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!
Presentation with Population Education
Supporting Students and Educators for a Sustainable Future
The school year is in full swing! Join us for an exciting deep dive into the many offerings of our Population Education (PopEd) Program!
From enhancing teachers’ content knowledge and skills to inspiring future leaders, PopEd provides a range of resources and events to help classes address global challenges through a sustainability lens. Our hands-on workshops across North America bring these critical topics to life in classrooms, while our Leadership Institutes offer immersive training for educators to deepen their expertise and represent us in their communities.
Teachers can connect and collaborate through networking events, and our student video contest encourages creative engagement with global issues. For those seeking professional development, our accredited graduate course offers in-depth knowledge of population trends and global sustainability. We’ll finish with a demonstration of a fun PopEd game of strategy on sustainably managing resources. We hope participants will leave with fresh insights and resources, creating a ripple effect of informed and empowered learners.
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd
Time: 2 pm ET/11 am PT
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Page Turners Book Club
Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice By: Rebecca Kormos
In this 2024 publication, wildlife biologist Rebecca Kormos interviews women dedicated to combating the climate crisis, illustrating how empowering women can significantly alter our path from catastrophic environmental degradation. Join us at our final Page Turners Book Club meeting of the year to discuss this important book with supporters and with our staff!
We’re particularly excited about the chapter highlighting the journey of one of our Global Partners, Colombia-based Women for Conservation (W4C). Founded by mother-daughter duo Sara Inés Lara and Isabella Cortes Lara, W4C provides opportunities for women to build a sustainable livelihood through nature conservation programs, training workshops, and improving access to family planning services.
Date: Thursday, November 7th
Time: 4 pm ET/1 pm PT
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In Case You Missed It...
2024 Events
Join us throughout the year for virtual events! We’ve hosted inspiring presentations with Global Partners, engaging discussions at our book club, and webinars with Population Connection staff, including our CEO, John Seager!
More Details HereGlobal Partners Series
Since 2016, 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 in 2022 and are excited to showcase our amazing partners!
2023 Events
Throughout the year, we hosted a variety of virtual events including guest speakers, a photo contest, Global Partners presentations, and book club meetings. Our events have fostered a vibrant community dialogue on population trends, reproductive rights, and sustainable development.
More Details HereEvent Archive
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.
All 2022 Events
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 Series2021 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.
All 2021 Events
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 Day2020 Events
Over the past year, we’ve assembled a lineup of virtual events showcasing experts in reproductive rights, conservation, and population dynamics.
All 2020 Events
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