ans, but also everyone who depends on their agriculture for day-to-day nourishment.Many ideas have been experimented with the world to combat the problem of population growth. I would like to take a couple ideas from each of these experiments, combine them, and implement them into our society immediately. First I would like to start by urging the government to begin a campaign of education regarding the population situation. This program could begin teaching resource management and population control as early as elementary school. It could be a normal topic of study just as is math or English. The school programs could be accompanied by media messages and advertising. I feel this would enlighten people of our society to the problem and prepare the leaders of the future for action on population related issues. My second idea would be for the government to create some sort of tax credits for people who help combat this problem. Tax credits could be issued to families who only have one or two children, or who use minimum amounts of energy or water. I have seen a form of this implemented in Sacramento, California, where SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities District) gives bill credits and cut rates to households who use SMUD’s suggested energy efficient appliances and building supplies. The time and money that SMUD put into this program has resulted in widespread energy conservation and awareness in the Sacramento area. I feel that a program of federal and state tax credits would have the same effect, only on a nation-wide stage.We, as a world, are encountering many new problems as we enter the new millennium. One of these problems is the out-of-control, exponential population growth that is occurring and will continue to occur into the future unless something is done now. If my signature on the letter, in which I am writing this analysis in soon. regards to, means an increase in awareness and sensitivity to this issue th...
