Global sustainability

Do genetically modified foods contribute to global sustainability?

Can GMOs help feed a hot and hungry world? / Madeline Ostrander

Genetically modified foods are not the answer to world hunger / John Robbins

Genetically modified foods can help address the global food crisis / David Weisser

Genetically modified foods will not help address the global food crisis / Samuel Fromartz

Genetically modified food is unsafe / Institute for Responsible Technology

Genetically modified food is healthy / Shanley Chien

7. Genetically modified food is unhealthy / Arjun Walia

Is water scarcity a threat to global sustainability?

There is a global water crisis / United Nations World Water Assessment Programme

There is not a global water crisis / Charles Fishman

Climate change contributes to water scarcity / Science Daily

Climate change is not responsible for water scarcity / Pilita Clark

Climate change is not responsible for the California drought / Thomas Richard

California's last resort: drink the Pacific / Sammy Roth

Desalination is not the answer to the global water crisis / Aaron Lada

Does social equity promote global sustainability?

Social equity is necessary for global sustainability / James H. Svara, Tanya Watt, and Katherine Takai

Social equity leads to the loss of individual rights / Kathleen Marquardt

Poverty must be eradicated to achieve global sustainability / United Nations

A focus on poverty is the wrong way to achieve sustainable global growth / Brett D. Schaefer and Ambassador Terry Miller

Gender equality is key to global sustainability / Sneha Barot

Gender equality is an assault on life and marriage / Steven W. Mosher

Is economic growth compatible with sustainability?

We can't grow on / John de Graaf

Free market economic growth is sustainable / Ronald Bailey

A sharing economy is necessary for global sustainability / Rajesh Makwana

The sharing economy is propaganda / Avi Asher-Schapiro

A green economy is key to sustainable economic development / United Nations Environment Programme

In a green economy, business exploits nature for profit / Jeff Conant

Businesses need to become responsible for sustainable economic development / Supriya Kumar

Businesses are ignoring key barriers to global sustainability / Auden Schendler and Michael Toffel.