GrowthBusters
By Dave Gardner and Stephanie Gardner on sustainability
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Humankind has outgrown the planet, so we explore ways to recover from growth addiction. We dig into the more fascinating and hard-hitting aspects of public policy and the joy of living sustainably. It's all about ending our culture's love affair with "more," which is not making us happier and is killing our planet. No half-hearted greenwashing here; we share the brutal and joyful truth! Co-host Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared "could be the most important film ever made." Learn more about the film at www.growthbustersmovie.org. Co-host Stephanie Gardner earned a masters degree in environmental law and policy, and has expertise and experience in sustainable energy.
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97: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Ehrlich
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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96: Paul Ehrlich (1932-2026): Behaving Against Our Interests
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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95: Technology – Fast and Furious Into Overshoot
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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94: Reporting on Population – Sense and Nonsense
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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93: Ezra Klein's Abundance Delusion
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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92: Economic Wisdom from the Natural World – The Serviceberry
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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91: Growth Addiction and Water in the American Southwest – with Gary Wockner
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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90: Degrowth – by Design or Disaster
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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89: Bezos - We're Going to Need Another Planet
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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88: Shutdown315: Start Post-Growth Living Saturday
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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87: The Shit Hits the Fan
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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86: Projecting Optimism in the Time of Overshoot
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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85: Election 2024 – Stephanie Attempts to Talk Dave Off the Ledge
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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84: Strong Economy Begins With Shrinking Workforce
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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83: We Roasted Elon Musk, Raising the Curiosity of Thousands
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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82: Governor Whitmer Unveils Ponzi Population Policy
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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81 Overpopulation Think Tank – Part 2
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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80 How Do We Get Out of This Mess? University Students Brainstorm
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May 22, 2023 |
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79 Overpopulation Think Tank – Part 1
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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78 Discussing Overpopulation: Let's Clear the Minefield
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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77 Fact-Checking News of China's "Demographic Crisis"
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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76 Now Here's What We Call an Eco-Superhero
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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75 A Vasectomy Could Save Herschel Walker a Lot of Money
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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74 Bleak Friday, 8 Billion Post-Mortem and Damage Done by Guilt
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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73 Eight Billion is Too Many: Don't be a Twit About Overpopulation
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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72 Upping Our Game Alerting the World to Limits to Growth: New Online Community
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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71 World Population Day 2022: We're Overpopulated. Pass It On.
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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70 Paul Ehrlich on The Limits to Growth
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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69 Chickens are Coming Home to Roost
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May 11, 2022 |
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68 Paul Ehrlich, Unfiltered (Special Earth Day Episode)
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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67 Obsessive-Compulsive's Guide to Cutting Your Carbon Footprint
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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66 Can Living a 1.5 Degree Lifestyle Make a Difference?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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65 What Do College Students Think Their Future Holds?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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64 Is Parenthood an Entitlement?
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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63 Stuck in Traffic? Head to Mars
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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62 World Leaders COP Out
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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61 Rebelling Against Black Friday Consumerism
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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60 Populating and Plundering the Universe
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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59 Too Much of a Good Thing: Richard Heinberg
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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58 Billionaires in Space
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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57 Overshoot: World's Best Introduction
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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56 Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Green New Deal
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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55 More Fun, Less Stuff
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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54 The Good Ancestor: Following the Intergenerational Golden Rule
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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53 Finding Common Ground
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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52 Shrinking Your Travel Footprint
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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51 Philosophy of Shrinking Footprints
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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50 Taking a Vacation from Carbon Emissions
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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49 Damn, It's Earth Overshoot Day Already!
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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48 Things Are Not Fine
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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47 Sarah's Wildlife Friendly Wedding
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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46: 1-See Planet of the Humans; 2-Resolve Overshoot
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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45 Planet of the Humans: What Did the Film Get Right?
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May 28, 2020 |
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44 Just Sitting Around Waiting for the World to End
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May 08, 2020 |
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43 Paul Ehrlich - Uncensored on Earth Day 50th Anniversary
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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42 The Silver Lining of COVID Induced Recession
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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41 Bury Mom in the Back Yard? The Ins & Outs of Green Burial
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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40 Is GrowthBusters a Good Earth Day Movie?
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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39 You Have to Stay Poor – I'm Having a Steak
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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38 Sustainable New Year's Resolutions
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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37 A Finer Future?
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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36 Don't Make Me Stop this Spaceship!
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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35 Decoupling Nonsense
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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34 Coming Out as Childfree
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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33 Is the End Near?
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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32 Welcome to Overshoot: Have a Nice Day
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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31 We're in Deep: Earth Overshoot Day 2019
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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30 Overshoot Playlist: Top 10 Environmental Songs
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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29 Avengers: Endgame – I Cut the Population in Half; Don't Make Me Do This Again
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May 30, 2019 |
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28 Masturbate, Don't Procreate
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May 15, 2019 |
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27 Climate Change Will Take Food Off Your Table
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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26 Running Out of Gas
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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25 How to Have a Green Wedding
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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24 Wild Hope - Nature Rocks!
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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23 What Do You Do When The End is Near?
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Jan 19, 2019 |
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22 Cleaning up Our Dirty Laundry
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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21 Drink More Wine, Eat More Chocolate
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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20 Pick One: Catastrophe or Disaster
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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19 Hurricanes, Climate Change & Contraception
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Oct 13, 2018 |
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#18 How Fast is Our Goose Being Cooked?
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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#17 Trump Can't Keep It Up (Economic Growth)
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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#16 Earth Overshoot Day
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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#15 Do Only Villains Care About Overpopulation?
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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#14 One Thing That Will Guarantee Climate Disaster
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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#13 Downsize Me
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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#12: Are We Too Stupid to Manage the Planet?
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May 18, 2018 |
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Green Cars, Coffee and Kitchen Scraps
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Small is Beautiful After All
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Would You Eat a Bug to Save the Planet?
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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Trashing the Planet is Macho
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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More Kids, Fewer Kids, or No Kids?
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Changing the World Starts at Home
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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Cities Must Bend Over & Accept Population Growth
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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Growth Addiction Set Stage for Hurricane Disasters in Houston & Florida
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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William & Kate Plus 8
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Water Insanity in the West & Sustainable Ecological Footprint
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Sep 08, 2017 |
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Welcome to GrowthBusters Podcast #1
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Paving Paradise #3: Drinking the Pro-Growth Kool-Aid
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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Paving Paradise #2: The Local Growth Machine
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Jul 26, 2016 |
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Paving Paradise #1: World Population Day & Water in the West
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Jul 11, 2016 |