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.
Jane Goodall first visited what would later become Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960. She made historic discoveries about chimpanzees that changed how the scientific community considered non-human animals’ sentience and intelligence. After seeing how human population growth was ravaging the area around Gombe, she turned to advocacy to lift people out of poverty, protect wildlife, and preserve the environment. She has always been outspoken about the importance of addressing population pressures through voluntary means. In this issue, we share excerpts from her new book, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times.
Discussion on The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
Date: Thursday, January 27th
Time: 4pm ET/1pm PT
Join us for our first “Page Turners” meeting of 2022!
Featured in our December magazine issue, The Book of Hope shares inspiring stories from Dr. Goodall’s incredible career. She reveals personal experiences that shaped her into a resilient individual, reflecting on how others can also keep their hope even as humanity faces the most challenging environmental problems of our time.
Year in Review with Population Connection: Education, Advocacy, and Outreach
Presentation with Pam Wasserman, Senior VP for Education, Rebecca Harrington, Senior Director of Advocacy and Outreach, and Brian Dixon, Senior VP for Media and Government Relations
Date: Tuesday, December 14th
Wrap up 2021 with us!
We were happy to host senior staff members to share some of our biggest program accomplishments of 2021—including highlights from the second virtual Capitol Hill Days, Summer of HER, World of 7 Billion video contest, and how the landscape for reproductive rights advocacy has changed over the past year.
"Ideal Family Size" Does Not Equal Desired Fertility
There’s been much written since the 2020 Census and 2020 CDC births data were released, about desired vs. actual fertility, i.e. how many children Americans say is ideal vs. how…
People Should Make Their Own Childbearing Decisions, Without Interference From Public Figures
There is nothing women love more than being given reproductive advice from men who have no idea what they’re talking about. Pope Francis’ and Elon Musk’s recent comments that encouraged…
Our only hope is to slow, and ultimately cease, the astronomical growth of the human population, to allow the earth to heal and support a smaller, stable population. I was thankful to find your organization as a conduit to contribute toward a better tomorrow, even though it is one that I will never see.
Donna J. Warlick, Population Connection Member
Support us
Population Connection is a membership-based organization, funded by 40,000 progressive, far-sighted individuals. Join us!
In-person events are still suspended due to the pandemic, but we’re keeping our members and supporters engaged through lots of virtual events. Come to our next one and meet like-minded folks who support population stabilization!
Help us spread the message that zero population growth is necessary for a sustainable future. Write to your local newspaper or simply talk to friends and family about your passion for population stabilization.
