IPAT considered harmful (#6 of more)

By G. Rendell. A common thought pattern in Environmental Studies students is that (un)sustainability is, at its heart, a population problem.  This thinking hangs, in most cases, on the IPAT equation: (environmental) Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology. Part of the mindset that unsustainability is a population problem probably comes from the fact that the P multiplier is listed first. Read more...