The One Planet, One Child billboard campaign has generated a flurry of media coverage, social media conversation and community response. The loudest reactions have been completely off-base. In this episode, the World Population Balance staff shares and discusses some of the feedback, and demolishes the most common overpopulation myths, misconceptions and misassumptions. Accusations of racism led us to drop one ad and issue an apology for making it too easy to be misinterpreted. Those accusations and other public discomfort also led the outdoor ad company to relent to public pressure and remove several other ads.

You can get your questions about the campaign answered at a free webinar on 7 October at 6 pm PDT. Register at Why Should Canada be Talking About Overpopulation?

Contribute to bring billboards to other communities at the campaign’s crowdfunding site.

Help us replace the ads we lost. Submit your billboard design for a chance to win up to $500 in our One Planet, One Child billboard contest.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

One Planet, One Child billboard campaign

Our One Planet, One Child Declaration of Intent

Our Intentions Were Misconstrued; We Could Have Done Better

Crowdfunding website

One Planet, One Child Campaign Expands (youtube & crowdfunding video)

Billboard Contest

Why Should Canada be Talking About Overpopulation? Webinar Oct 7

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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