Submitted by webmaster on Wed, 2012-07-11 13:43
London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures – if fundamentalist religion will get out of the way
Women around the world were rightly furious that the term “reproductive rights” was removed from the outcome document produced at the UN's Rio +20 conference on sustainable development last month according to national environment group, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).
Submitted by webmaster on Wed, 2012-03-28 09:10
Kelvin Thompson, Federal Member for Wills in Coburg, Melbourne, has again pointed out that "A bigger Melbourne is not a better Melbourne". Fimmaker and SPA member Fred Zervas has recorded his speech which you can see at: http://vimeo.com/36865208
Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 2012-01-30 13:21
‘Preparing the nation, your community and family for peak oil and deflation in the coming economic environment.’
Monday 13 February, 7pm - 9pm
CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton
(turn up the hill at the roundabout in Clunies Ross Street)
Chaired by Dr Richard Denniss
Executive Director, The Australia Institute
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 2011-12-06 23:11
Brian Thompson, an SPA member, has written this booklet for children.
"This booklet is based on my interpretation of what the Scout Leader, Lord Baden-Powell, would be thinking about in these current and uncertain times. What would he be saying to today‟s young people?"
Please feel free to download it!
Submitted by webmaster on Sat, 2011-11-12 11:48
There’s a growing volume of letters to daily papers with story after story of community outrage at Victoria’s Planning Minister.
The illogical actions of Minister Guy last week over the Ventnor matter is far from a one-off as people around the state send in their particular tale of Ministerial interference or inconsistency.
Submitted by webmaster on Sat, 2011-11-12 11:46
On October 31st the world’s population will zoom past the 7 billion mark just 12 years after reaching 6 billion. Despite taking all of human history up to 1800 to reach 1 billion, many seem to think the phenomenon of ever increasing human numbers is inevitable and normal!
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 2011-11-03 23:00
SPA NSW President, Kris Spike, has had an article published in the Newcastle Herald on the 29th of October entitled Control births, feed and teach the living.
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 2011-11-03 11:14
Triple J, the ABC's national youth channel, devoted a whole show to the 7 billion milestone and population problems. SPA's Nick Car was one of the in-studio guests.
This show can be downloaded here:
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 2011-10-25 14:56
Some global media is taking note of the dubious milestone of 7 Billion people on earth such as the UK's Guardian. It has published an article by Roger Martin, chair of SPA's UK counterpart, Population Matters. We don't currently see any major Australian newspapers publishing articles similar to this.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-09-16 01:37
Europe's population crossed the half-a-billion mark officially this year, statisticians said on Tuesday, with an estimated 1.4 million more people living in the 27-nation European Union.
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