Population Connection
@popconnect.bsky.social
US grassroots org providing population education & advocating progressive action to improve health, human rights, & #environmental sustainability globally.🌲🫂🐿️
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Join us for as we explore how international aid cuts are undermining sustainable development goals. Cuts are disrupting progress in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, & #SRHR, especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change.
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As the middle class grows in much of the world, lifting people out of abject poverty and into a more acceptable quality of life, the number of people on the planet becomes an even more important determinant of the toll humans take on the environment.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As the middle class grows in much of the world, lifting people out of abject poverty and into a more acceptable quality of life, the number of people on the planet becomes an even more important determinant of the toll humans take on the environment.
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
Empowering women & girls is one of the most effective sustainable dev't levers, yet initiatives to expand their rights & inclusion remain woefully underfunded.
DYK? Areas with the fastest popn growth also have some of the worst #genderequality scores.👇
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
DYK? Areas with the fastest popn growth also have some of the worst #genderequality scores.👇
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Empowering women & girls is one of the most effective sustainable dev't levers, yet initiatives to expand their rights & inclusion remain woefully underfunded.
DYK? Areas with the fastest popn growth also have some of the worst #genderequality scores.👇
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
DYK? Areas with the fastest popn growth also have some of the worst #genderequality scores.👇
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
Human-caused climate change presents an urgent & growing existential risk to life on Earth. By burning fossil fuels & deforesting vast areas, we've increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to levels unprecedented in at least 800k years.👇
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populationconnection.org/why-populati...
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Human-caused climate change presents an urgent & growing existential risk to life on Earth. By burning fossil fuels & deforesting vast areas, we've increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to levels unprecedented in at least 800k years.👇
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
populationconnection.org/why-populati...
“First the woman, second the woman, and third the woman.”
Dr. Jorge Eduardo Caro has spent most of his life working in public hospitals. He witnessed women dying every day from unsafe abortions. #ICFP2025
Dr. Jorge Eduardo Caro has spent most of his life working in public hospitals. He witnessed women dying every day from unsafe abortions. #ICFP2025
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“First the woman, second the woman, and third the woman.”
Dr. Jorge Eduardo Caro has spent most of his life working in public hospitals. He witnessed women dying every day from unsafe abortions. #ICFP2025
Dr. Jorge Eduardo Caro has spent most of his life working in public hospitals. He witnessed women dying every day from unsafe abortions. #ICFP2025
We are here in Colombia for #ICFP2025 #FPNNSolutions #EquityThroughAction. Find us and follow along for daily updates.
November 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are here in Colombia for #ICFP2025 #FPNNSolutions #EquityThroughAction. Find us and follow along for daily updates.
In a strange alliance, right wing traditionalists, tech professionals, and an abominable billionaire are pushing a pronatalist agenda on Americans, while cutting the very programs that help parents and children.
This, and more in our Quarterly Mag.
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populationconnection.org/magazine/sep...
This, and more in our Quarterly Mag.
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populationconnection.org/magazine/sep...
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In a strange alliance, right wing traditionalists, tech professionals, and an abominable billionaire are pushing a pronatalist agenda on Americans, while cutting the very programs that help parents and children.
This, and more in our Quarterly Mag.
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populationconnection.org/magazine/sep...
This, and more in our Quarterly Mag.
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populationconnection.org/magazine/sep...
Our #environment is rapidly deteriorating while political leaders are increasingly deprioritizing environmental action in favor of short-term nationalist interests. Are we heading for global societal #collapse and is there still hope?
Are the End Times upon us? Can we still chart a better path?
Our environment is deteriorating fast while political leaders are pursuing short-term nationalist interests. Are we near collapse and is there still hope?
populationconnection.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our #environment is rapidly deteriorating while political leaders are increasingly deprioritizing environmental action in favor of short-term nationalist interests. Are we heading for global societal #collapse and is there still hope?
We're featured today in NPR's week-long series Population Shift! Our VP for Communications, Marian Starkey, talks about her own decision not to have children and some of the environmental and societal benefits of low fertility and declining population growth. #populationshift #lowfertility
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We're featured today in NPR's week-long series Population Shift! Our VP for Communications, Marian Starkey, talks about her own decision not to have children and some of the environmental and societal benefits of low fertility and declining population growth. #populationshift #lowfertility
⚠️👹 Warning! You may get nightmares … 👻 But you might also wake up with a fire in your belly to do something about the wicked, spooky truths haunting our world — from species loss to population pressures to unmet need for contraceptives that are slated for incineration ☠️
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October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
⚠️👹 Warning! You may get nightmares … 👻 But you might also wake up with a fire in your belly to do something about the wicked, spooky truths haunting our world — from species loss to population pressures to unmet need for contraceptives that are slated for incineration ☠️
See all 1- 6 at🧵 👇
See all 1- 6 at🧵 👇
Our members are environmentalists who understand and care about the long game — they know (and want everyone else to know as well!) that without population stabilization, any efforts toward environmental protection or sustainable development are futile.
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About Population Connection
Founded in 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) is the largest grassroots population organization in the U.S.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our members are environmentalists who understand and care about the long game — they know (and want everyone else to know as well!) that without population stabilization, any efforts toward environmental protection or sustainable development are futile.
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Join us for as we explore how international aid cuts are undermining sustainable development goals. Cuts are disrupting progress in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, & #SRHR, especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change.
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Join us for as we explore how international aid cuts are undermining sustainable development goals. Cuts are disrupting progress in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, & #SRHR, especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change.
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Population Connection
As Trump targets the East Wing, nearly $10 million in contraceptives sit in a warehouse instead of saving lives. Whether by incineration or expiration, time is running out.
Act now — support the Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act: https://act.populationconnectionaction.org/a/protect-fa-2025
Act now — support the Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act: https://act.populationconnectionaction.org/a/protect-fa-2025
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As Trump targets the East Wing, nearly $10 million in contraceptives sit in a warehouse instead of saving lives. Whether by incineration or expiration, time is running out.
Act now — support the Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act: https://act.populationconnectionaction.org/a/protect-fa-2025
Act now — support the Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act: https://act.populationconnectionaction.org/a/protect-fa-2025
Reposted by Population Connection
The fact that the Secretary of Health is a crackpot is the real threat.
White House issues warning over US fertility rate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr deemed declining U.S. fertility rates a "national security threat," saying birth rates are not high enough to stabilize the population.
www.newsweek.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The fact that the Secretary of Health is a crackpot is the real threat.
Join Rebecca (L), Lauren (C) & Marian (R), + more than 35 of us, to make the needed change in these tumultuous times. We’re dedicated to building grassroots support for universal access to voluntary #familyplanning services.
Apply now👇
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Apply now👇
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October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Join Rebecca (L), Lauren (C) & Marian (R), + more than 35 of us, to make the needed change in these tumultuous times. We’re dedicated to building grassroots support for universal access to voluntary #familyplanning services.
Apply now👇
populationconnection.org/about-us/our...
Apply now👇
populationconnection.org/about-us/our...
"...Bonobos, one of the DRC’s most emblematic species – are increasingly threatened by human activity, above all poaching and deforestation, which gnaw away at their habitat year after year."
Our close relatives are estimated to be fewer than 15,000 individuals!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our close relatives are estimated to be fewer than 15,000 individuals!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’?
They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo river
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"...Bonobos, one of the DRC’s most emblematic species – are increasingly threatened by human activity, above all poaching and deforestation, which gnaw away at their habitat year after year."
Our close relatives are estimated to be fewer than 15,000 individuals!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our close relatives are estimated to be fewer than 15,000 individuals!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The newly breached planetary boundary is ocean acidification, caused by excess carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions. All 7 breached boundaries are worsening. The only 2 that remain in the safe zone are ozone depletion & aerosol loading (air pollution).
Pushing closer to catastrophe: Seven of nine planetary boundaries breached
A worrying new report reveals humanity has breached the 7th of 9 critical planetary boundaries, with severe consequences for Earth’s life support systems.
populationconnection.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The newly breached planetary boundary is ocean acidification, caused by excess carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions. All 7 breached boundaries are worsening. The only 2 that remain in the safe zone are ozone depletion & aerosol loading (air pollution).
Reposted by Population Connection
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as the climate crisis makes the country more hospitable for insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as the climate crisis makes the country more hospitable for insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Population Connection
Pretending demography doesn’t matter while our emissions soar is to be complicit in a future that renders large swaths of the planet uninhabitable, where the poorest people will pay the steepest price.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pretending demography doesn’t matter while our emissions soar is to be complicit in a future that renders large swaths of the planet uninhabitable, where the poorest people will pay the steepest price.
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populationconnection.org/blog/the-ove...
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populationconnection.org/blog/the-ove...
Join us for a special virtual event highlighting our Population Education (PopEd) program! PopEd equips K–12 educators with the tools to teach about the connections between global population trends, people, and the environment.
Register here.👇
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here.👇
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us for a special virtual event highlighting our Population Education (PopEd) program! PopEd equips K–12 educators with the tools to teach about the connections between global population trends, people, and the environment.
Register here.👇
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here.👇
populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Economist Editorial board published a welcome article arguing that #lowfertility is nothing to panic about.
We responded with a letter, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it on our communications channels.
Full response.
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populationconnection.org/blog/re-dont...
We responded with a letter, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it on our communications channels.
Full response.
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populationconnection.org/blog/re-dont...
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Economist Editorial board published a welcome article arguing that #lowfertility is nothing to panic about.
We responded with a letter, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it on our communications channels.
Full response.
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populationconnection.org/blog/re-dont...
We responded with a letter, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it on our communications channels.
Full response.
⬇️
populationconnection.org/blog/re-dont...
"Those who hate abortion can help make it rarer & safeguard lives by supporting #prochoice policies that expand access to the whole range of sexual & #reproductivehealth services."
We expose the effects of US anti-choice policies & hypocrisy of #prolife rhetoric.
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We expose the effects of US anti-choice policies & hypocrisy of #prolife rhetoric.
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“Pro-life”? Trump’s anti-abortion policies are causing more abortions, suffering, and deaths | Population Connection
This article powerfully exposes the devastating human consequences of U.S. anti-choice policies and the hypocrisy of “pro-life” rhetoric. Olivia writes; "Let’s be clear: “pro-life” policies...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Those who hate abortion can help make it rarer & safeguard lives by supporting #prochoice policies that expand access to the whole range of sexual & #reproductivehealth services."
We expose the effects of US anti-choice policies & hypocrisy of #prolife rhetoric.
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We expose the effects of US anti-choice policies & hypocrisy of #prolife rhetoric.
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