Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?

Article forund here:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2472604-have-we-vastly-underestimated-the-total-number-of-people-on-earth/ From New Scientist By Chris Stokel-Walker A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.2 billion – but not everyone agrees 18 March 2025 Our estimates of rural populations have systematicallyContinue reading “Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?”

The Dissenter Episode #1062 – Nandita Bajaj: We Have an Overpopulation Problem

Video found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L-fRXip3Io Show notes RECORDED ON DECEMBER 5th 2024.Nandita Bajaj is the Executive Director of Population Balance, a US nonprofit that works to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. She also co-hosts The Overpopulation Podcast, aContinue reading “The Dissenter Episode #1062 – Nandita Bajaj: We Have an Overpopulation Problem”

For the love of our children by Esther Phillips

If we had children they would have been prettyIf we had children they would have been wittyIf we had children they would have been cleverHad we had children they may well never: Never forgive us the collective stupidityNever forgive us the unfettered greedNever forgive us that on the day we conceivedWe didn’t instead spend theContinue reading “For the love of our children by Esther Phillips”

Baby Fever: Is Having Another Child a Climate Faux Pas?

From: https://theethicalist.com/baby-fever-is-having-another-child-a-climate-sin/ With the climate crisis and overpopulation posing ongoing challenges, the debate over whether having a child is morally justifiable has become a hot topic by Josh SimsJuly 8, 2024 Spencer Rocchi admits that he has trouble keeping his mouth shut when he meets his parents. ‘I like kids but I can’t pull the woolContinue reading “Baby Fever: Is Having Another Child a Climate Faux Pas?”

2 New Media Opportunities: UK and Denmark

Greetings BirthStrikers, A reporter from Denmark and another reporter from Denmark are working on separate stories. From Denmark: Dear BirthStrike Movement I am a journalist at the Danish newspaper Politiken, and I am looking for a young Dane, who has chosen not to have children due to the current state of society. I wondered whetherContinue reading “2 New Media Opportunities: UK and Denmark”