Reflecting on Paul Ehrlich’s legacy
Our team at Population Connection is saddened by the passing of our co-founder and distinguished scientist, Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich, on March 13 at the age of 93. Population Connection,…
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Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.
Our goals and programs2025 Year at a Glance
Thank you to our amazing network of supporters! With your help, we’ve educated more young people about global population growth, rallied advocates to protect family planning programs, and worked to include population in conversations on sustainable development.
Together with our sister organization, Population Connection Action Fund, we advocate for accessible reproductive health care and modern contraception for everyone. Ensuring people can make their own informed reproductive decisions benefits everyone, including our beleaguered planet and the other species it hosts.
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March Magazine Out Now
Our members and subscribers have been requesting for several months that we dedicate an issue of Population Connection magazine to the role of religion in people’s family planning and childbearing decisions. This edition features an article by Kirsten Stade that explores the nuanced relationship religious followers have (at the population level) with their respective religions’ texts and leaders when it comes to official pronouncements on birth control and family formation.
Read the Magazine“Many of the most religious populations in the world, who follow traditions marked by deeply pronatalist teachings, have fertility rates that are well below replacement and continuing to drop. These tend to be populations where despite strong religious affiliation, there is also a high degree of gender equality as well as education and career opportunity for women.”
–Kirsten Stade
You are the only people doing the work that really counts. As a lifelong environmentalist, writer, and former national media director for Greenpeace, my big gripe was that no one was paying attention to the critical issue of our time: overpopulation. Neville Williams
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More info2025 accomplishments
8,000+
Activists
Population Connection Action Fund mobilized thousands of activists through petitions, volunteer meetings, partner-led events, and #Fight4HER summits.
11,000+
Educators
Population Education hosted workshops for more than 11,000 K-12 educators throughout the U.S. and Canada, providing them with the materials and resources they need to teach PopEd in their classrooms.
900+
Supporters
Membership Relations engaged with our supporter base through 14