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Here are some Population links we have found interesting and inspirational. Hope you will too.
Organizations Promoting Awareness
Population Justice Project
Instigating a new conversation about population and the environment, with a
framework based on the values of equality, justice and sustainability.
Population Connection
Educates young people about Population concepts, and advocates progressive action to
stabilize world population at a sustainable level. (formerly ZPG)
Population Institute
is an international non-profit that educates policymakers and the public about population,
and seeks to promote universal access to family planning information, education,
and services. ...to achieve a world population in balance with a
healthy global environment and resource base.
The Population Coalition
Grassroots organization to promote awareness.
Population Media
strives to improve the health and well-being of people around the world through
the use of entertainment-education strategies.
Growth Busters
"We're hooked on a system that depends on growth.... Help the World
kick the habit!" They're making a lively-looking film. (I don't know if it stars
Sigourney)
Organizations Promoting Sustainable Populations for their Region
Optimum Population Trust
A leading environmental charity and think tank in the UK concerned with the impact of
population growth on the environment.
Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population
Their 2009 Optimal Sustainable Population Size (OSPS) Project
concluded that current "smart growth" policies will eliminate
45% of the county's agricultural open space and 37% of its forests, and will hamper the local
environment's ability to sequester carbon, to clean the
water and air, and ensure a sustainable community.
Florida Hometown Democracy
They have gathered 1 million signatures to put
an ammendment on the Nov 2010 State ballot that would make Florida's land-use planning
system more accountable to Floridians by giving voters veto power over changes to their
local master plans (comprehensive plans). Blocking the Build-Build-Builders.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns This
group, led by Tom Hylton, is working to revitalize the downtown regions of Pennsylvania's many
small towns and saving the countryside from urban sprawl.
Control Growth
Advocates from around
the country discuss ways to control growth and promote sustainability in your
hometown.
Sustainable Population Australia
Promotes awareness about Australian population growth.
How many is too many? Australia's people problem A 2.1% annual
growth rate is not helping most citizens, says candidate William Bourke.
Effects: Water Shortages
Water shortages and water supplies. Water is critical for drinking,
growing crops and livestock,
sanitation, cooking, and almost all manufacturing processes. We've given it a separate page of links.
Effects: Sprawl
Sprawl City Research
on urban sprawl and U.S. Population by Roy Beck and Leon Kolankiewicz.
Environmental Groups for Population Stabilization
Support U.S. Population Stabilization Sierra
Club members concerned about population growth.
Online Mags
Worldwatch.org
- An excellent
publication featuring hard news about a variety environmental topics.
Grist.org A humorous and
hip look at conservation, sustainability and worldwide efforts.
E Magazine An online
and paper magazine on envirnomental issues.
World Overpopulation
Awareness News about population, sexuality and legal issues from around
the world.
Environmental News Network
A group of sites providing news and commentary.
Print Publications
The Population Coalition
- Thoughtful articles on population topics and informative counters and games.
Worldwatch Magazine
- Independently researched articles on worldwide ecology and sustainability.
Research Organizations
For a comprehensive listing of university and private research institutions, see this
interactive map at
- The Association of Population Centers.
The Population Council Biomedical, public health, and social science research.
RAND Labor and Population
Center offers original international research on family life, public opinion,
retirement and aging, and family life trends in the Los Angeles area.
The Center for Environment and Population Brings latest scientific research to public policy audience.
Must-Read Articles
Reconciling Texas and Berkeley: The Concept
of Optimum Population
- Linsey Grant's in-depth article reconciling the metaphorical "Texan" view let me consume all
I want, with the metaphorical "Berkeley" view that we must all eat soybeans so that
no chipmunk will have his habitat disturbed. Neither side takes the relationship between
population size, consumption, environmental damage, and human freedom into consideration.
How
and Why Journalists Avoid the Population-Environment Connection - T. Michael
Maher's research study on US media reporting...rather the lack of it.
How
Many People Should the Earth Support? - Ross McCluney's thought-provoking
argument, incorporating table of
The
Economic Value of Open Space - Research from the Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy collects and discusses a broad spectrum of economic research.
Excerpts
from "Going to Extremes" - An excellent discussion of the popular
impact of the work of Ehrlich and Simon, along with caveats for evaluating social
research on population issues.
How Many is Too Many? by Charles C. Mann. The Atlantic online
- Good leisurely article on the history of varied opinions about Population and the Environment.
Quite balanced, and interesting as a glimpse of opinion in 1993.
Sustainability
Minnesotans for
Sustainability "Sustainable Society: A society that balances the environment,
other life forms, and human interactions over an indefinite time period."
Their
readings on population.
Ecofutures.org
- Readings on population and sustainability.
Sustainable Measures
- Organization develops indicators of economic stability.
Carrying Capacity
Network - Advocacy group lobbying for population sustainability in the US.
Religion and Ecology
Restoring Eden
Economics
Earth Policy Institute
- Led by well-known
author and economist Lester Brown, this organization envisions and tracks the
development of an environmentally sustainable economy worldwide.
What the Bible says about Economics
Economics: GDP Alternatives
Genuine Progress Indicator
(GPI)- A project of US group Redefining Progress, the GPI weaves together indicators
of economic, environmental and social wellbeing.
- Index
of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) UK-based Friends of the Earth has
created an index of similar indicators. This site walks you through each factor
and lets you pick and choose among indicators to create your own index.
Gross National Happiness
- Bhutan has translated its national culture into development priorities. The
international movement is called the Gross International Happiness index.
- Our Worrisome
MDP Robert Reich's discussion of GDP vs Median Household Income.
Anti-Pop Control Sites
Catholic Educator's Resources Center offers a
Catholic perspective on a variety of population issues.
Population Resource Institute
Makes fun of graphics on population websites, little actual science.
Fun Stuff
How much water to grow a hamburger?
What's your Ecological Footprint?
Affluenza Quiz
How Rich are You?
Rapture Index "The prophetic speedometer of end-time activity."
Immigration
Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America
Multi-ethnic community leaders supporting immigration reform.
U.S. Population Data
Population Resource Center Provides demographic data to makers of public policy. Fun holiday fact sheets!
World Population Data
Population Resource Bureau Handy Data Finder gives you exact figures on variety of population and economic indicators worldwide.
UN Population Council Issues worldwide population projections.
Population Clocks
Find Population on date of your birth (or other day)
From year 1 to 2050: Click Here
Ticking clocks of births and death current estimate
Interactive:
Human Numbers Through Time Interactive map shows path of human population
growth since 0 A.D.
Sexual Health Research
Guttmacher Institute
Planned Parenthood
Population Action International
FAQs about Population
Population: A Reality
Good general discussion of population concerns.
Human Population Growth Biologist's excellent explanation
of population concerns.
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