Are many vegans self-righteous, overbearing and insufferable in their efforts to recruit us? Would you believe “overpopulation” is still a taboo word? Or that human population numbers are still an “off-limits” topic at some conferences? This episode continues the conversation we began in episode 79 with five smart people:
Nandita Bajaj, executive director of Population Balance
Sarah Bexel, director of humane education at the Institute for Human Animal Connection at University of Denver
Paul Sutton, professor of geography & the environment at DU
Stephanie Gardner, co-host of the GrowthBusters podcast
Dave Gardner, co-host of the GrowthBusters podcast
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Population Balance
https://populationbalance.org
Pro-Birth Policies Are Killing Us – by Nandita Bajaj and Kirsten Stade
https://www.newsweek.com/too-much-good-thing-pronatalism-killing-earth-opinion-1784197
Pronatalism & Overpopulation: The Personal, Cultural, and Global Implications of Having a Child (Course at Antioch University taught by Nandita Bajaj)
https://www.populationbalance.org/pronatalism-and-overpopulation-course
Backpedalling on Overpopulation – by Rory Cockshaw
https://www.rorycockshaw.com/blog/backpedalling-on-overpopulation
Trains, Plants and Condoms: How to Save the Planet in 3 Simple Steps – by Rory Cockshaw
https://www.rorycockshaw.com/blog/trains-plants-and-condoms
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World – by Anand Giridharadas
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/37506348
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market – by Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57693264
How Free-Market Fundamentalism Fuels Overpopulation Denialism & Undermines Democracy – Episode of The Overpopulation Podcast with Naomi Oreskes
https://www.populationbalance.org/podcasts/naomi-oreskes
President Condemns ‘Obsession’ With Economic Growth
Irish President Michael D Higgins speaks out against growth
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/04/28/president-condemns-obsession-with-economic-growth/
Welcome To MAGA World: Trump Wants 'Freedom Cities' Where Cars Can Fly, Parents Get 'BONUSES' for Having Babies and Huge Monuments are Built to 'True American Heroes' in 'Quantum Leap' Vision for the Future
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11818381/Trumps-2024-pitch-New-cities-flying-cars-babies.html
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On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society’s growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture’s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.
Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.
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