World Population Day 2025 with Valorie Allen

In the lead up to World Population Day (WPD) 2025, we welcome back Val Allen, who was previously a panel guest for the PGAP episode “3 Women 2 Countries 1 Message: World Population Day 2022 (https://pgap.fireside.fm/wpd2022).” Three years later, Val has a new book out – “HOW MANY IS ENOUGH?” -just in time for World Population Day 25. She is also in the process of finalising a new documentary “TICK TOCK BOOM BANG” due later this month, which she has produced along with Nick Bohle of HatChap productions. In this mini episode, Val shares her recent very busy journey in creating content across multiple media and her reflections on a world that has changed immensely in the three years since Val was last guest on PGAP. Valorie Allen has been an activist for 35 years in the environmental, population and animal rights movements, receiving the Canadian Volunteer Award. Her first award-winning book “Growing Pains—A Planet in Distress” was published in 2010. A trailer for ‘Tik Tok Boom Bang’ may be watched at the HatChap productions website HERE (https://www.hatchapproductions.com/portfolio?wix-vod-video-id=d6fc4b7922194493b7332559c132d13f&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-lx0rmxvz) Valorie Allen’s latest book ‘How Many Is Enough?’ is available from Amazon for Kindle HERE (https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Valorie-Allen-ebook/dp/B0F7D4RMPC). You can keep up to date with Val’s latest projects from her website Population In Sync (https://populationinsync.net/). Sustainable Population Australia, who support PGAP, have launched a media release in anticipation for World Population Day, which may be read in full from the SPA website. (https://population.org.au/media-releases/sustainable-population-australia-expert-alert-world-population-day-11-july/) It includes quotes from SPA patrons Prof. Anne Poelina and Dr. Paul Collins, both previous guests on PGAP. During this episode, Val refers to the chilling article from the Independent, “There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/population-earth-world-billions-un-estimate-b2721808.html)” which could be a consequence as a result of under counting rural populations. PGAP will never run ads and our success depends on word of mouth from our dedicated community. Please consider sharing this and other episodes of PGAP with your networks. Or rate and review PGAP on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099). We welcome you to subscribe (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe) or to contact us (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact)with your feedback, opinions and topic recommendations for future episodes. Special Guest: Valorie Allen.