Thoughts of Yan Vana “Isn’t it time we accepted that it’s not CO2 emissions that are the problem. It’s us.” - Yan Vana “Microplastics have been found at 8,440 metres (27,690ft) on Mount Everest. Is there anywhere on this earth we haven’t spoilt?” - Yan Vana “Think about it. Coronavirus is the inevitable result of overpopulation.” - Yan Vana “We talk about saving the planet for mankind. Shouldn’t we be talking about saving the planet from mankind?” - Yan Vana “Humans really believe they have the right to do whatever they want.” - Yan Vana “If you think the answer to the planet’s problems is a low energy light bulb and growing corn to make oil, then think again.” - Yan Vana “Everyone I meet privately agrees that population growth is a problem. So why is no-one prepared to say so publicly?” “Pandemics are an inevitable consequence of overpopulation.” - Yan Vana One planet to another: “You don’t look well, is anything wrong?”
Other planet: “I’ve been suffering from a bad attack of homosapiens.”
First planet: “Yes, I’ve had that. Nasty isn’t it? Don’t worry it doesn’t last long.”
“There is hardly a problem that can’t be traced back to Human overpopulation.” - Yan Vana
“With 8 billion of us on this small planet, it is impossible to prevent infectious diseases spreading.” - Yan Vana
“Overpopulation will destroy us unless we start doing something about it now.” - Yan Vana
“Two hundred years ago there were just one billion of us. Fifty years ago, it was three billion. Now its eight billion. How many more of us do we think the planet can support?” - Yan Vana “The planet's environmental problems would be much easier to solve if there were fewer people.” - Yan Vana “The world population of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians has declined by 60% in the last forty years. Doesn't that make you ashamed to be human?” - Yan Vana “How many more of us do you think we can squeeze into our cities.” - Yan Vana “All the major threats to humanity - climate change; biodiversity loss; pandemics; food, water and energy insecurity - are all the result of human overpopulation.” - Yan Vana “Man has done more damage to this planet in the last 50 years than all the other species put together have done in 500,000.” - Yan Vana “Increased CO2 emissions are an inevitable result of overpopulation.” - Yan Vana “Every year we are using up too much of the planet's finite resources. If there were less of us, there would be enough to go round.” - Yan Vana “How many more of us do we think the planet can support?” - Yan Vana “Man is now the most common mammal on the planet.” - Yan Vana "Does anyone really still believe that we have 'Dominion over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air and every living thing that moveth on the planet'?" - Yan Vana "Just because we have the power to destroy all the other creatures on the planet doesn't mean we have to." - Yan Vana "If we really think we are superior to all the other occupants of this planet, shouldn't we start acting like it." - Yan Vana "We won't solve the problems of the planet by simply switching energy sources." - Yan Vana "When we have had climate change in the past, we just moved to somewhere else. Now there isn't anywhere left to go." - Yan Vana "More and more people I hear from think we’ve left it too late. They may be right, but shouldn’t we be trying something?" - Yan Vana "The more of us there are, the more we have to take from the planet to survive." - Yan Vana "The more people you put in cities, the more they will pollute the air. Air pollution kills more people than Covid-19." - Yan Vana "In the 1970's, overpopulation was talked about. Now it isn't. Why? Are we too frightened of it?" - Yan Vana "Overpopulation will destroy the planet for our children and grandchildren unless we do something about it very quickly." - Yan Vana "GOOD NEWS: World population growth is expected to stop by 2100, at 10.9 billion.
BAD NEWS: That's 3 billion more than there are today. Where are we going to put them?" - Yan Vana "Think about it. Is there anything that isn't a consequence of overpopulation?" - Yan Vana "The more of us there are, the less there is to go round. The less of us there are, the more there will be to go round. It's that simple!" - Yan Vana "Temperatures in cities are now up to 1.5 degrees higher than in rural areas. That is not CO2, that's too many people." - Yan Vana