February 24, 2023 | Post
Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...
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August 2, 2023 | Post
Marking the day on which humanity has used up all the natural resources that the Earth can renew in one year, Earth Overshoot Day has been falling ever earlier due to growing population and consumption. It is one of the starkest annual reminders of how unsustainable our human enterprise is.…...
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October 4, 2022 | Post
We were pleased to see Spencer Bokat-Lindell’s op-ed "U.S. Population Growth Has Nearly Flatlined. Is That So Bad?" in The New York Times on September 14, but it fell short in addressing the environmental benefits of reduced population growth. We sent a letter in reply, but have not received a…...
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January 3, 2023 | Post
Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...
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July 20, 2023 | Post
World leaders are still largely ignoring the urgent need to increase funding for international family planning programs – a need exacerbated by the escalating climate crisis. A new report adds to previous scientific warnings that the most vulnerable areas are also experiencing the fastest population growth, which means that the…...
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2022 | Article
New PopEd Trainers Inducted at Summer Leadership Institute 2022 PopEd Leadership Institute staff and participants There’s nothing like getting out from behind Zoom and interacting with teachers in person. Having had to postpone our Summer Leadership Institute in 2020 and 2021, it was a welcome change to bring a group…...
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July 11, 2022 | Post
July 11th is World Population Day, which seeks to “focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.” World Population Day was conceived by the United Nations and first observed on July 11, 1990. According to the UN, our global population is expected to reach a major milestone this…...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2023 | Article
Thank You for Joining Us Online! If you haven’t checked out the array of virtual events Population Connection hosts each month, you’re missing out! This summer, hundreds of members and supporters have joined us for several exciting events: Population Connection’s communications staff marked World Population Day on July 11 with…...
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December 14, 2020 | Article
My iPhone died on Election Day. It was disorienting. I’d grown accustomed—even addicted—to endless micro doses of what passes for reality in these hyperkinetic times. Instead, as final figures trickled in, I followed developments on a device descended from Philo Farnsworth’s image dissector (my television). If there is one thing…...
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June 8, 2022 | Post
We were dismayed at Jerusalem Demsas’ op-ed "The People Who Hate People," published in The Atlantic last month. Not only does it contain misinformation and reinforce harmful myths about people who are concerned about population growth, it also makes unjustified accusations against Zero Population Growth, Population Connection's founding name. We…...
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