Human civilization has been in overshoot (making unsustainable demands on the planet) since about 1970. If there was any hope we’ve changed our ways, that hope was dashed on August 22, 2020. Learn more in this episode. There are lots of contributors to overshoot, but the one most often avoided, or at least ignored, is overpopulation. In this episode we applaud a few NGOs for NOT hiding from the subject.

Also: The Australian government readily admits it depends on population growth as the main driver of economic growth, and it is hooked on economic growth. So closed borders due to COVID-19, coupled with couples choosing to delay or even decline to bring children into these dark times, is “bad news” for the nation’s growth-addicted economy.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Couples to Delay Pregnancy Plans
CBS News in the U.S. 8/10/2020

Bad News for the Economy Reliant on Population Growth
ABC in Australia

Thibaud Aronson Population Voice

Crowdedplanet.org
New online resource library by Center for Biological Diversity compiling studies, reports and reviews that make the connection between human population growth and the extinction crisis.

Earth Overshoot Day– official website

Earth Overshoot Day and Population

If the World Was as Densely* Populated As...
(density/footprint analysis tool in above essay)

Manage Your Own Planet
(data analysis tool in above essay)

What Gets Left Behind for Future Generations? Reproduction and the Environment in Spey Bay, Scotland by Katharine Dow

One Planet Prosperity - Our Regulatory Strategy
Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Physicists: 90% Chance of Human Society Collapsing Within Decades

Delayed Earth Overshoot Day Points to Opportunities to Build Future in Harmony with Our Finite Planet
Earth Overshoot Day news release

The Overpopulation Podcast is produced by World Population Balance, a non-profit organization committed to alerting and educating that overpopulation is the root cause of resource depletion, species extinction, poverty, and climate change. Our mission is to chart a path for human civilization that – rather than causing greater misery – enables good lives on a healthy planet. We advocate and support a smaller, truly sustainable human population – through dramatic and voluntary reduction in birth rates. 

We envision a world where no one suffers in dire poverty and misery for lack of enough food, water, and other basic needs. We see a world where all species thrive and where lower consumption and population are in balance with Earth’s finite resources.

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