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  • Nigeria Takes Huge Step to Save Women’s and Children’s Lives

    Updated: 2012-10-31 13:56:56
    In late June, 2012, Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck mentioned his nation’s rapid population growth as a bona-fide cause for concern and was roundly criticized for doing so. With those dynamics in mind, the blog post directly below is especially pleasing to read. It is from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation blog, Impatient Optimists, and [...]

  • Kenyans urged to cut population growth

    Updated: 2012-10-31 13:52:06
    In Kenya, population has expanded from 10.9 million in 1969 to an estimated 41 million today. The Population Policy for National Development officially launched by Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya on October 30th points out that the population may hit the 77 million mark by 2030 when Kenya’s economic blue-print, Vision 2030, expires. Kenyans urged to [...]

  • Orion Magazine: State of The Species

    Updated: 2012-10-30 13:35:14
    You may enjoy this “long-view” assessment/review of human history, human behavior and various speculations on what, exactly, humanity is capable of in the context of global evolution moving forward. It was originally published in the Nov/Dec issue of Orion Magazine. After a well-written, broad summary of anthropological history, the article hones in on the concept [...]

  • Australia Trims Baby Bonus

    Updated: 2012-10-29 14:06:49
    Australia has reportedly trimmed its baby bonus for second and subsequent children from $5000 to $3000. The following is an Op-Ed from Australia commenting on the move. Australians had children before the baby bonus, and they seemed to survive See: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/australians-had-children-before-the-baby-bonus-and-they-seemed-to-survive/story-e6freah3-1226504472068 WE’VE seen tears and tantrums over cuts to the baby bonus this week – and [...]

  • U.K. Child-related benefits may be ‘capped’ at two children

    Updated: 2012-10-29 14:01:59
    Child-related benefits may be ‘capped’ at two children 25 October 2012 See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20077758   Child-related benefits for families may be capped at two children, the work and pensions secretary has said. Iain Duncan Smith said stopping the current system, where families get more benefits the more children they have, was among changes being considered. Families [...]

  • Satire: U.S. President Declares ‘War on Entropy’

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:57:21
    President Declares ‘War on Entropy’ CDN News, October 25 See: http://www.postcarbon.org/blog-post/1269544-president-declares-war-on-entropy (Washington, DC) At a hastily organized news conference, president Obama this morning called for a new national effort to restore America’s greatness by combating “entropy.” Mr. Obama described entropy as “a self-defeating ideology of failure” and called on Congress to replace the Law of [...]

  • David Attenborough: US politicians duck climate change because of cost

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:55:07
    David Attenborough: US politicians duck climate change because of cost The naturalist warned it would take a terrible example of extreme weather to wake people up to global warming See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/25/climate-change-david-attenborough?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 One of the world’s leading naturalists has accused US politicians of ducking the issue of climate change because of the economic cost of tackling [...]

  • How Malawi Shows the Importance of Considering Population, Food, and Climate Together

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:51:58
    The following six-minute video, featuring Kathleen Mogelgaard, a consultant to the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Security and Change Program. Here, she advocates for appropriate interventions to ensure access to contraceptive information and services as one (among many) viable and important strategies for helping to ensure food security around the [...]

  • The Population Institute Releases its 2012 Report Card on Reproductive Health and Rights

    Updated: 2012-10-26 16:40:17
    The Population Institute Releases its 2012 Report Card on Reproductive Health and Rights See: http://www.populationinstitute.org/newsroom/press/view/51/ October 25, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Population Institute today released its first ever report card on reproductive health and rights in the U.S., and the results were not encouraging. Nine states receive a failing grade, and the U.S. as [...]

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