You are warmly invited to attend a free movie showing on Tuesday 8th August at 7:30pm at The Joinery Seminar Room at the Conservation Council of SA, 111 Franklin St., Adelaide. This event is hosted by the South Australian and Northern Territory branch of Sustainable Population Australia. They will screen the thought provoking, environmental film …
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.
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 …
Winners of the ‘Eight Billion Day’ writers competition announced Read More »
***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. …
Sustainable Population Australia has been busy in response to Earth Overshoot Day, which falls on July 28th. According to the Earth Overshoot press release: “Each year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerates during the entire year. Humanity currently uses 75% more than what the …
The SA/NT branch warmly invites you to an online presentation on ‘Population & Climate Change’ with SPA Patron Professor Ian Lowe on Jul 22nd 2022. Branch members are encouraged to participate in the SA/NT AGM from 07pm – 07:30pm. Following this, all SPA members and general public are welcome to attend Prof. Lowe’s talk about …
Online Presentation from Patron Prof. Ian Lowe at SA/NT Branch AGM Read More »
Prof. Ian Lowe and Dr. Jane O’Sullivan, two of the authors of SPA’s latest discussion paper, ‘Population and Climate Change’ were interviewed on the Post Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP) hosted by SPA communication manager Michael Bayliss. From the summary of the episode: “Did you know that climate mitigation models show that the only scenarios …
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs shared this startling news in their Feature Article and video here, courtesy of the ‘Voice Un Desa’ Newsletter. “More than a third of 50 recently surveyed Nobel laureates cited “population rise / environmental degradation” as the biggest threat to humankind. Second on the list was “nuclear war”, …
SPA’s Communications Manager, Michael Bayliss, was interviewed on the USA based ‘This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature’ podcast. In this episode, Michael candidly discusses his perspectives on overpopulation and the necessity to transition to a post-growth economy, while giving a great plug for SPA and for our Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP) which Michael hosts. …
The Steady Stater Podcast is hosted by Brian Czech, founder of the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). CASSE is well known to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), with many of SPA’s membership who are also supporters of CASSE. CASSE shares with SPA concerns regarding overpopulation and a vision for a post-growth …
