00:16:14 Richard R: Richard R - Kentucky 00:16:14 Liam M: Liam M, Kentucky 00:16:18 Maria P: Happy Earth Day from Sacramento, CA, USA 00:16:19 Debra T: Debra from FL 00:16:20 tom c: Tom C - CT 00:16:21 Val G: Val G - Omaha NE area 00:16:21 Raj K: Raj from Lakewood, Colorado. 00:16:23 Carrie B: Carrie - CT 00:16:23 Keith B: Keith, North Carolina 00:16:24 John E M: John from Oregon 00:16:25 Mark M G: Mark from Racine, WI 00:16:31 Thomas M: Tom M, Roseville, CA 00:16:32 Lindy M: Lindy from Vienna, Maine 00:16:35 M Bennet B: Ben B from B'ham, AL 00:16:36 Bob H: Bob H- Wisconsin 00:16:38 Elisabeth G: Elisabeth from California 00:16:40 Marian Starkey: Marian in Falmouth, Maine 00:16:40 Mary a: hi, Mary from Eugene or 00:16:40 Cheri T:Cheri T - Cape Cod, MA 00:16:41 Marie G: Marie from Pennsylvania 00:16:46 Lisa W: lisa W Dallas Tx 00:16:47 Marietta M: Marietta Montaine, Colorado 00:16:47 Shauna Scherer: Shauna in California :) 00:16:48 Bruce K: Bruce, California 00:16:49 Jim H: Jim in Michigan 00:16:51 Scott L: Scott from Maryland 00:16:52 Gregory W: Gregory W from Sherman Oaks, California 00:16:52 Susan N: Susan N Chapel Hill, NC 00:16:58 Susan P: Susan from Ashland, VA. 00:17:01 Jenn Lynaugh: Jenn in San Diego! Happy Earth Day everyone!! 00:17:02 George S: George, California 00:17:13 Cathy K: Cathy K, Laurelville Ohio 00:17:14 Bennett Steidinger: Bennett Washington, DC 00:17:14 Ruth J: Ruth from WA 00:17:19 Brenda B: Brenda from Superior Township, Michigan 00:17:46 Lynn L: Lynn, New Mexico 00:17:47 Chris H: Chris from Oregon 00:17:50 henry a: Henry & Eunice A here from PA! 00:18:46 Clotilde L: overpopulation just as the world mourns a pope who failed to reverse the 19th-century ban on family planning 00:19:11 Adam E: Adam e/em/er Baja California 00:19:44 Maria P: Yes there are a lot more of us then them. 00:21:33 Larry K: My son asks if you have any comments about the Ezra Klein book "Abundance" that says that the left has erred by emphasizing scarcity instead of abundance. 00:22:03 Gregory Wright: A NEW UNITED NATIONS "ASSEMBLY OF WOMEN-LED NATIONS" would be a very useful addition to the array of international organizations -- for governance, women and girls, environment, everything! Does any UN or other body like this exist now? Your thoughts? 00:25:02 M Bennet B: Didn't the Nazis do this? 00:25:12 Gregory W: Trumputin! 00:25:15 Dane K: https://www.engenderhealth.org/impact is being cut off at the knees by not having USAID. (2million+ unintended pregnancies averts) 00:25:40 Maria P: Pronatalism is so wrong! 00:25:43 Jenn Lynaugh: 😡 00:25:58 Karla M: haha 00:26:02 Shauna Scherer: 😒 00:26:05 Val G: 🥵🥵 00:26:08 Stephanie Wolfe: We've been tracking the increasingly worrying pro-natalist policies here: https://populationconnection.org/learn/pronatalism-in-the-us/ 00:26:18 Florence Blondel: Total Bull. 00:27:05 Marian Starkey: We also regularly cover pronatalism on our blog: https://populationconnection.org/blog/ 00:27:16 Richard Grossman: Please check out my blog: www.population-matters.org (the hyphen is needed!) Richard 00:28:45 Gregory W: Zoom Workplace doesn't seem to allow us to copy the Webinar Chat. I hope PopConnect will send us a copy of the Chat (along with the webinar content) later. 00:29:29 Maria P: Yes, please send us a replay that we can share with other folks.🌸 00:29:42 Stephanie Wolfe: Hi Gregory and Maria, the chat will be shared post event along with a recording of the presentation and the presentation slides! 00:29:55 Raj K: Do Democrats have any strategies on how to win back at least the House of Rep (HR) in 2026? Because Democrats can do something about the present chaos. 00:30:40 Maria P:thanks Stephanie🌷 00:31:04 Larry K: Will this presentation be recorded and available for those not able to attend today? 00:31:52 Natalie Widel: Hi Larry, yes it will! 00:31:58 Stephanie Wolfe: Hi Larry! The presentation is being recorded and will be shared post event along with the presentation slides and chat box discussion! 00:33:38 Dane K: "If we don’t halt population growth with justice and compassion, it will be done for us by nature, brutally and without pity – and will leave a ravaged world." Nobel Laureate Dr. Henry W. Kendall 00:34:28 Stephanie Wolfe: Great quote, Dane! I'm glad you could join us for today's event! 00:36:13 Virginia S: There is more water scarcity in many states in the US. 00:37:33 Dane K: Regrettably, in many people's minds, there is no water shortage until water stops from their faucet. 00:38:12 Val G: Right, Dane. It’s the “not my issue, not my problem” phenomenon … sadly. 00:39:32 Dale W: Dale in Vermont 00:40:43 George S: Excess food from the Americas, for now, just covers deficits in Asia and Africa with 8 billion world population. Will burning out and plowing under the rain forests feed the next 6.5 Asians and Africans, and 1.5 rest of world, by 2100? 00:41:18 Stephanie Wolfe: If you'd like to support us further, we have a matching Earth Day gift campaign happening right now! https://donate.populationconnection.org/a/earthday-campaign 00:42:26 Maria P: I agree Clotilde 00:43:12 Gregory W: Before the session ends, please send in the Q&A (since we can't copy the Chat) the exact url we should send to our friends to see the after-event slides and Chat comments! And/or in a brief after-event e-mail. 00:43:39 Maria P: Thank you so much, John, for what you and your staff are doing. 00:43:49 Marietta M: More Republicans might support family planning if it were increased for non-white women only… 00:43:57 Elisabeth G: Having one fewer child saves Earth's atmosphere from an average of 58.6 tonnes CO2-equivalent emissions per year for developed countries. The Climate Mitigation Gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Seth Wynes and Kimberly Nicholas 2017 Environ. Res. Lett. 12 074024. Let us thank the childfree for saving Earth's atmosphere from an average of 58.6 tonnes CO2-equivalent emissions per year per child in developed countries. How do we provide rewards and incentives for the ecological services provided by the childfree? How would you calculate the environmental impact tax on childbirth to reward the frugal womb by increasing government benefits for childfree seniors on social security alone? 00:44:26 Dr. Mansoor: Thank you so much! 00:44:36 Dale W: Thank you for your thoughts, John! 00:44:50 Val G: Thank you for a very important and informative session. Very worthwhile. 00:45:28 Maria P: thank you Elisabeth, I am Childfree by Choice, and at 70 don't regret it.🌹 00:46:21 Marietta M: Over 77 and childfree, and delighted with my life. 00:46:23 Chris H: What can individuals do in their local communities to support Pop Con initiatives and other family planning work? 00:46:28 Maria P: Well, when Trump goes down in flames, he will be taking a lot of people with him. 00:46:36 Gregory W: There was a Republican(!) Task Force on Population and Environment in the U.S. Congress in the late '60s. I know because I worked for the late Rep. Paul 'Pete' McCloskey as an intern in 1969 -- who later post-office became a virtual Democrat. 00:47:15 Gregory W: And Poppy Bush was known as "Rubbers" back then because he supported distributing condoms as a part of U.S. foreign aid! 00:47:28 M Bennet B: The problem, Sherry, is that Reps. want to relax most pollution regulations, increasing the footprint. 00:47:41 Dwight R: Free vasectomies worldwide!!!! 00:48:15 Maria P: If anyone who is Childfree by Choice or Childless not by choice, feel free to email me. I have been going to a great online get together with other women. mpkrazycat@gmail.com 00:49:01 Marietta M: Yea, Dwight!!! 00:49:02 Sherry W: MB - yes, that is another problem. Both parties do good and bad - where is the third way? 00:49:20 Susan P: Why is human overpopulation so consistently absent in the literature as a causal factor of environmental decline when it is, in fact, the primary cause? 00:49:28 Florence Blondel: Sherry, I am an Immigrant who has lived in the UK and now the US. I chose to have one child. And you should know that immigrants always catch up to whatever the rest of you citizens/natives are doing. We do not become baby-making machines, and some of us in our countries do need the choices you get out here. 00:49:51 Gregory W: Motto for vasectomy advocacy to men: 00:49:55 Gregory W: VASECTO ME? YES, YOU! 00:49:55 Val G: Great idea, Dwight! Onward! 00:50:16 Marian Starkey: Sherry, it’s been established by decades of data collection that immigrants adjust and assimilate their fertility behaviors to their new country. So, if anything, immigration to low-fertility countries reduces world fertility. 00:50:18 Clotilde L: GW Bush the son raised costs on the condoms the US was exporting to help stop Aids in Africa, like the Vatican in the 80s and 90s spreading lies that condoms were dangerous, so bravos thousands? more deaths in Africa often women heterosexual caught Aids deprived of prophylactics … I know of nuns in Kenya who dared disobey the Vatican and tried to help women in poor villages based on the tragic numbers they witnessed but then the archdiocese stepped in and grabbed the condoms the brave nuns had dared to share to poor villages being devastated 00:50:37 Sherry W: Susan, it became a political hot potato some time ago, and even the environmental NGO ran from the truth about population effect. 00:50:45 Marietta M: Several… we need a quick reversal. 00:50:59 Maria P: and sadly, a lot of folks did not vote 00:51:05 Marietta M: John, I hope we wake up! 00:51:13 Richard R: Because of Trump's proposed withdrawal from NATO, European nations are spending more on defense and less on conservation and family planning. 00:51:23 Emel S: Unfortunately, Trump and his Administration seem to be following the same authoritarian tactics that President Erdogan of my Motherland (Republic of Turkiye) has been implementing over the last 2+ decades, but at a much, much more accelerated pace, such as controlling/muzzling the media and imprisoning the highest numbers of journalists in the entire World; taking over private universities and replacing college administrators and professors with his Islamist cronies who know nothing about running universities or teaching and imprisoning those educators at record numbers; and also encouraging Turkish women to bear more children by giving them monetary assistance -- the same tactics that the Trump Administration is currently considering for American families. Trump wishes he had the authoritarian power that Erdogan has had, but Americans MUST stand against this authoritarian man! 00:52:43 Stephanie Wolfe: If you want to learn what activities are sister organization, Population Connection Action Fund is coordinating, learn more here: https://donate.populationconnection.org/a/global-her-act 00:53:17 George S: Sorry, Republicans have moved toward standard conservatism, back from neoconservatism. Democrats have moved from just progressives to adopting more socialist and communist policies. 00:53:44 Clotilde L: Emel, tragic to see this from a distance, I know how modern awake your fellow citizens can be in the cities Erdogan, like all these guys, uses religion to get away with medieval politics 00:54:21 Marie G: I never hear any discussion on television of the role of overpopulation on the environment, despite much discussion of climate change; why not? 00:55:37 Dale W: Fascist Republicans are insane and will do everything they can to destroy life on earth. 00:56:10 Maria P: Overpopulation is a taboo subject, they won't talk about 00:56:50 Gregory W: George S: Do not conflate Socialism and Communism. Communism: the old Soviet Union, North Korea, Cuba. Socialism: Scandinavia, the happiest region on Planet Earth!: Ecologically and demographically advanced, nationalized healthcare, high educational attainment, women-led, much more! Quit conflating Socialism (good) with Communism (backward, bad)! 00:56:58 Jenn Lynaugh: Yeah, PHISH!!! 🎸 00:57:51 Dwight R: Show up at the ballot box, but first make sure the ballot box is still there. 00:58:49 Sherry W: If you make overpopulation a partisan issue, you will get nowhere. 00:58:53 Marian Starkey: Here’s the NYT article they’re talking about: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/baby-bonuses-fertility-planning-trump-aides-assess-ideas-to-boost-birthrate.html 00:58:58 Jenn Lynaugh: 🫣 00:59:29 George S: Gregory W: Study the actual philosophies from the sources, as I did, to see what they actually are. Stop listening to propagandists twisting them to what they want you to believe. 01:00:03 Marietta M: $5,000 doesn’t go very far… 01:02:26 Gregory W: @George S: Reality trumps the "actual philosophies." The simple fact is that the socialist countries of northern and western Europe are pretty nice places to live compared to the much crummier places in this world. 01:02:52 M. Bennet B: I agree with Gregory. Communism and Socialism are not the same. There has yet to be a true socialist nation. What we label as socialist tends to be more democratic, as in Europe, or a dictatorship. An early colony attempted a socialist approach and it collapsed. 01:03:34 Dane K: Please do not try to put any expectations on a good family size. Empowering women to have the number of children they want is the right thing to do and will have the greatest impact. (no one wants to be told what to do) 01:04:02 Shauna Scherer: 🙌 01:06:16 Dale W: Dale Whorl 01:06:36 Marietta M: Nobody wants to be told what to do. 01:06:41 Gregory W: A world in which more countries are led by women will be, almost certainly, a more enlightened and humane place -- for people, non-human creatures, the environment, the future, and everyone and everything else. Is there any kind of International Organization of Women-Led Nations? 01:06:48 Gregory W: And why has the United Nations never been led by a female Secretary-General?! 01:07:40 Eric C: In Zambia, rural communities are now agreeing to having the number of children one can afford to provide the basic needs. This has led to personal limits agreed by individual couples. 01:07:43 tom c: is the problem called "Population Blindness 01:08:33 Maria P: Also fear about talking about overpopulation 01:09:08 Mark MG: At least Center for Biological Diversity does talk about it. 01:10:08 Olivia Nater: @Gregory Wright, the UN has several branches that work on women's rights, including UN Women. But no union of women-led nations, as far as I'm aware. This would be great! https://www.unwomen.org/en 01:10:20 Stephanie Wolfe: Hi Mark, we love collaborating with the Center for this reason! Stay tuned for our upcoming event with the Center for International Day for Biological Diversity! 01:10:21 Linda J: And knowing that the US consumes so much more than the rest of the world, creates more trash, environmental damage, etc., we in this country don't want to talk about downsizing anything - our family size, our houses, our cars, our food intake, our trash, etc etc 01:10:45 Cathy K: My husband and I continually write to environmental organizations asking why they are not mentioning population in their articles and/or publications.!! 01:11:20 Marian Starkey: Thank you for doing that, Cathy! We urge them to talk about population as well, but I suspect hearing from their donors is more impactful. 01:11:24 George S: Socialism is not necessarily democratic. It is an economic only theory. It can be tied to almost any political theory. 01:12:18 Cheri T: 👏👍 01:12:41 Maria P: John, you are so right on! 01:13:22 Dale W: Medicare is considered socialist by Republican Corporatists. 01:13:53 Dwight R: Unplanned pregnancies can lead to unstable marriages. 01:14:24 Jenn Lynaugh: EXCELLENT question!!! 01:14:34 Rebecca Harrington: McBride! 01:14:35 Pam Wasserman: McBride 01:14:43 Gregory W: Men: VASECTO ME? YES, YOU! 01:14:58 Stephanie Wolfe: Our latest magazine issue covers the rise in vasectomies! Read the full issue here: https://populationconnection.org/magazine/march-2025/ 01:15:41 Stephanie Wolfe: Sarah McBride 📢 01:16:40 Stephanie Wolfe: Here is the survey John just mentioned: https://populationconnection.org/blog/survey-americans-want-small-families-arent-concerned-about-declining-birth-rates/ 01:16:49 Jenn Lynaugh: THANK YOU, John and to everyone who joined!!!! Keep the faith! Happy Earth Day! 01:16:55 Liam Mo: Thank you John and Hannah!!! 01:16:57 Dwight R: Brag about your small family!! 01:17:06 Cathy K: Happy Earth Day!! 01:17:07 Richard R: Thanks, John and Hannah. 01:17:07 Stephanie Wolfe: Thank you everyone!! 01:17:10 George S: @Linda J: You mean per capita. There are about 400 million North Americans. There are 5 billion Asians and 1.5 billion Africans and 1 billion rest of world. 01:17:16 Dane K: Thank you!!!! 01:17:16 David D: Excellent presentation. Very informative! 01:17:17 Kathryn K: Thank you! 01:17:19 Thomas M: Thank you!