What You Need to Know About Population as We Surpass 8 Billion More and more drivers were speeding through the school zone of a local elementary school, putting children in great danger. One very alarmed parent decided to do something about it. One morning he stationed himself on the corner…

On Thursday, July 28, 2022 (also Earth Overshoot Day), news headlines shouting the latest (Q2) GDP growth estimate for the U.S. will be misleading, uninformed and downright dangerous. If the economy contracted as expected, journalists, financiers and pundits will mourn. Nature, on the other hand, will celebrate. Also applauding will…

Exploiting Women and Children to Drive Growth is Wrong on Many Counts — Let’s find a way to reduce child poverty without signaling that society needs to exploit more babies to grow economies. There was a time when a case could be made that bringing more children into the world was a benefit to society. Today, with the overwhelming demands of nearly 8…

The Film is Finally Free on YouTube — Ten years ago today, my documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, held its world premiere at the West End Cinema in Washington DC. Three days earlier, world population hit the 7 billion milestone.

The ultimate symbol of capitalism’s flawed obsession with growth by Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Original article. Mars ain’t the kind of…

This is the beginning of the end for the paradigm of infinite growth. Dear Mr. President and Ms. Vice President: The world is watching as you assume U.S. leadership with the promise to “build our country back better than it was before….” Your Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan states: “This…

This is no time to rest. Headlines in recent years have heralded that today’s young adults are increasingly delaying childbirth, choosing to have fewer children, and even choosing to be childfree.

We’re speaking up for children Billboards in Vancouver celebrating small-family decisions have been getting that city, Canada, and the world talking. One response has been, “no one should tell me how many children I can have.” I agree — we’re all free to make our own family-size choice. We’re not…

One Planet One Child campaign seeks a beautiful future for ALL children — The first TV news report in Vancouver, Canada about our One Planet, One Child billboard campaign prominently featured one of the 30+ ads we had in rotation. Unfortunately that ad, out of context with other ads in the campaign, made it too easy for someone to get the wrong impression…