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William Vogt (15 May 1902 – 11 July 1968) was an American ecologist and ornithologist, with a strong interest in both the carrying capacity and population control. He was the author of the best-seller Road to Survival (1948), National Director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and secretary of the Conservation Foundation.
Jul 17, 2020 · William Vogt is responsible for defining “The Environment” which, before he so perfectly gave shape to the environment as a global and interconnected system, ecological issues were deemed to ...
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Jul 17, 2020 · William Vogt expressed the idea that environment is not local, but a series of interconnected worldwide features.
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Feb 18, 2021 · Learn about William Vogt, the forgotten pioneer who shaped the ethos of the modern environmental movement with his masterwork Road to Survival. Discover how he saw the interconnectedness of nature and human well-being, and how his ideas influenced generations of activists and leaders.
An ecologist and ornithologist whose work has influenced many disciplines, William Vogt was born in 1902 in Mineola, New York. Convalescing from a childhood illness, Vogt became a voracious reader, consuming the works of poets, playwrights, and naturalists.
Road to Survival is a 1948 book by William Vogt. It was a major inspiration for a certain strand of modern environmentalism as well as for the revival of Malthusianism—the so-called neo-Malthusianism—in the post-war era.
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Jan 31, 2018 · “The Wizard and the Prophet,” Charles C. Mann’s new double biography of William Vogt and Norman Borlaug, presents the essential debate of environmentalism.
