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As we stand on the brink of the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development, it’s crucial to recognize the pivotal role that addressing population growth and ensuring the full rights of women and girls play in achieving global...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:58 AM PDT
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As we delve into the findings of the UNICEF 2023 Child Marriage report, we are faced with both encouraging progress and sobering realities regarding child marriage worldwide. Today, I want to share my thoughts on the report’s insights and the urgent...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 06:36 AM PDT
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from my notes on Gandhi's Economic Thought by Ajit K. Dasgupta NY: Routledge, 1996 ISBN 0-415-11430-6 http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/gandhis-economic-thought.html [All notes from my readings in Gandhian or nonviolent economics can be...
by gmoke
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 08:21 PM PDT
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Overpopulation of the earth is a major problem on its own, but it also leads directly to other serious environmental impacts. One of those issues is overconsumption, especially of single-use products that damage the environment, slow the ability of the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 11:58 AM PDT
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More details for each event at http://hubevents.blogspot.com which is also a free listserv Forest Loss in 2023: Regional Contexts and Global Trends Thursday, April 4 9 - 10am EDT Online RSVP at...
by gmoke
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 08:49 PM PDT
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These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global...
by gmoke
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on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 10:38 AM PDT
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I first noticed comments from Gardening Toad calling for us to join them in I think reducing our carbon emissions maybe a year ago. I thought, OK, sounds good, why not? A few more times and then I thought, why don’t you join with us? I said as much in...
by greenandblue
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Imagine a court hearing where the plaintiff is not a person, but a damaged river, lake or mountain. The plaintiff is a sea turtle or a Mexican grey wolf. The plaintiff is nature itself. Imagine a world where nature, and all the living beings of the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 09:19 AM PDT
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Dickson Despommier Wants Our Cities to Be Like Forests https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/dickson-despommier-wants-our-cities-to-be-like-forests hat tip G. S. Murphy from Boston Food System...
by gmoke
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 08:40 PM PDT
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Let’s take a look at no growth, post-growth economics and a steady state economy. For many of you, these terms are seared into your memory. For others, I am hoping they will inspire action to do things differently and show that we aren’t the only ones...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 09:11 AM PDT
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Face it. From the get-go, we’ve been in expansion mode — both in the context of urban development and growth rurally speaking. There’s just no denying that fact. Being that this is the nature of our being, how well the rural and urban environments will...
by Alan Kandel
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 07:59 AM PDT
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When I started working at Population Media Center, I had a lot to learn about population. Out of all the environmental organizations, publications, and conferences I had connected with – I couldn’t recall learning much about population growth. I soon...
by populationmediacenter
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 06:41 AM PDT
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UNVEILING DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS In a world where the pursuit of endless growth has led to environmental degradation, social inequalities, and resource depletion, a fresh perspective on economics has emerged – “doughnut economics.” Coined by British...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 09:35 AM PDT
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WHAT IS PRONATALISM? Pronatalism is the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate. Many who push pronatalism fear that falling birth rates in certain developed countries, like the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 07:12 AM PDT
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We will support baby boomers and we will support baby bonuses for a new baby boom, how does that sound? I want a baby boom,” Trump said, chuckling, “You men are so lucky out there. You are so lucky, men.” This was his introduction to creating...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 03:53 PM PST
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Many economists raise concerns that low birth rates will lead to slower economic growth. In reality, a smaller population is exactly what the climate and biosphere need. Since it is the climate and biosphere that make the world habitable, they must...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 09:01 AM PST
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World’s biggest “passive house” office building https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/boston-skyscraper-named-worlds-biggest-passive-house-office...
by gmoke
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 05:06 PM PST
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These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global...
by gmoke
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM PST
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The larger solar parabolic trough on the left I made in the 1970s for the New England Coastal Power Show, an energy show which traveled throughout the Northeast for a few years after the second Energy Crisis. We used it to heat water, make tea, and...
by gmoke
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 07:33 PM PST
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These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global...
by gmoke
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on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 03:51 PM PST
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