Paul R. Ehrlich

Paul R. Ehrlich

Nacimiento : 1932-05-29, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Historia

Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist, best known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources. He is the Bing Professor of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology.

Perfil

Paul R. Ehrlich

Películas

Endgame 2050
Self
¿Cómo será el futuro en el año 2050? Endgame 2050 es un documental de largometraje que nos da una idea de ese futuro, y no se ve bien. Con el músico Moby junto con los principales científicos, y creado por la doctora ambientalista Sofía Pineda Ochoa, Endgame 2050 es un llamado urgente a la acción para abordar las crisis existenciales que afectan al planeta.
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Himself - Host
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
Climate Refugees
Self
A documentary examining climate change and its impact on mass migration of people.
Thank You for Not Breeding
Biologists estimate 20,000 to 40,000 species go extinct every year, many times higher than the "background extinction rate" built into the evolutionary process. The cause? Human environmental impact, the product of consumption times population. Many environmentalists focus on our excessive consumption, but discussing the latter factor in the equation - population - has fallen out of vogue. Welcome to environmentalism's radical fringe: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and the Church of Euthanasia. Armed with slogans like "Thank You For Not Breeding" and "Live Long and Die Out," their ideas are usually greeted with laughter or hostility. But beneath the silliness, do they have a point? Through humorous animation and live-action interviews with academics, economists, and activists across the political spectrum, "Thank You For Not Breeding" takes a new look at our species, our environment, and our future.