Letters: Global solutions

Nursery World, 23 August 2007

Two articles in the 19 July issue of Nursery World caught my eye. The problem of global warming affects us all, but I believe the direction advocated by John Guillebaud in Youthquake ('"Keep families small" warning') is misdirected.

Consumerism is the problem, not the number of consumers. I hope the ghost of Christmas present, as portrayed in Dickens' Christmas Carol, visits those who espouse family planning in order to save energy. Scrooge initially advocated a decrease in the 'surplus' population and Dickens' story is quite timely now. One cause of the global warming problem is highlighted in Zoe Williams' 'In...

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