Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

Alicia, Thank you for this. Taking the longer view is important. Also, when I taught Environmental Sociology, we had a shorthand for POPULATION IMPACT: **Size of country’s population x Average Resource Use= Impact on Environment.** Of course you could refine this furthe

RE: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

. The BBS was started partly in response to the perceived decline in birds already occurring. Kevin Kevin McGowan From: bounce-123961049-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Alicia Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:54 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends

Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

ehalf Of *Alicia > *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:54 PM > *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird > study > > > > *Decrease in children per family*: In the 1970's, there were an average > of 2.12 children per famil

Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

Just to say—what all of us really know—we don’t want our children to be the generation to have no one to come behind them, to care and innovate and compost for them as they age and become infirm. Demography is a complex thing and, as we in the west take longer to die on average, we must somehow

RE: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

ready occurring. Kevin Kevin McGowan From: bounce-123961049-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Alicia Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:54 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study Decrease in children per family: In the 1970's, the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] US population trends; time frame for bird study

_Decrease in children per family_: In the 1970's, there were an average of 2.12 children per family, while from 2009-2018, the number had decreased to an average of 1.88 and is holding steady there - a decrease of over 11% . (For more info, check here