Media Increasing Public Awareness

TIME magazine celebrates the childfree lifestyle which we need to embrace to save our planet.

Primatologist Jane Goodall

Media Increasing Public Awareness

Jane Goodall sounds the alarm about the neglected issue of overpopulation

Actress Ashley Judd Speaks Out

Media Increasing Public Awareness

Actress Ashley Judd Speaks Out

Ashley Judd (In Movie Double Jeopardy) has created a video about overpopulation and speaks out about this alarming issue across America.

Media Raises Awareness

Global Population Speak Out Day

Actress Ashley Judd Speaks Out

When human population reached 7 billion in 2011 National Geographic ran a series of articles to raise public awareness.

Population and Education

Global Population Speak Out Day

Lethbridge College student wins essay contest on population topic.

Global Population Speak Out Day

To get involved check out the Population Speak Out site for a list of events and ways to participate in your area.

Myths Debunked and Facts About Population

Population Growth - graph from Population Institute Canada

It took about 200,000 years to reach our first billion around 1800. It took 12 years to add our last billion. Is this sustainable population growth? When Columbus came to America 500 years ago, global population was still only 425 million.

If it had remained at the 2 billion level, we would not be facing the high level of species extinction, global warming, or water shortages that are so worrisome today.

Governments should lead the way.

Australia is tackling the overpopulation crisis by appointing a Population Minister in addition to their Environment Minister.

This is something all countries should be considering so that they have a ministry dedicated to achieving a sustainable population for the country and its resources.

This could be accomplished by doing a carrying capacity study and conducting a meaningful public consultation process.

Japan's population is falling!

GREAT NEWS!! Some countries like Japan are in the enviable position with a population that is decreasing because many families have decided not to have children.

This trend is by choice and no coercive measures are being used. This has been accomplished through education and political leadership.

A Curated List of Organizations That Can Help End Overshoot

Thanks to EARTH OVERSHOOT for the following list:

Population Organizations in 2025 -- THANKS TO EARTH OVERSHOOT

The list below highlights institutions that recognize and proactively support a human rights-based approach to improving people and our planet.

These organizations value and work in the fields of girls' education, women’s empowerment, access to contraception, family planning, advocacy, and implementation of practices and policies that promote small families, improve human lives, reverse unsustainable population growth, and restore nature.

We hope you use this list to explore, discover, and support organizations that get to the heart of creating a just and sustainable future, focusing on the upstream causes of our human and planetary health crises instead of treating the downstream symptoms.

Overshoot/Population Organizations

Canadians for a Sustainable Society

Earth Overshoot

Global Footprint Network

Growthbusters

Post Carbon Institute

Skil.org

Stable Planet Alliance

Family Planning, Gender Equality, Girls Education and Empowerment Organizations

Campaign For Female Education - CAMFED

Center for Reproductive Rights

Engender Health