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Saving Life On Earth: Discussion on Contraception, Consumption and Conservation
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Thursday, July 09, 2020
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4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Center for Biological Diversity
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Saving Life On Earth: A Discussion on Contraception, Consumption, and Conservation
Date and time: July 9, 2020 at 4 p.m. PT
Host: Center for Biological Diversity
Every day, we add about 227,000 people to the planet – and that comes with a steep cost.
Human population growth and overconsumption are at the root of our most pressing environmental problems, including the wildlife extinction crisis, habitat loss and climate change.
World Population Day is Saturday, July 11 so this week is a perfect opportunity for a conversation about this important work. We’re focused on common-sense solutions including the empowerment of women and girls, universal access to reproductive healthcare and education, healthy and secure food systems – and a societal commitment to giving all species a chance to live and thrive.
We also have some fun. The Center has distributed more than 1 million free Endangered Species Condoms across the country with catchy packaging slogans like “Fumbling in the Dark? Think of the Monarch” and “Wrap with Care, Save the Polar Bear.”
Thursday’s presentation will feature the Center's Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, and Sarah Baillie, Endangered Species Condoms coordinator.
The Center for Biological Diversity fights to protect America's wildlife and wild lands.
Date and time: July 9, 2020 at 4 p.m. PT
Host: Center for Biological Diversity
Every day, we add about 227,000 people to the planet – and that comes with a steep cost.
Human population growth and overconsumption are at the root of our most pressing environmental problems, including the wildlife extinction crisis, habitat loss and climate change.
World Population Day is Saturday, July 11 so this week is a perfect opportunity for a conversation about this important work. We’re focused on common-sense solutions including the empowerment of women and girls, universal access to reproductive healthcare and education, healthy and secure food systems – and a societal commitment to giving all species a chance to live and thrive.
We also have some fun. The Center has distributed more than 1 million free Endangered Species Condoms across the country with catchy packaging slogans like “Fumbling in the Dark? Think of the Monarch” and “Wrap with Care, Save the Polar Bear.”
Thursday’s presentation will feature the Center's Kelley Dennings, Population and Sustainability Campaigner, and Sarah Baillie, Endangered Species Condoms coordinator.
The Center for Biological Diversity fights to protect America's wildlife and wild lands.
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https://ignite.biologicaldiversity.org/eve...
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THE GUARDIAN: Improve contraception access to tackle wildlife crisis, urges campaign
United Nations: Growing human populations often underlie the destruction of nature, and barriers to family planning are the “most important ignored environmental challenge.”
Jane Goodall: “Wasteful and excessive consumption, so common in wealthier countries, is having devastating impacts on the natural resources of our planet. We must tackle human – and livestock – population growth and unsustainable lifestyles.”
World Population Day is on Saturday, July 11, 2020
For the full article, go to: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/11/improve-contraception-access-to-tackle-wildlife-crisis-urges-campaign
United Nations: Growing human populations often underlie the destruction of nature, and barriers to family planning are the “most important ignored environmental challenge.”
Jane Goodall: “Wasteful and excessive consumption, so common in wealthier countries, is having devastating impacts on the natural resources of our planet. We must tackle human – and livestock – population growth and unsustainable lifestyles.”
World Population Day is on Saturday, July 11, 2020
For the full article, go to: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/11/improve-contraception-access-to-tackle-wildlife-crisis-urges-campaign
NATION OF CHANGE (June 27, 2020): From COVID-19 to climate change, human overpopulation is the big white elephant in the room
"For decades, the public health officials like those at the World Health Organization warned that overcrowding exacerbates the risks of pandemics. Hygiene, social distancing and other key public health outcomes depend on population density, investments in health care and disaster preparedness."
Overpopulation "will also create knock-on effects, like the alteration of our ecologies, which in turn will further exacerbate the risks already being faced by humans."
For the full article, go to: https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/06/27/from-covid-19-to-climate-change-human-overpopulation-is-the-big-white-elephant-in-the-room/
"For decades, the public health officials like those at the World Health Organization warned that overcrowding exacerbates the risks of pandemics. Hygiene, social distancing and other key public health outcomes depend on population density, investments in health care and disaster preparedness."
Overpopulation "will also create knock-on effects, like the alteration of our ecologies, which in turn will further exacerbate the risks already being faced by humans."
For the full article, go to: https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/06/27/from-covid-19-to-climate-change-human-overpopulation-is-the-big-white-elephant-in-the-room/
COMMON DREAMS (July 9, 2020): Humanity on Track to Soon Hit 1.5ºC Paris Accord Limit as Atmospheric CO2 Nears Level Not Seen in 15 Million Years
"As a United Nations agency released new climate projections showing that the world is on track in the next five years to hit or surpass a key limit of the Paris agreement, authors of a new study warned Thursday that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing a level not seen in 15 million years."
" 'Every kilo of CO2 we emit is one we have to sequester later, provided the food doesn't run out first,' tweeted Extinction Rebellion Finland, urging the international community to #ActNow."
For the full article, go to: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/09/humanity-track-soon-hit-15oc-paris-accord-limit-atmospheric-co2-nears-level-not-seen
"As a United Nations agency released new climate projections showing that the world is on track in the next five years to hit or surpass a key limit of the Paris agreement, authors of a new study warned Thursday that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing a level not seen in 15 million years."
" 'Every kilo of CO2 we emit is one we have to sequester later, provided the food doesn't run out first,' tweeted Extinction Rebellion Finland, urging the international community to #ActNow."
For the full article, go to: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/09/humanity-track-soon-hit-15oc-paris-accord-limit-atmospheric-co2-nears-level-not-seen
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