Robin Maynard has tremendous faith that the young people of the world have both tremendous power and growing awareness and interest in getting humanity back onto a sustainable path. Our guest, the director of Population Matters, shares his thinking about human overpopulation and talks about the organization’s goals, strategies and tactics. Like World Population Balance, his organization is working hard at “shifting those amplifiers in society who really could reach so many people and talk in a rational, humane and compassionate way about population.”

There is still a perplexing guilt, awkwardness and hesitation to talk about population, among both the general public and even among leaders of environmental organizations. The good news is people ARE becoming a little less cautious in discussing the subject. Hosted by World Population Balance Executive Director Dave Gardner.

To explore this issue further, sign the Sustainable Population Pledge, subscribe to email updates, or donate to support this project, visit worldpopulationbalance.org

Links:

Populationmattters.org

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Small Families, Small Planet video

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