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June 5, 2024 | Post
Today is World Environment Day, an annual UN observance day aimed at increasing awareness of and mobilizing action on environmental issues. This year’s focus is land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience, tying in with the upcoming World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on June 17. These themes are…...
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May 23, 2024 | Post
The Economist recently ran a very refreshing cover story pushing back against "baby bust" panic. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as it was not published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for…...
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May 22, 2024 | Post
On International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on humanity’s failure to halt the extinction crisis and why we need a new approach to conservation. A neglected crisis With increasingly worse climate change impacts unfolding around the world and countless media stories documenting them, no reasonable person can deny the…...
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May 16, 2024 | Post
The Wall Street Journal recently published an op-ed that lamented low birth rates. We responded with a letter to the editor, which wasn't published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how…...
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May 13, 2024 | Post
The Guardian recently published an article about female scientists' decisions to limit their family size due to the state of the environment. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as it was not published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their…...
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May 8, 2024 | Post
The idea of an economic system in which people and a healthy environment matter more than money appeals to large parts of the general public, but not so much to decision-makers who are chained to the interests of big industry. This is a problem, as we cannot achieve the necessary…...
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May 6, 2024 | Post
The Washington Post recently ran a bizarre op-ed arguing that large families are better. We expressed our disagreement with a letter to the editor but it wasn't published, so we are featuring it below. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide…...
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April 22, 2024 | Post
The very first Earth Day helped launch the modern environmental movement, but humanity’s onslaught on the planet is sadly worse than ever before because we’ve failed to tackle the root problems. Let’s explore these issues as well as four cognitive shifts necessary to building a better future. Five decades of…...
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April 4, 2024 | Post
Our numbers, what we choose to eat, and how much food we waste, have a huge impact on our planet. Global food systems are leading drivers of our environmental crises, including climate change, water overextraction, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Shrinking our food footprint is a prerequisite to a livable…...
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March 22, 2024 | Post
Funding for international family planning programs has stalled, while the number of women in need of contraception keeps growing. Empowering women to choose whether and when to get pregnant is key to fulfilling basic human rights and generates unmatched benefits across all areas of development. So why aren’t governments prioritizing…...
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