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A Word for Stephen Colbert - Overpopulation
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Nonsense About Sustainable Population Advocacy
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Irrational Fear of Population Decline
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Endangered Species Condoms
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Date posted: July 08 2014
If we wish to leave future generations a planet worth inheriting, we need to scale back. We need to “Think Small.” Returning world population to a sustainable level is mathematically achievable within a century. Fertility rates have been declining; we just need to accelerate that process. To do that, yes, we need to empower women. We need to make family planning affordable and accessible. We need to arm couples making family-size decisions with good information about overshoot and sustainability. We need to make small families cool, and large families, well…not.
Check out the Think Small photos, videos and stories people are sharing. And share yours! At the GrowthBusters Think Small page. You’ll find information there about how to get your Think Small Family Sticker.
Date posted: July 10 2013
“The new UN population projections are a blunt reminder of the consequences of our silence. No end to global population growth is in sight. Nor will one be until we resolve to act on women’s autonomy, the dignity of sex without reproduction, and the importance of a non-growing population to environmental sustainability.”
This is from a very informative and thoughtful essay by Robert Engleman, one of the world’s foremost experts on population issues.