The goal of ever-paramount "productivity" is not the well-being of all, but the enrichment of the few already at the top. For #LaborDay, we hope you are taking some time to relax & be "productive" in whatever way feels good. populationbalance.org/media/our-goal…

Our engineering approach to managing nature has harmed not only natural systems, but human communities that are the "have nots" when it comes to water. Erica Gies / SlowWater.World tells us how Slow Water can bring us back into balance. Join us! populationbalance.org/podcast/erica-…

Ecosystems are so much more than what they do for us - but you'd never know it from listening to most economists. Tune in with Clive Spash to learn about a better way - the way of Social Ecological Economics populationbalance.org/podcast/clive-…

Patriarchy + climate change = a devastating combination for girls and women ow.ly/hy2e50TbSvP

We hear every day about low birth rates in Asia, but we seldom hear the stories of the women who are rejecting the pronatalist pressures they have experienced throughout their lives. Our podcast guest Vincie lays it out populationbalance.org/beyond-pronata…

The silencing of population concerns has done so much damage - to planetary ecosystems, to women & girls, to nonhuman animals and to the most vulnerable human communities. It's time to end it. ow.ly/kceh50Tc13r

Here's an important article about international priorities and strategies to address connections between human and nonhuman rights, health, and wellbeing - by Nandita Bajaj, Eileen Crist, and Kirsten Stade. whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/vi…

In our new episode of The Overpopulation Podcast, we speak with ecological economist Dr. Joshua Farley! Tune in for our discussion on how mainstream economics disregards planetary boundaries, & how overpopulation serves the wealthy & powerful populationbalance.org/podcast/joshua…

Fully informed reproductive decisionmaking includes honest reflection on the impacts of those decisions on all living beings. Laura Carroll, author of of The Baby Matrix, talks about an ethic of reproductive responsibility that is long overdue ow.ly/c7u450Tc0Um

We hear so much about low birth rates in Asia-yet the culture remains highly pronatalist. What does it take for women to choose their own path amid those pressures? Find out with Vincie, the latest guest on our Beyond Pronatalism podcast populationbalance.org/beyond-pronata…

On Monday September 9th at 8pm Eastern, don't miss the first ever Alliance of Child-Free Voters Zoom webinar! Nandita will join 10 speakers on how childfree people can build solidarity and political power. Register today! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Renowned author of The Chalice and the Blade Riane Eisler with Center for Partnership Systems talks how rigid gender roles help maintain domination models of society - and how equality allows a whole different model, based on partnership, to emerge. Join us! ow.ly/YNJE50RYRuo

Our efforts to manage nature, especially through dams, levees, and other efforts to control water systems, have done so much damage. Erica Gies / SlowWater.World talks about the 'slow water' movement and other efforts to let nature repair itself. populationbalance.org/podcast/erica-…

"Child-free individuals are deeply committed to kin-making that is expansively interspecies and planetary rather than being strictly tied to human children and man-made national borders." thewire.in/women/too-many…

We are excited to welcome our newest team member, @Julianabarberi, as our Video Content Creator! Juliana brings a wealth of experience & passion as a Colombia-based childfree activist for animals & the environment. Hear more on her podcast episode ow.ly/g7Kh50TfnCs

The time has come to view animals not as property, not as objects denied rights for arbitrary reasons - but as subjects whose "beingness" includes them in the community of all beings worthy of consideration. Legal scholar Maneesha Deckha shows us the way ow.ly/2Ttt50T0jkc

"Resources, demand, & tech costs will drive the shift away from fossil fuels, but current policies are not enough to decrease global energy-sector emissions due to population growth, shifts toward more manufacturing, & increased energy consumption" counterpunch.org/2024/09/05/cli…

Markets cannot solve the problem of sustainable or just distribution on a finite planet. For that, we need to move beyond mainstream economics! Ecological economist Joshua Farley takes us there populationbalance.org/podcast/joshua…

Pronatalism tries to guilt the #childfree by labeling us as somehow hostile to children - but isn't not having a child the kindest thing we can do for children already here? Our guest Vincie on the Beyond Pronatalism podcast explores such questions. populationbalance.org/beyond-pronata…

Violence within the home and violence abroad have a common foundation: the ethic of dominance that infuses all of our relations. Tune in with renowned author Riane Eisler to explore our route to societies based on partnership instead populationbalance.org/podcast/riane-…