00:25:54 Marian Starkey (she/her): Marian in Maine 00:26:01 Melissa Martinson: Melissa Martinson, Minnesota 00:26:04 Bill Baird: Bill Baird - Colorado 00:26:09 Nicole Martin: Nicole Martin from California 00:26:15 Jon Lomartire: Jon Lomartire, Connecticut 00:26:35 Deborah Shum: Hello from Maryland! 00:26:37 Richard Fish: Rick Fish - N Carolina 00:26:47 Linda DeLap: Linda DeLap, New Jersey 00:26:50 Prof. Dr. Donald Huisingh: Hi, My name is Donald Huisingh, Knoxville TN 00:26:54 Lucymarie Ruth: Lucymarie from Oakland, CA 00:26:56 Maureen Medina: Hello from Portugal <3 00:26:59 Kent Swedell: Kent Swedell, San Diego 00:27:04 Richard Sigler: Richard Sigler from Phoenix 00:27:04 Paul Davis: Paul from Tennessee 00:27:06 Sue Phelps: Albuquerque, NM 00:27:12 Elaine Livesey-Fassel: Elaine Livesey-FAssel Hello from L.A.Calif. 00:27:25 Chad Chandler: chad chandler from Raleigh, NC 00:27:47 Cheri Tyree Cape Cod, MA: Cheri from Brewster, MA 00:27:57 Anthony Antonucci: Hello from Upstate New York 00:28:03 Dane Kamin: Dane from St. Louis, MO 00:28:44 Julia Nakhleh: Julia from Collegeville, PA 00:29:53 Jennifer Lynaugh: Hi! Jenn here from San Diego :) 00:31:01 Membership Relations: Hi Everyone! Remember if you have questions please drop them in the chat box here! And please keep yourself muted to avoid any disruptions. Looking forward to this presentation! 00:32:11 Eleanor Forman: When might we hope for a drop in world population and USA population? What might we stabilize at? 00:33:01 Marian Starkey (she/her): https://populationconnection.org/magazine/september-2022/ 00:33:13 Eleanor Forman: If climate change is not taken into account in projections, how can we take them seriously? 00:34:23 Steve Olshevski: yes 00:43:07 Dane Kamin: On a scale of one to 10, where would the US now be in regard to being a patriarchal society. (Sorry for the snarky and regrettable question) 00:44:04 Dane Kamin: PS Please vote!!! 00:49:10 Philip Bogdonoff: Do any of the population models factor in rising energy costs (esp. for diesel fuel, and natural gas/fertilizer) and climate impacts on global food production? Already about 2 billion are estimated to be on the verge of starvation. 00:50:40 Marian Starkey (she/her): https://population-connection.prowly.com/210900-8-billion-a-major-population-milestone 00:52:43 Eleanor Forman: If 2B are on the verge of starvation, are they producing more babies? 00:53:50 Philip Bogdonoff: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-n-says-2-3-billion-people-severely-or-moderately-hungry-in-2021 00:54:07 Hannah Evans: Hi Eleanor! Yes, much of the world's poor report high fertility rates. This is largely because of a huge lack of access to resources like voluntary family planning, health care more broadly, education, and so on. 00:55:24 Hannah Evans: Population projections from the UN are based entirely on historical data. So, they use data from other countries and societies as a model for predicting how other countries will develop and the pace at which population growth will slow. 00:57:40 Membership Relations: And we're still updating this as we approach the milestone! https://populationconnection.org/virtual-events/8-billion-milestone/ 00:58:09 Cheri Tyree Cape Cod, MA: Most of these countries are male dominated households and also rape is a factor. 00:58:46 Membership Relations: From Olivia: According to the UN, almost half of women in developing countries sadly have no decision-making power regarding their health, contraceptive use and sex lives. 00:59:36 Eleanor Forman: If they don't have food, how can they sustain a pregnancy? 00:59:54 Adam Englund: What about "population management"? 01:00:48 Hannah Evans: There are a lot of problems, health and otherwise, that impoverished populations encounter during pregnancy. To be clear, though, not everyone who is poor is starving or is on the brink of death. We can talk more about this during the discussion. 01:01:23 Dane Kamin: Great ideas- can you make these slides available? 01:01:38 Marian Starkey (she/her): yes, the slides will be on our website soon! 01:01:43 Membership Relations: Population dynamics can be a hard topic to talk about. These tips are a great way to open the conversation to people who have not made the population connection yet! 01:04:45 Membership Relations: This is helpful to know so we can OPEN the conversation around population issues, not put people off from caring about stabilizing population growth! 01:05:41 Dane Kamin: Acknowledge consumption, but also remind others that telling people that they should consume less is very hard. Giving them the opportunity to do what they want ie have the size family they want, (reducing the huge number of unplanned pregnancies) is a much easier sell 01:05:44 Heaven Edwards: well said, Olivia! 01:06:23 Florence Blondel: Agreed with all ON - obviously😍. 01:08:18 Melissa Martinson: The level of sustainable consumption is a function of the total population. Has anyone studied this relationship? 01:08:34 Lawrence Arkilander: I call myself a demographer. Many people hadn't thought about the issue (overpopulation n). If you live in a country like Canada, everything appear unlimited. If you need something, you just go and buy it! 01:09:38 Barbara Racine: How does one respond to the anti-choice (abortion) movement that is gaining momentum in the U.S.? 01:10:28 Florence Blondel: Exactly
Africans know PG is a problem. 01:11:17 Dane Kamin: Making sure women have access to contraception will reduce unplanned pregnancies, reducing abortions. 01:12:30 Lucymarie Ruth: I think that anyone regardless of race, gender, geographic location, or any other consideration, if they feel that they are entitled to become a parent of more than 2 children, then they are irresponsibly contributing to population explosion. 01:13:49 Sylvia Diss: I thought the foundation of Bill and Melinda Gates is interested in population issues. Are they are contributing to the effort to fund programs? 01:15:39 Brian Rimlinger: Why am I not surprised... 01:15:47 Steve Olshevski: Regarding building awareness, I used a new documentary to start conversations about population. The producer sometimes joins the conversations to share info. Here is the link to the movie. https://8billionangels.org/ 01:16:13 Sylvia Diss: How do we join in stopping the Global Gag rule? 01:17:59 Membership Relations: Hi Steve, yes 8 Billion Angels is a great documentary. We've hosted a screening of it twice last year. Terry, the film maker is incredible! 01:19:06 Brian Rimlinger: '10 Billion' is a much scarier documentary. 01:19:06 Patricia Quinn: Historically raw products left, finished products shipped in. No opportunity for "value added". Example: chocolate is grown in West Africa, but when have you seen African candy bars for sale here. 01:22:00 Melissa Martinson: Immigration into the US is the primary driver of US population growth, as I understand it. How do we limit immigration (so that we limit over-consumption) without looking like we're being racist? 01:22:02 Hannah Evans: Well said, Florence! Thank you! 01:22:29 Patricia Quinn: Thank you, Florence! 01:23:11 Lawrence Arkilander: In Canada, we have the highest immigration rate in the world! And they're coming from low consumption countries to our high consumption country. 01:23:17 Dane Kamin: Thank you everyone!!!! 01:23:56 Elizabeth Creel: THANK YOU for an informative and provocative session! 01:24:05 Adam Englund: Thank you thank you thank you!!