I don't necessarily think growth itself is a negative so much as the underlying reasons why growth is being promoted as something that stands separate from just an "organic" ebb and flow of populations.

My point being, that just because we might argue that the planet "can" support more people do to advances and technology, is that a valid reason for a greater population? My answer to that is a definitive no. And most the the growth I observe is profit based, rather than human-based.

Quality, over quantity, is a much better mindset.