Garrett Hardin

Read this hyperlinked biography of Hardin from Stalking the Wild Taboo, a website named after one of his books. Browse around the site until you get a clear idea of its political slant. Where could you go to get opposing views?

Here's Hardin's page at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a professor emeritus. How does this biography differ from the one above? Why do you think the information differs?

Click here to read Hardin's influential 1968 essay from Science called "The Tragedy of the Commons." How does the Science piece differ from the reading in your textbook?

Here's "Living Within Limits and Limits on Living: Garrett Hardin on Ecology, Economy, and Ethics," a 1996 interview with Hardin conducted by Frank Miele of Skeptic magazine.

Read this essay on Hardin at the site of OverPopulation.com. Whose perspective do you find more persuasive—Hardin's, or that of his critic? Explain.

This is the homepage of "Perspectives on Population Issues" from Keith Montgomery of the University of Wisconsin. Here, you'll find links to Thomas Malthus's classic essay on the subject, as well as links to articles and other resources.

"Appropriate technology" usually refers to that which is sustainable into the future and includes technology involved with energy, agriculture, and community planning. Take a visit to the homepage of the National Center for Appropriate Technology for an overview. What did you discover there? Where could you go online to find differing views?

Interested in learning more about the problem of poverty, but not sure where to start? Try the homepage of the Institute for Research on Poverty.

The Atlantic Monthly online has put together this collection of fourteen articles about poverty, with titles like "The Black Gender Gap," "The Next Liberalism," and "The $6000 Solution."