The Population Institute
Summary: The 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. Through voluntary family planning, we strive to achieve a world population in balance with a healthy global environment and resource base.
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Podcasts:
William R. Catton, Jr, the author of Overshoot: The Biological Basis of Revolutionary Change (1980) describes how the human species is evolving from Homo sapiens to Homo Colossus and endangering the planet.
Laurie Mazur, the editor of Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge (2009) discusses how family planning along with efforts to empower and educate women can help save the planet.
Dennis Meadows, co-author of Limits to Growth (1972) and Limits to Growth: the 30 Year Update (2002), discusses limits to growth and the economic implications.
Richard Heinberg, author of Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007) discusses the economic challenge posed by population growth and resource scarcity.
Peter Victor, a professor of economics at York University, discusses how to maintain a healthy, full employment economy without relying upon endless growth.
