We are Floridians from all walks of life....
We are representative of all areas of the state...
We believe too many decisions about land use (wetlands, forest and farmland protection, water management and coastal setbacks) have been made on the theory that all growth is good and profit is more valued than protection of our resource base...
We believe that human numbers must be managed to insure the long-term livability of our land with protection of habitat for other species...
We believe we must become a strong and aggressive citizen force to make our state and federal leaders deal with the dire future we face if we do not reduce our levels of growth, consumption and waste...
Because of the U.S. economic disaster,
Florida did not grow its population in 2008. That is temporary.
U.F.'s Bureau of Economic & Business Research projects a
"...normal growth of about 317,000 a year between 2010 and
2020..." The Legislature's Office of Economic & Demographic
Research projects a population of 20 million in Florida, possibly
as early as 2015.
In the seven years from April 2000-April 2007 we grew by 16.9% to 18,680,367.
During those seven years natural increase accounted for 12.5% and net migration topped 87.5%.
Those same years saw three counties, Flagler, Sumter and Osceola increase by over 50% while St. Johns, St. Lucie and Walton counties experienced population growth from 40.6% to 41.3%.
In March 2009 U.S. population was 306,019,421 with a net gain of one person every 13 seconds. The growth included the addition of one international migrant every 36 seconds. While the U.S. is growing at a rate of 0.6%, approximately 3 million added annually, Europe and Japan have a growth rate of minus zero.
YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED! Join us, get in the loop...
(See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock)
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