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March 23, 2022 | Post

The year of the water tiger is looking like it could be the one to see China’s population peak. Projections by various agencies and organizations differ somewhat, but they all agree that the end of China’s reign as the world’s most populous country is near. Within the next few years,…...

March 10, 2022 | Post

“During 2020, the world’s population increased by 81 million people, adding to the demand for food, housing, infrastructure, services and decent work, and increasing the pressure on the environment.” That’s a sentence from page 22 of a new report[1] from the United Nations Population Division. The authors of Global Population…...

January 21, 2022 | Post

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 many they themselves end up having by the time their reproductive years have ended. The tone of these articles (examples…...

January 19, 2022 | Post

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 people to have more children for religious and economic reasons are of that variety.  There is something comically ironic about…...

December 9, 2021 | Post

Recently, I was browsing through actor/activist Jane Fonda’s Instagram account and stumbled across a very interesting post. She was bringing awareness to an investigative report by Greenpeace that highlights how consumer brands are currently enabling the expansion of single-use plastic production, contributing to climate change. According to the report, Coca-Cola,…...

November 24, 2021 | Post

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the feast that is most often credited with becoming the first “day of thanksgiving”—the meal shared by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to celebrate their gratitude for the fall harvest. But for the past half-century, the United American Indians…...

November 19, 2021 | Post

How to Address the New Age of Climate Denial A Summary of Key Takeaways from The New Climate War & Page Turners Book Club Meeting on November 18, 2021 In 1971, Keep America Beautiful ran a famous commercial known as the Crying Indian. The ad hired an Italian-American actor to…...

November 9, 2021 | Post

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26 for short) is underway in Glasgow, Scotland. The purpose of this year’s conference is to hash out the details of the landmark 2015 Paris agreement. Scientists have been sounding the alarm on climate change for decades—and now are pointing…...

October 18, 2021 | Post

Earlier this month, we sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Andrew-Essien, a professor at the University of Calabar in Nigeria, to discuss the intersections between ecological stability and increasing industrialization in Nigeria and globally. Generally speaking, industrial processes can facilitate economic growth, infrastructure development, and urbanization, which can all improve living…...

October 12, 2021 | Post

Indigenous populations have consistently acted as some of the most important and effective stewards of American lands. But long histories of exclusion, marginalization, colonization, relocation, and capitalist expansion have left Indigenous people some of the most climate vulnerable populations today. According to Dr. Kyle Whyte, a professor at University of…...