History blog at www.textbookhistory.com.

We are grateful to the following for permission to include complete articles or long excerpts:

The Sustainability Institute (www.sustainer.org) for permission to include “Who Causes Environmental Problems?” by Donella Meadows (appendix 2).

Richard Smith for permission to include a long excerpt from “Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism,” originally published in Real-World Economics Review (chapter 14).

The Climate Justice and Migration Working Group of the Mobilization for Climate Justice, for permission to include their statement on climate justice and migration (appendix 4).

 

Some parts of this book originally appeared in Climate and Capitalism or Green Left Weekly. All have been extensively rewritten and updated.