Population Balance
@popnbalance.bsky.social
We inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact. We envision a future where our footprint is in balance with life on Earth, enabling all species to thrive
Our team just returned from the #ICFP2025 in Bogotá, Colombia. This is our recap!
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Pronatalism, Population, and Planet at the ICFP feat. Nandita Bajaj
YouTube video by Population Balance
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November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our team just returned from the #ICFP2025 in Bogotá, Colombia. This is our recap!
youtube.com/shorts/xh6ZY...
youtube.com/shorts/xh6ZY...
We just finished a debate on low fertility explaining why we must not fear falling birthrates, and we won by an overwhelming majority of votes! #ICFP2025
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We just finished a debate on low fertility explaining why we must not fear falling birthrates, and we won by an overwhelming majority of votes! #ICFP2025
Excited to have our ED, Nandita Bajaj, invited to the #ICFP2025 in Bogotá, to help debunk the fears around declining fertility rates.
We will be participating in a dynamic debate where we will shine a light on why this low fertility trend is a triumph for women's rights and for ecological balance.
We will be participating in a dynamic debate where we will shine a light on why this low fertility trend is a triumph for women's rights and for ecological balance.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excited to have our ED, Nandita Bajaj, invited to the #ICFP2025 in Bogotá, to help debunk the fears around declining fertility rates.
We will be participating in a dynamic debate where we will shine a light on why this low fertility trend is a triumph for women's rights and for ecological balance.
We will be participating in a dynamic debate where we will shine a light on why this low fertility trend is a triumph for women's rights and for ecological balance.
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A clear and insightful piece from @popnbalance.bsky.social.
Dear Elon and friends, this one's for you.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
Dear Elon and friends, this one's for you.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
The Perils of Population Denialism — Population Balance
We are in a state of extreme overshoot, which is driven by too many people on the planet consuming too much. This should not be a controversial statement. And yet, bringing up the population issue, or...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A clear and insightful piece from @popnbalance.bsky.social.
Dear Elon and friends, this one's for you.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
Dear Elon and friends, this one's for you.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
We are in #Colombia attending the #ICFP2025, where we will shine a light on the missing connections between pronatalism, #population, and #overshoot. We will participate in a dynamic debate to explore the implications of declining fertility rates over the coming decades. tinyurl.com/3k57f7e6
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We are in #Colombia attending the #ICFP2025, where we will shine a light on the missing connections between pronatalism, #population, and #overshoot. We will participate in a dynamic debate to explore the implications of declining fertility rates over the coming decades. tinyurl.com/3k57f7e6
The one-child family is becoming the fastest-growing family size in many countries. @susannewmanphd.bsky.social, author of Just One, shares the research challenging myths that only children are lonely, selfish, or spoiled.
Listen to this episode 👉🏼 www.populationbalance.org/podcast/susa...
Listen to this episode 👉🏼 www.populationbalance.org/podcast/susa...
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The one-child family is becoming the fastest-growing family size in many countries. @susannewmanphd.bsky.social, author of Just One, shares the research challenging myths that only children are lonely, selfish, or spoiled.
Listen to this episode 👉🏼 www.populationbalance.org/podcast/susa...
Listen to this episode 👉🏼 www.populationbalance.org/podcast/susa...
Distraught by her infertility diagnosis, Pamela pursued the IVF pathway. It left her traumatized. Determined to expose the exploitative practices of the fertility industry, she founded the “silent sorority” community.
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Distraught by her infertility diagnosis, Pamela pursued the IVF pathway. It left her traumatized. Determined to expose the exploitative practices of the fertility industry, she founded the “silent sorority” community.
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
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What role has the idea of progress played in building civilization and its gifts, as well as dispossessing, enslaving, or even eradicating billions of people and animals over the last 5,000 years?
This interview with @popnbalance.bsky.social gives a good overview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2X...
This interview with @popnbalance.bsky.social gives a good overview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2X...
Progress: Humanity’s Worst Idea
YouTube video by OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance
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October 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What role has the idea of progress played in building civilization and its gifts, as well as dispossessing, enslaving, or even eradicating billions of people and animals over the last 5,000 years?
This interview with @popnbalance.bsky.social gives a good overview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2X...
This interview with @popnbalance.bsky.social gives a good overview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2X...
A global war against animals is driven by capitalist exploitation and profit. Dinesh Wadiwel,author of Animals and Capital and The War Against Animals, shows how capitalism treats animals as commodities, raw materials, and self-reproducing labor.
Listen here www.populationbalance.org/podcast/dine...
Listen here www.populationbalance.org/podcast/dine...
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A global war against animals is driven by capitalist exploitation and profit. Dinesh Wadiwel,author of Animals and Capital and The War Against Animals, shows how capitalism treats animals as commodities, raw materials, and self-reproducing labor.
Listen here www.populationbalance.org/podcast/dine...
Listen here www.populationbalance.org/podcast/dine...
Mandy entered an arranged marriage where her decision to remain childfree was first accepted but later challenged. Today, Mandy lives happily childfree, courageously embracing a life true to her authentic self.
www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
October 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Mandy entered an arranged marriage where her decision to remain childfree was first accepted but later challenged. Today, Mandy lives happily childfree, courageously embracing a life true to her authentic self.
www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, a tireless advocate for people, animals and the planet. An outspoken advocate for a smaller and thriving human population that is in balance with all life on Earth, Dr. Goodall leaves behind an immeasurable legacy of compassion and service.
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, a tireless advocate for people, animals and the planet. An outspoken advocate for a smaller and thriving human population that is in balance with all life on Earth, Dr. Goodall leaves behind an immeasurable legacy of compassion and service.
In the midst of so many challenges, is pushing women to produce more children really our top priority? How about we simply stop exploiting women no matter the circumstances? Thanks to Riley Fanning of the @newyorker.com for capturing so perfectly the irony of our current media and political focus.
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In the midst of so many challenges, is pushing women to produce more children really our top priority? How about we simply stop exploiting women no matter the circumstances? Thanks to Riley Fanning of the @newyorker.com for capturing so perfectly the irony of our current media and political focus.
Bound by the same upbringing, Rebecca remained very close to her sister. Awakening to feminism and the planetary crisis together, they both decided to not have children. Today, Rebecca and her sister live together as each other's chosen life partners www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
September 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Bound by the same upbringing, Rebecca remained very close to her sister. Awakening to feminism and the planetary crisis together, they both decided to not have children. Today, Rebecca and her sister live together as each other's chosen life partners www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
Shrishtee Bajpai, from Global Tapestry of Alternatives,reveals how local struggles for self-determination connect across cultures and what is being done to weave a 'pluriverse' of possibilities rooted in social and ecological justice www.populationbalance.org/podcast/shri...
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Shrishtee Bajpai, from Global Tapestry of Alternatives,reveals how local struggles for self-determination connect across cultures and what is being done to weave a 'pluriverse' of possibilities rooted in social and ecological justice www.populationbalance.org/podcast/shri...
Raised in a conservative Indian family, Sneha knew from an early age that she didn't want to have a biological child. She rejected the patriarchal expectations of procreation and marriage and embraced her own path.
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
September 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Raised in a conservative Indian family, Sneha knew from an early age that she didn't want to have a biological child. She rejected the patriarchal expectations of procreation and marriage and embraced her own path.
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
Listen to her story www.populationbalance.org/beyond-prona...
We face swift judgement if we decide not to have children, even though this decision is the most consequential of our lives. More and more people are rejecting these judgments and expectations to follow their true dreams.
September 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We face swift judgement if we decide not to have children, even though this decision is the most consequential of our lives. More and more people are rejecting these judgments and expectations to follow their true dreams.
Trump’s cuts mean that every week nearly one million women and girls worldwide will be denied contraceptive care, potentially costing them their lives.
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‘We will lose so many girls’: The deadly impact of Trump’s war on contraception
The US president has slashed nearly $600m in funding for contraceptives and the impact of the cuts could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew fr...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump’s cuts mean that every week nearly one million women and girls worldwide will be denied contraceptive care, potentially costing them their lives.
Read more 🔗 www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Read more 🔗 www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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A thought-provoking personal perspective from @popnbalance.bsky.social.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
The Perils of Population Denialism
Confronting Pronatalism is Key to Achieving Reproductive Justice and Ecological Balance
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org
August 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A thought-provoking personal perspective from @popnbalance.bsky.social.
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
"While human overpopulation is not the only factor driving ecological overshoot, it is the most neglected one, and the factor that intensifies every crisis confronting us."
Birthrates are falling across the world. This is not cause for alarm, but should be celebrated as a natural consequence of women having reproductive choice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales
Last year’s total fertility rate of 1.41 for England and Wales was lowest since comparable data was first collected in 1938, ONS says
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August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Birthrates are falling across the world. This is not cause for alarm, but should be celebrated as a natural consequence of women having reproductive choice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
B (who wants to remain anonymous) reveals why societal collapse — in the form of a stair-step decline with sharp drops — is inevitable, and how to strategically leverage our influence to minimize suffering. www.populationbalance.org/podcast/the-...
August 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
B (who wants to remain anonymous) reveals why societal collapse — in the form of a stair-step decline with sharp drops — is inevitable, and how to strategically leverage our influence to minimize suffering. www.populationbalance.org/podcast/the-...
Having children should always be a carefully considered decision, and a possible life path that is one option among many.
Read more www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read more www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Having children should always be a carefully considered decision, and a possible life path that is one option among many.
Read more www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read more www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
International climate reparations are a step in the direction of climate justice. But they do not address the underlying driver of vast international, intergenerational and interspecies injustice: ecological overshoot.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
International climate reparations are a step in the direction of climate justice. But they do not address the underlying driver of vast international, intergenerational and interspecies injustice: ecological overshoot.
Read more 🔗
www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/clim...
Read more 🔗
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Bribes won't convince women to have babies they don’t want, and coercive laws like abortion bans are triggering a form of protest from women who refuse to have babies in such an environment.
🔗 worldcrunch.com/culture-soci...
🔗 worldcrunch.com/culture-soci...
August 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Bribes won't convince women to have babies they don’t want, and coercive laws like abortion bans are triggering a form of protest from women who refuse to have babies in such an environment.
🔗 worldcrunch.com/culture-soci...
🔗 worldcrunch.com/culture-soci...
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Delighted to share this good discussion between friends Nandita Bajaj @popnbalance.bsky.social & Florence Blondel @florenceblondel.bsky.social on population angst/ #coercivepronatalism stoked by #farright patriarchal drivers of social/economic growth youtu.be/WBdJ4QZ-kc4 @endovershoot.bsky.social 👏
Overshooting Earth: How Population Myths Shape Our Crisis
YouTube video by Global Footprint Network
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July 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Delighted to share this good discussion between friends Nandita Bajaj @popnbalance.bsky.social & Florence Blondel @florenceblondel.bsky.social on population angst/ #coercivepronatalism stoked by #farright patriarchal drivers of social/economic growth youtu.be/WBdJ4QZ-kc4 @endovershoot.bsky.social 👏
The development of contraceptive technologies has been absolutely central to the empowerment and liberation of women from the burdens of unwanted pregnancy and motherhood. But IUDs and hormonal birth control also have significant side effects for many women.
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The development of contraceptive technologies has been absolutely central to the empowerment and liberation of women from the burdens of unwanted pregnancy and motherhood. But IUDs and hormonal birth control also have significant side effects for many women.