71 World Population Day 2022: We’re Overpopulated. Pass It On.

As we approach the 8 billion population milestone, activist/author Valorie Allen thinks it’s high time we stop avoiding the overpopulation subject. Yet here we are, on World Population Day 2022, and the UN is still beating around the bush, journalists rarely report on the subject (and when they do, it's usually with a pro-growth bias), and most environmental groups run and hide from it. Allen believes that we can bend the long-rising population curve soon and begin the needed contraction. But we must stop avoiding the subject, and we need to make a project of it.

 As we observe World Population Day 2022, we share this insightful conversation with Valorie Allen, author of the new book, 8 Billion Reasons Population Matters: The Defining Issue of the 21^st Century. This is a rich and comprehensive encyclopedia of history, information, opinion and inspiration.

After this conversation, Stephanie and Dave review recent “GrowthBusting News,” including new insanity from Elon Musk, outrageous ideas for overconsumption on hyperdrive, a new paper by Paul and Anne Ehrlich, and sad words of wisdom from actor Jeff Goldblum.

 
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

UNFPA World Population Day 2022 Statement
https://www.unfpa.org/press/world-population-day-statement-2022

UN Secretary-General's World Population Day Statement
https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day

8 Billion Reasons Population Matters - new book by Valorie Allen
https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000096587474

Surviving the 21^st Century - by Julian Cribb
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30420519-surviving-the-21st-century

Population in Sync - Valorie Allen’s website
https://populationinsync.net/

Paul Ehrlich on Limits to Growth - Episode 70 of the GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/ehrlich-limits-to-growth/

Leaked Amazon Memo Warns the Company is Running Out of People to Hire
https://www.vox.com/recode/23170900/leaked-amazon-memo-warehouses-hiring-shortage

Elon Musk Breaks Silence on Birth of Secret Twins with 'Overpopulation' Joke
https://www.joe.co.uk/news/elon-musk-on-birth-secret-twins-overpopulation-joke-346768

Elon Musk is Wrong: We Need Smaller Families
https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/12/elon-musk-wrong-we-need-smaller-families

Climate Damage Caused by Growing Space Tourism Needs Urgent Mitigation
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-climate-space-tourism-urgent-mitigation.html

Nuclear-Powered Sky Hotel
https://youtu.be/ZrodDBJdGuo

Let Them Eat Fermented Protein - Review of Monbiot book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
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