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July 11, 2024 | Post

July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day first marked in 1990 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. Concern about the impacts of rapid population growth on the environment and poverty alleviation efforts used to be widespread, leading to many successful voluntary…...

June 24, 2024 | Post

The Washington Post editorial board recently published a flawed and problematic article arguing in favor of infinite growth. We sent a letter in response, which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide…...

June 17, 2024 | Post

One of our members made us aware of an article bemoaning the "baby bust" in the print version of The Week. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as we did not hear back. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...