17 Powerful Images Showing The Devastating Effects Of Overpopulation
It’s no secret that we are exploiting our planet and running out of resources at the speed of light, but many people refuse to take notice. These unbelievable photo series of environmental damage and climate change collected into a photobook by environmental awareness platform Global Population Speak Out, show the harsh realities of the ecological and social tragedies that Earth is suffering. Its title: “Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot.”
This picture book has plenty of powerful images illustrating the problems generated by overpopulation and consumption, together with quotes from famous writers, scientists, and ecologists to help understand and raise awareness about the destruction of natural environments.
Global Population Speak Out provides a link for everyone to have a look at the book online for free, but if you want it on your bookshelf, you can also find it on Amazon.
More info: populationspeakout.org | Amazon (h/t: boredpanda.es)
Surfing on a wave full of trash in Java (Indonesia), the world’s most populated island
National Willamette forest, Oregon (USA), 99% deforested
The Yellow river in Mongolia is so polluted that it’s almost impossible to breathe near it
Ken River oil field, California (USA) – exploited since 1899
Fire at oil platform in Gulf of Mexico, April 2010
Landscape full of trash in Bangladesh
Indonesian forest transformed into palm plantation
Part of the Amazonian jungle in Brazil, burnt down to be “repurposed”
World’s biggest excavator, Bagger 288, used to extract coal in Tagebau Hambach strip mine (Germany)
Landfill in Accra (Ghana). Our electronic rubbish usually ends up in Third-World countries
Mexico City landscape, 20 million inhabitants
Albatross killed by excessive plastic ingestion in Midway Islands (North Pacific)
Landscape covered in greenhouses , Almeria (Spain)
Tar-rich zone in Alberta, Canada destroyed by mining and toxic wastes
The Maldives are flooding because of global warming and human action. They will sink in 50 years
Mir mine, Russia. This gigantic hole is the world’s biggest diamond mine.
Enormous iceberg melting near Svalbard island in Norway
“Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot” is available at Amazon.
The problem is not overpopulation, we have enough resources to keep growing all the way. This is a post about contamination, is not the same
I totally agree with you. This is not about overpopulation, it's more about human being "over using" the World.
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People should definitely see 'Cowspiracy', a documentary, if this grabbed their attention.
How sad that we all help to destroy our beautiful planet.. Something we all can do..is start using less plastic materials!
"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."
Polythene is danger for rain. Plastics has began covered in seas lay. That stop vaporize to make clouds,this is main reason stop rain.More reason is also
Overpopulation hey?? OK - let us start tackling this issue with your family and friends first...
Overpopulation hey?? OK then, shall we start tackling this issue with your family and friends first...?
This is a serious issue & if no one starts taking action TODAY, forget about seeing beautiful lush forests, clean air , clean sparkly waterfall water, etc. I cant understand people who LOVE their crowd. All i see is every smelly person being ignorant. I hope natures strikes triple X worse. I doubt everyones truly loves each other- you breed just for pleasures.
Burning a forest for 're-purposing'? How will we re-purpose the Earth?
thanks for being bold enough to point out that ALL of humanities problems go straight back to overpopulation. need more evidence?theyfly.com
How should this pictures show the effect of overpopulation? This pictures show a destructive economical system called capitalism.
The picture of Oregon is fake. Thats the draining of the dam in the Detroit area, it fills up with water every summer hence no trees.
now I understand why evil profesors want to destroy humanity in movies, well theyre not so evil after all
Yes we humans are destroying the very thing that is keeping us alive, we have not got much longer on this planet before it looks like Mars.
The photographer was able to convey the Urgency and enormity of our self made damage at hand on our world.
No global warming in 18 years. Tree stumps in Oregon were in a reservoir with low water level. Pollution and trash is a big problem.
The problem is over leverage due to the fact that people's string views that they are only born once and live a life of indulgence
Top of pics located in my homeland. Not a lot of our people consider to this situation, nor the government.
god created people to take care of His creation.. but look at how we greatly contribute on its destruction...
god created people to take care of His creation.. but just look at how we destroy it..
The so called picture of the Willamette national forest in Oregon is actual a photo from near mount st. Hellene in Washington post eruption.
Some of these are inaccurate, for example Willamette National Forest is NOT 99% deforested. Check it out for yourselves.
Mexico City landscape, 20 million inhabitants I thought it was a trash, but isn't it ?
This is not rocket science. There are too many of us and we are irresponsible with disposing of our trash. It is absolutely reprehensible to
Actually you can fit everyone in the world in the grand Canyon in a tiny part.look it up.we need to eat raw foods and recycle more less wast
kill some 2-3 billion people systematically... period !!! the earth and other species are being destroyed with no point of return
time for another genocide...kill all of the idiots who think they need to pass on their genes
I don't know how many of these are valid, but the one about the Willamette National Forest is absolutely false. Go on Google earth and look.
So many generalities and assumptions. Indonesia isn't polluted because they are over populated. They are polluted because they don't care.
This makes me so sad :'( When will people finally see this and do something about it?
People do see it. Its the elite 1% who control everything that won't do anything about it.
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I am so sorry that my parents, I and my children were/are unable to stop the rot. I pity the next generation.
Ignorance is NOT bliss. How many care until it hits them in the face and in their own back yard?
^Friend, totally my idiotic friend. Please forgive me for being stupid enough to allow him to get on my computer.
Load More Replies... The problem is not overpopulation, we have enough resources to keep growing all the way. This is a post about contamination, is not the same
I totally agree with you. This is not about overpopulation, it's more about human being "over using" the World.
Load More Replies... People should definitely see 'Cowspiracy', a documentary, if this grabbed their attention.
How sad that we all help to destroy our beautiful planet.. Something we all can do..is start using less plastic materials!
"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."
Polythene is danger for rain. Plastics has began covered in seas lay. That stop vaporize to make clouds,this is main reason stop rain.More reason is also
Overpopulation hey?? OK - let us start tackling this issue with your family and friends first...
Overpopulation hey?? OK then, shall we start tackling this issue with your family and friends first...?
This is a serious issue & if no one starts taking action TODAY, forget about seeing beautiful lush forests, clean air , clean sparkly waterfall water, etc. I cant understand people who LOVE their crowd. All i see is every smelly person being ignorant. I hope natures strikes triple X worse. I doubt everyones truly loves each other- you breed just for pleasures.
Burning a forest for 're-purposing'? How will we re-purpose the Earth?
thanks for being bold enough to point out that ALL of humanities problems go straight back to overpopulation. need more evidence?theyfly.com
How should this pictures show the effect of overpopulation? This pictures show a destructive economical system called capitalism.
The picture of Oregon is fake. Thats the draining of the dam in the Detroit area, it fills up with water every summer hence no trees.
now I understand why evil profesors want to destroy humanity in movies, well theyre not so evil after all
Yes we humans are destroying the very thing that is keeping us alive, we have not got much longer on this planet before it looks like Mars.
The photographer was able to convey the Urgency and enormity of our self made damage at hand on our world.
No global warming in 18 years. Tree stumps in Oregon were in a reservoir with low water level. Pollution and trash is a big problem.
The problem is over leverage due to the fact that people's string views that they are only born once and live a life of indulgence
Top of pics located in my homeland. Not a lot of our people consider to this situation, nor the government.
god created people to take care of His creation.. but look at how we greatly contribute on its destruction...
god created people to take care of His creation.. but just look at how we destroy it..
The so called picture of the Willamette national forest in Oregon is actual a photo from near mount st. Hellene in Washington post eruption.
Some of these are inaccurate, for example Willamette National Forest is NOT 99% deforested. Check it out for yourselves.
Mexico City landscape, 20 million inhabitants I thought it was a trash, but isn't it ?
This is not rocket science. There are too many of us and we are irresponsible with disposing of our trash. It is absolutely reprehensible to
Actually you can fit everyone in the world in the grand Canyon in a tiny part.look it up.we need to eat raw foods and recycle more less wast
kill some 2-3 billion people systematically... period !!! the earth and other species are being destroyed with no point of return
time for another genocide...kill all of the idiots who think they need to pass on their genes
I don't know how many of these are valid, but the one about the Willamette National Forest is absolutely false. Go on Google earth and look.
So many generalities and assumptions. Indonesia isn't polluted because they are over populated. They are polluted because they don't care.
This makes me so sad :'( When will people finally see this and do something about it?
People do see it. Its the elite 1% who control everything that won't do anything about it.
Load More Replies... I am so sorry that my parents, I and my children were/are unable to stop the rot. I pity the next generation.
Ignorance is NOT bliss. How many care until it hits them in the face and in their own back yard?
^Friend, totally my idiotic friend. Please forgive me for being stupid enough to allow him to get on my computer.
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