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A Word for Stephen Colbert - Overpopulation
02 Jul 2012
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Nonsense About Sustainable Population Advocacy
23 Jul 2012
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Irrational Fear of Population Decline
13 Jul 2012
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Endangered Species Condoms
27 Jun 2012
Date posted: February 13 2013
A very successful actress, Alexandra Paul bravely speaks out about overpopulation in this TEDx talk. In fact, she talks about the taboo on talking about it! We salute her. Please share this video. THAT is how we will put the taboo to rest! Thank you, Alexandra.
Dave Gardner
Director of the documentary
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth
Date posted: November 16 2012
Family planning is a human right. Yet today some 222 million women in developing countries are unable to exercise that right because they lack access to contraceptives, information and quality services or because social and economic forces prevent them from taking advantage of services even where they are available.
The State of World Population 2012 explains why family planning is a right, examines the challenges in ensuring that all women, men and young people are able to exercise that right and suggests actions that governments and international organizations can take to give everyone the power and the means to decide freely and responsibly how many children to have and when to have them.
Access the executive summary or the full report here.
Date posted: October 27 2012
Kathleen Mogelgaard, a scholar in the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, offers this gem of wisdom: Accepted population scenarios are not destiny. They can be changed and should be considered a part of the solution to current and anticipated food security issues.
Date posted: October 11 2012
This is a relatively long video, but it is comprehensive, simple, and fascinating! Watch it.
Date posted: October 10 2012
We cannot, should not, relax because a U.N. population scenario portrays global population peaking near the end of this century. In a recent talk, Joel Cohen, professor at Rockefeller University and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller and Columbia universities, provided important clarity about how “demography is not destiny.” Please read and share this critical information.
Date posted: October 10 2012
Iran significantly lowered its fertility rate before an abrupt about-face under the “leadership” of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Now the parliament is poised to lower the legal age of marriage for girls from 13 to 9. According to the story, “Iran is not the only one with this phenomenon. Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Niger are among the many countries that do not have adequate protection for girls to grow up without being forced into marriage.” Details here, in Child Bride Practice Rising in Iran, Parliament Seeks to Lower Girl’s Legal Marriage Age to 9.
Date posted: October 05 2012
Here’s some good news about how access to contraception can really make a difference. A St. Louis study showed dramatic results in achieving what we can all agree on (except perhaps the Catholic Church) – a reduction in unwanted pregnancies.
Date posted: October 04 2012
Nowhere is it more apparent how the Catholic Church stands in the way of responsible family planning. This story, Philippines takes on Catholic church to push birth control, sex education, describes the problem. One woman has so many children she has to count them at bedtime to make sure they are all there.
Date posted: September 26 2012
September 26 is World Contraception Day. Access to, and use of, contraception is essential for our civilization to become sustainable. Use it. Encourage it. Support it!
Kudos to Catholics for Choice for the above ad (click it to see the entire ad).
Date posted: September 16 2012
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, gave this interview in 2011 as world population approached 7 billion. He lists population stabilization as one of the two necessary steps to achieve a world worth inheriting for future generations.
“So the arrival of the 7 billionth person is cause for profound global concern. It carries a challenge: What will it take to maintain a planet in which each person has a chance for a full, productive and prosperous life, and in which the planet’s resources are sustained for future generations? How, in short, can we enjoy “sustainable development” on a very crowded planet?”