Population Connection
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Population Connection is an organization in the United States, formerly known as Zero Population Growth. They adopted their current name in 2002.
Zero Population Growth was originally founded in 1968 by Paul R. Ehrlich
, Richard Bowers
, and Charles Remington, in the wake of the impact from Ehrlich's best-selling book, The Population Bomb
.
Population Connection started educating young people nearly forty years ago with their Population Education program. They also advocate for action to stabilize the world population through voluntary measures, primarily through increased access to reproductive health services and supplies. Their mission statement is as follows:
Population Connection has 30,000 members who provide the majority of the organization's revenue. The organization's headquarters is in Washington, D.C. Population Connection works on issues concerning overpopulation
, the environment, poverty, and reproductive rights
, and publishes a tri-annual magazine, The Reporter.
Population Connection supporters live nationwide. The organization has six chapters, located in California and Florida. Currently, the organization focuses their grassroots efforts on three congressional districts in which the member of Congress needs urging to vote in favor of measures that reduce population growth. The three districts are in the suburbs of Seattle, WA; Columbus, OH; and Minneapolis, MN.
Double the Money is Population Connection's campaign to increase funding for international family planning to $1 billion. The United States appropriated $545 million for FY2009. Population Connection lobbies to end federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States.
Zero Population Growth was originally founded in 1968 by Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera , but...
, Richard Bowers
Richard Bowers
Richard Brian Bowers is an English cricketer. Bowers is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Redhill, Surrey....
, and Charles Remington, in the wake of the impact from Ehrlich's best-selling book, The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb was a best-selling book written by Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich , in 1968. It warned of the mass starvation of humans in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth...
.
Population Connection started educating young people nearly forty years ago with their Population Education program. They also advocate for action to stabilize the world population through voluntary measures, primarily through increased access to reproductive health services and supplies. Their mission statement is as follows:
"Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources."
Population Connection has 30,000 members who provide the majority of the organization's revenue. The organization's headquarters is in Washington, D.C. Population Connection works on issues concerning overpopulation
Overpopulation
Overpopulation is a condition where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. The term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth...
, the environment, poverty, and reproductive rights
Reproductive rights
Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health. The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights as follows:...
, and publishes a tri-annual magazine, The Reporter.
Population Connection supporters live nationwide. The organization has six chapters, located in California and Florida. Currently, the organization focuses their grassroots efforts on three congressional districts in which the member of Congress needs urging to vote in favor of measures that reduce population growth. The three districts are in the suburbs of Seattle, WA; Columbus, OH; and Minneapolis, MN.
Double the Money is Population Connection's campaign to increase funding for international family planning to $1 billion. The United States appropriated $545 million for FY2009. Population Connection lobbies to end federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States.