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9 October 2011

Conservation through having smaller families

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This population classic, a short, illustrated book by Nola Stewart that was originally written in 1982 and has been updated multiple times since, has been both updated again this year and also turned into a series of YouTube videos: Part A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUgcw-TxGDA Part B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBUIP9Foco Part C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgn7WSbRcSs     Attachments: ConservationThroughHavingSmallerFamilies2012.pdf Image:

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16 September 2011

Overloading Australia

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This is the first book published in Australia that argues the ‘heretical’ view that Australia is overpopulated, and that government plans to increase our population by another 40 per cent by 2050 are irresponsible folly. Mark O’connor and William Lines show why it is necessary to cap Australia’s population growth, and that it is possible

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16 September 2011

Have increases in population, affluence and technology worsened human and environmental well-being?

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This paper examines whether over the long term, empirical data supports Neo-Malthusian fears that exponential population growth would lead to increasing resource scarcity, and that increases in population, affluence and technology would worsen human and environmental well-being. Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development By Indur M. Goklany Article Link: http://www.ejsd.org/public/journal_article/11

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16 September 2011

SPA election results 2008

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  SPA Audit Report 2007 Constitutional amendments 2008 Results of the elections   Position Elected President John R. Coulter Vice President Alan Jones   Secretary Jenny Goldie Treasurer Tom Nilsson Committee member Garry Egger Committee member Debra Dodd Committee member Gordon Hocking Committee member Paddy Weaver Committee member Andrew Melville-Smith   John Coulter All my

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16 September 2011

Population on facebook

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SPA is now represented on Facebook! Victorian member Baz Bardoe created the global Sustainable Population Australia group to expand the group’s media coverage.   The online group includes a discussion board, where members can post population themed articles and links, as well as a wall in which they can post comments.   There are also

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