SPA World Environment Day feature page in SMH and The Age
SPA has a special full page feature in the World Environment Day liftout in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Read the full article here or click on the image below.
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Australia’s Role in Global Population
On 15th November 2022, the world’s human population totalled 8 billion people. While acknowledging it is projected to surpass 9 billion around 2037 and 10 billion around 2058, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has all but welcomed this milestone with his statement ‘8 billion people means 8 billion opportunities to live dignified and fulfilled lives’. Which only …
Not just a housing crisis – a population growth crisis
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
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. …
SPA speaks with runner up winner of 8 billion competition Esther Li
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
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
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 …
SPA releases updated population position and policy statement
SPA has released a revised statement on its population position and policies. The statement lays out the basic scientific facts and moral principles that guide SPA’s position and policy recommendations on population. In particular this new statement explains: What are SPA’s Vision, Mission and Objectives Why it is necessary to bring an end to population …
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SPA in the media to respond to australia’s population slowdown
SPA national president Sandra Kanck was invited for interview on Afternoons with James Valentine, ABC Sydney Radio, on 25th March 2001. The Segment was titled “Australia’s population has shrunk. What is the ideal population for this country?” A week prior, ABC Sydney interviewed Dr Liz Allen who raised concerns of Australia’s population slow down on …
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President’s message October 2017
I imagine what I’m about to write will be met with a mixed response, but I wanted to talk about it anyway. I read an interesting article last week, and found myself agreeing with some significant aspects of what the author (David Roberts) said. Basically Roberts’ message is that population is, rightly or wrongly, simply …