We invite you to attend a virtual event with us!
Join us for webinars, presentations, film screenings, and training courses held throughout the year! Virtual events are an easy and accessible way for you to learn more about population issues, connect with Population Connection staff, and meet others interested in working together for a more sustainable future for our planet.
Please contact us at engage@popconnect.org if you have any additional thoughts or feedback for future events—we love hearing from you!
Post Growth: Life After Capitalism
Page Turners Book Club Discussion
Humanity’s capitalistic pursuits have led to social inequality, financial instability, and climate catastrophes. Author Tim Jackson illuminates what a future beyond capitalism, competition, and egregious self-interest can truly look like— a place where relationships and meaning take precedence over profits and power. Grounded in a deep understanding of ecological economics, Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation that the economy is not separate from the natural world.
Date: Thursday, February 26th
Time: 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT
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*We don’t record book club meetings, so tune in live, if you can, to catch the discussions!
Partner Perspectives
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Women for Conservation
Founded in 2019, Women for Conservation (W4C) partners with communities in biodiversity hotspots to empower women as environmental leaders and stewards of sustainable livelihoods. Since 2020, the organization has conducted 68 workshops and reached close to 3,000 participants—mostly women and children—through training in nature guiding, conservation, sustainable crafts, children’s environmental education, and reproductive health.
During the webinar, we’ll hear from Population Connection Senior Analyst Hannah Evans, who visited W4C in November. She will provide insights into Colombia’s demographic trends before diving into captivating photos and stories from her site visit. We will also be joined by mother-daughter duo: Sara Lara, Founder and President of W4C, and Isabella Cortés Lara, Executive Director of W4C. Together, they will delve into the organization’s impactful programs and share inspiring testimonials from participants. Additionally, they will reflect on their experience at the 2025 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) held in Bogotá, Colombia, sponsored by Population Connection.
Date: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 2:00pm ET/11:00am PT
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In Case You Missed It...
2026 Events
All year long we host virtual events to keep supporters informed and engaged with our mission! Events include guest speakers, an annual photo contest, and presentations from Global Partners. Catch up on our latest virtual events by exploring our 2026 archive.
More Details Here2025 Events
We hosted a variety of virtual events including guest speakers, a photo contest, Site Visit recaps with our Global Partners, and book club meetings. Our events have fostered a vibrant community dialogue on population trends, reproductive rights, and sustainable development.
More Details Here2024 Events
We hosted inspiring presentations with Global Partners, unpacked population projections with demography experts, held engaging discussions at our book club, and learned more about PopConnect programs through staff presentations!
More Details HereEvent Archive
2023 Events
We hosted a variety of events including guest speakers, a photo contest, Global Partners presentations, and book club meetings.
Featured Events:
Global Partner Series
Since 2013, we’ve made grants or donations to small-to-medium sized organizations working on the ground in their communities to remove barriers to girls’ education, increase access to public health and family planning services, and conserve wildlife. We were able to expand this program substantially in 2022 and are excited to share the work of these incredible organizations with you!
Global Partner SeriesWorld Population Day
We marked World Population Day with a panel event featuring our communications team. During their event, Low Birth Rates: Good for the Planet, Good for People, they discussed outlined the many environmental benefits of slower population growth and identified potential accommodations to the economic challenges presented by population aging.
World Population Day 2023
2022 Events
We’ve had a full year of virtual events, hosting experts in the fields of conservation, population issues, sustainable development, and women’s empowerment.
Featured Events:
8 Billion Mini Series
Leading up to the 8 billion milestone, we hosted a number of events where we discussed how our growing population hampers progress toward environmental preservation, climate change efforts, and poverty alleviation. We heard from community organizers in Uganda, youth activists in Nepal, and PopConnect staff based across the country.
8 Billion Mini SeriesDemography Series
This spring we hosted our virtual demography series! Hannah Evans, our Senior Analyst, hosted educational sessions once a month from March to June that explored the various ways in which human population trends and dynamics affect global sustainable development and environmental change.
Demography Series
2021 Events
For the past year, we’ve successfully conducted a series of virtual events, featuring renowned professionals specializing in conservation, sustainable development, demography, and reproductive rights.
Featured Events:
Book Club Meetings
In 2021 we started our “Page Turners” Book Club, excited to have a new way to connect with our members and supporters on the latest publications that discuss population dynamics, sustainable development, and environmental issues. Every two months, we hosted one-hour discussions on books chosen by our audience. Publications include The New Climate War by Michael E. Mann and The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Page Turners Book ClubEarth Day Passport Series
We celebrated this year’s Earth Day all month long, hosting speakers from organizations around the world to discuss family planning services and reproductive rights in their communities. We wrapped up presentations with an on-demand screening of the new documentary, 2040, followed by a discussion of the film on Earth Day!
2021 Earth Day
2020 Events
Over the past year, we’ve assembled a lineup of virtual events showcasing experts in reproductive rights, conservation, and population dynamics.
Featured Events:
2020 Population + Climate Change Course
An introduction to population studies, this month-long course is particularly useful for anyone interested in volunteering with Population Connection in the future. The weekly sessions take a deeper look at how population dynamics relate to global issues such as poverty, sustainable development, access to health care, climate change, and the health of our planet.
Population and Climate Change Course2020 Earth Day Challenge
Leading up to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we held a virtual Earth Day challenge consisting of daily actions individuals could partake in to reduce their environmental impact. Two of the challenges included tuning in to presentations hosted by our President John Segar and Communications Manager Hannah Evans.
2020 Earth Day