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Join Sustainable Population Australia Inc.
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What You Can Do
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A list of Practical activities that you can do to overcome population issues.
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Promote Sustainable Population Australia Inc.
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Events
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Displays past, current and future events.
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Online forums
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Letters
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The published letters are by SPA members to the media. Use the media contact list to get active and bring the issue of overpopulation to the public's attention. This will also help to counter the constant pro-growth publicity. You can also do the same by writing to one or more of your elected representatives.
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Supporting women.
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In Australia, where each new child consumes more than 10 times the amount of energy annually as children in countries like Bangladesh, Bolivia, India and Honduras, creating and maintaining an environment which allows women the maximum number of life options is similarly likely to reduce the pressure many women still feel to reproduce. This means supporting women in their workforce, community and relationships. It means disabling things like ‘old boys clubs’ that can be intimidating to women in the workforce, and the unequal sharing of domestic work that reduces the amount of time and energy women have to do the things they find more fulfilling. In such a supportive environment, it is likely that women will choose to reduce their fertility of their own free will, without feeling that their fertility is being controlled, or judged, by others.
The following is a small list of organisations that directly work to support women. When considering what charities you support, I urge you to consider organisations such as the below for both short-term humanitarian, and long-term sustainability outcomes.
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Population Quotes
"Australia's population size will be determine by how we manage this old flat and salty land. Population growth is one of the main drivers of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, along with energy consumption, economic growth and land use," he said. -Barry Pittock, retired scientist with the CSIRO's division of Atmospheric Research speaking at a conference titled "Food, Energy, and Population" held in Adelaide at the University of South Australia in July of 2002
Media Release - 28th June, 2010
Gillard on population: An outbreak of commonsense?
Sustainable Population Australia, the nation’s only environment group campaigning on reducing human population, is greatly encouraged by the comments of incoming Prime Minister Gillard about reducing immigration.
National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that after more than two decades of hammering away at this issue and the spectacular population growth, which took place under the auspices of former PM Rudd, it appears Australia now might be on the brink of an outbreak of commonsense. Full Release
Discover biodiversity - every day
Biodiversity is the backbone of all life on earth, and its conservation lies at the very core of IUCN’s work. ‘Species of the Day’ has been launched as part of IUCN’s involvement in the International Year of Biodiversity.
With mounting scientific evidence of a serious extinction crisis, it’s time to take action. “The latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met,” says Jane Smart, Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It’s time for governments to get serious about saving species and make sure it’s high on their agendas for next year, as we’re rapidly running out of time.”
Each day of 2010 will see a different species featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces. The 365 species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. We have started by featuring some better known species, including the Polar Bear and will move on to cover plants, fungi, invertebrates and more. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists.
If you would like to access the archived list of species go to www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day/archives
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