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Welcome and Introduction  Title

Welcome everyone!

Here, everyone has a voice, and everyone is safe.

This group gathers to address a nearly universal problem, Human Overpopulation. This issue has been treated as "hands-off", since advocating any policy regarding population is politically dangerous, treated as "the third rail" of politics and advocacy, causing political "electrocution". However, it is a problem that touches and complicates practically every other problem, making them much more difficult or impossible to solve, therefore it must be addressed. 

One of the most important papers on the subject is by Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" where he correctly states that human overpopulation is an issue of the Commons, and one that needs moral action among leaders.  It is very worthy reading.


Vision

We envision a world where:
  • every child is wanted, and where families are created by choice -- not chance;
  • access to education, health care, and meaningful work is available to every person;
  • the great gap between rich and poor is narrowed, not widened;
  •   people do not have to abandon their homeland for political, economic or environmental reasons;
  • democratic values and civil society flourish;
  •   progress is based on genuine wellbeing -- not increasing consumption;
  • the United States exercises the leadership and foresight necessary to ensure the prosperity, environmental health and security of our shared world;
  • sustainable human numbers exist in balance with other species, and with the environment and natural resources that sustain us all.
(From the organization Population Coalition)

World Population Tops 6.6 Billion



Human Population Growth and Impact

This group is stewarding WiserEarth's Human Population Growth and Impacts area of focus (AoF). We are currently experimenting with alternative AoF portal template, which aims to make each AoF portal an area of learning, convergence and collaboration.

Below is the portal we're constructing at the moment and the pages linked from it. Please help us and spend some time to improve and add content to each pages.


Content of the Experimental Portal: