Joint Families May Be More Enviromentally Sound

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.. Joint Families May Be More Environmentally Sound

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/comp/

 

LONDON, ENGLAND, January 14, 2003: Living with mom and dad, rather than

venturing out on your own may actually contribute to saving the planet. A

study, conducted by ecologist Jianguo Liu and his Michigan University team,

targeted a biodiversity hotspot -- a region where large numbers of species

are endangered or threatened by human activity. India took the honors as the

hotspot chosen by the team. Liu said, "During 2000-2015, the average annual

rate of growth in population size in India is projected to be 1.3%, while

the rate of growth in household numbers is projected to be 2.4%." Liu

predicts that the major reason for the increase in number of households will

be divorce and that during that same fifteen-year period the average Indian

household size will be reduced from 5.5 to about 4.8 persons. Liu based his

predictions on the previous fifteen-year period before the year 2000 when

the number of Indian households grew 30% faster than the population. From an

environmental stance, as the number of households with one, two, or three

occupants increase, proportionately so too will energy consumption, land and

water use and construction materials. Other experts, such as sociologists,

agree that more households means more energy use. However they are not

convinced that extended families are the "greenest" on the planet. Liu calls

the study a wake-up call.

 

 

 

 

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