In addition, by continuing to strain the resources on the earth, it becomes increasingly more difficult to deal with disasters. This balance is going to require a drastic change in how we live. The change will not necessarily be for the worse, but most people are reluctant to give up a lifestyle they are familiar with. However, as long as people want to own more things, businesses will continue to usurp the resources on this planet for human consumption. In order to achieve a reduction in resource use, we must reduce the demand.
Fewer people require fewer resources.
I favor population reduction through reducing births. Ideally, every person would commit him or herself to only producing one new person. Thus, a couple could have two children. If they then divorced and remarried people who already had two children in each of their previous marriages, they could not have any more children. Of course, I think the total population needs to decrease in order to be sustainable.