A personal and environmental argument for very small families.
Population growth is not the only cause of the environmental catastrophe threatening our planet, but it is the one factor that we have the power to change quickly. To do so, however, means taking a hard look at the reasons we prefer large families. What is more of us choose to stop at one child? More importantly, what if we don't?
Clearly and compellingly, Bill McKibben, author of 'The End of Nature' and one of the world's most widely respected writers on issues of the environment, argues that the next fifty years are the most important in history. This is our last chance to change the world.