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SPA speaks with Nigerian NGO Population Explosion Awareness Initiative

SPA recently had the honour of interviewing Chidera Benoit, the Founder and Executive Director of Population Explosion Awareness Initiative, published in our November 2023 Newsletter. PEA Initiative are an indigenous Nigerian non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the exponential rate at which our population is growing and advocating for non-coercive population control through family […]

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Australia’s Role in Global Population

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https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/17723385-3cd9-4642-b57d-6de8191b8794/ee2e5647-997c-478e-b5fc-8f96a1eb99f5.mp3 We recommend listening to the SPA sponsored PGAP podcast episode “Isaac Kabongo: Degrowth, COP talks and Family Planning in Uganda”. That episode details SPA’s partnership with Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO), integrating sustainability with community-led action, including raising awareness about family planning and contraception. Isaac has also represented SPA at many internal COP

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SPA Billboard launched in central Brisbane.

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During two weeks in April 2023 from the last day of Easter, SPA advertised on two huge digital roadside billboards in central Brisbane. Busy commuters returning to work (in both directions) saw a striking image with the message “What’s a Sustainable Population, Australia?” in a speech bubble from a crowded street. A

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Not just a housing crisis – a population growth crisis

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Australia is in the middle of a severe housing crisis. Rents are going off the charts. Why is this happening? The reason, as anyone with knowledge of the property industry can tell you, is population growth. Population growth is speeding up because the Albanese government has just raised Australia’s migrant intake to 650,000 over

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SPA Interviews Women for Conservation

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Below is the full length version of SPA’s Questions and Answer with Isabella Cortes Lara, Vice President of Colombian based Women for Conservation. An edited version of the interview was published in the ‘Sister Organisation’ section of SPA’s Nov 22 Newsletter. SPA: Tell us a little bit about yourself, your passions and what drives you.

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SPA speaks with runner up winner of 8 billion competition Esther Li

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Esther Li, an accomplished young writer (age 10) was the runner up winner to SPA’s “8 Billion Day Writer’s Competition.” In the lead up to the 15th November 2022, the date the UN estimated the global population would reach 8 billion, Australian residents were invited to submit responses to the following question for their chance

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Winners of the ‘Eight Billion Day’ writers competition announced

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On this day November 15th, according to UN estimates, the global population will reach 8 billion people. This means that the world’s population has climbed another billion in just 11 years, which is unprecedented. For many, this is a troubling and existential ‘milestone.’ At SPA, we wanted to capture a broader public sentiment regarding

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SPA Q&A with CHASE Africa

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Robin Witt, founder of Community Health and Sustainable Environments (CHASE) Africa, was interviewed by SPA Communications Manager Michael Bayliss for the SPA Newsletter Nov 2022 edition. The full interview is reproduced below. Acknowledgements to Harriet Gordon-Brown, the new CEO for CHASE Africa, who also contributed content for the interview. Please support CHASE Africa, more

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What does 8 billion mean to you competition

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***Entries for this competition have now CLOSED – we will not be accepting any submissions from 6pm AEDT Friday 11 November*** 8 Billion People The UN has estimated that Nov 15th, 2022, will be the date that the world’s human population officially hits 8 billion. During this time, Australia’s population will have passed 26 million.

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SPA makes a splash in the media

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Sustainable Population Australia has enjoyed a very successful recent run in the media. The Australian Associated Press (AAP) interviewed two members of our executive committee, Jenny Goldie (national president) and Dr. Jane O’Sullivan. The resulting article, “Sick environment puts population in focus” was published on Saturday the 08th of October across nearly

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