~ Jane Shoup is a Professor Emerita if Biological Sciences at Purdue University Calumet (now Purdue University Northwest), Hammon, IN, where she taught for 33 years. She holds the AB in Biology from the University of Rochester, and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago. Jane has offered a number of courses through the LIFE (Learning Is ForEver) program at UWSP on topics including "Darwin and His 'Dangerous Idea"", "The Limits To Growth", "The Sixth Mass Extinction", and "Living Within Limits". She last spoke at BHUU in 2016 on "Robert Ingersoll: Great American Infidel".

This YouTube  video takes a look at some of the   ideas presented by   Prof. Shoup at   our March 18  service.
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Prof. Shoup has an extensive list   of   books related to   the material from her presentation.    This list may be downloaded.

The   increasing size of  the population in the United States   and our lifestyle has created demands   on our resources that cannot be met.     Combined with   growing amounts   of   pollution,   one wonders what the future will hold.   

Over the years,   science fiction movies have been made that addresses  possible scenarios of our   future.      The following movies are available  for streaming on Amazon Prime.    

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