Bucking the Life Checklist: college, marriage, motherhood
“Why did your husband not leave you? Were his options that bad? Refusing to have children when the other partner wants them is a good reason for the child-wanting person…
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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.
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June Magazine Out Now
Paul Ehrlich, our co-founder who passed away on March 13 at the age of 93, had an extraordinary impact on our living planet. His career was defined by prolific academic output and a steadfast commitment to sounding alarms about the human predicament. While he gained immense fame — and notoriety — from The Population Bomb (co-authored with his wife, Anne Ehrlich), his work spanned disciplines from entomology to the social foundations of prejudice.
“We didn’t solve the population problem; we just financed it with a credit card issued by the atmosphere.”
– Paul R. Ehrlich, PhD
Cover image: Paul Ehrlich at a press conference at Macquarie University in Australia on November 3, 1976. (Photo by Kevin John Berry/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
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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