Population Balance

{{Short description|US-American nonprofit organization for sustainability}}

Population Balance (formerly World Population Balance) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States that raises awareness of the connections between pronatalism, human supremacy, social inequalities, and ecological overshoot, and advocates for solutions to address their combined impacts on the planet, people, and animals.{{Cite web |last=ProPublica |date=1993-05-01 |title=World Population Balance |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/411724149 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer}}{{Cite web |title=Population Balance |url=https://www.populationbalance.org/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Population Balance |language=en-CA}}

History and background

Population Balance was founded by David Paxson{{Cite news |last=PBS |date=2000-12-21 |title=Small World Discussion |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/small-world-discussion-9249/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=PBS: Newsnight Minnesota}}{{Cite news |last=Wig |first=Andrew |date=2013-02-28 |title=Richfield man a lonely voice against overpopulation |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/news/local/richfield-man-a-lonely-voice-against-overpopulation/article_fd80bca6-612c-53af-ab70-41d657c2683e.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=Sun Current}}{{Cite news |last=The Messenger |date=2013-04-25 |title=How to solve overpopulation |url=https://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2013/04/how-to-solve-overpopulation/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=The Messenger}} as World Population Balance in 1993. He was succeeded as the executive director in 2016 by Dave Gardner.{{Cite news |last=Foster |first=David |date=2020-03-22 |title=Birth Strike: Can going childless help the planet? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZlBVDAoa2c |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=TRT World Roundtable}}{{Cite web |last=Gemmell |first=Edmund |date=2020-11-12 |title=Why Population Cant be Ignored |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUQVnIKzEA |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Scientists Warning Europe}} In 2021 Nandita Bajaj became executive director and the organization adopted its current name of Population Balance and a new vision, mission, and philosophy.{{Cite web |last=Balance |first=World Population |title=New Leader for Sustainable Population Advocacy Nonprofit |url=https://www.prlog.org/12868231-new-leader-for-sustainable-population-advocacy-nonprofit.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=PRLog}}{{Cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Tory |date=2024-08-17 |title=Slow the growth, save the world? Why declining birth rates need not mean an end to prosperity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/18/slow-the-growth-save-the-world-why-declining-birth-rates-need-not-mean-an-end-to-prosperity |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Notable past and present advisors include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, former Governor of Michigan William Milliken, originator of the "ecological footprint" concept William E. Rees, actress and activist Alexandra Paul, and physicist Albert Allen Bartlett.{{Cite web |title=Staff and Volunteers |url=https://www.populationbalance.org/our-team |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Population Balance |language=en-CA}}

Activities

Activities include The Overpopulation Podcast,{{Cite web |last=Apple Podcasts |date=2016-08-01 |title=The Overpopulation Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-overpopulation-podcast/id1038456636 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}} classroom and conference presentations,{{Cite web |last=Mobius Foundation |date=2023-09-30 |title=International Conference on Sustainability Education 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsFLWMTIPs |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Mobius Foundation}}{{Cite web |last=The Center for Biological Diversity |date=2021-06-25 |title=Film Screening and Discussion: "8 Billion Angels" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FcBMCz5VsA |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Center for Biological Diversity}}{{Cite web |last=University of Denver |date=2024-02-21 |title=Confronting Pronatalism and Human Supremacy: The Key to Advancing Reproductive and Animal Rights |url=https://www.du.edu/events/law-confronting-pronatalism-and-human-supremacy-key-advancing-reproductive-and-animal-rights |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Strum College of Law, University of Denver}}{{Cite web |last=Bajaj |first=Nandita |date=2022-11-16 |title=Challenging Pronatalism is Key to Advancing Reproductive Liberation and Planetary Health |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKWuR4UfFG0 |website=2022 International Conference on Family Planning}} academic and media publications, and media and podcast interviews.{{Cite web |last=Donald |first=Rachel |date=2023-03-15 |title=How Pronatalism Feeds The Economy {{!}} Nandita Bajaj |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFsMCLnaLr4 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Planet: Critical}}{{Cite web |last=Perková |first=Veronika |date=2022-10-26 |title=Pronatalism: Outdated, Unfair, and Unsustainable in a World of 8 Billion |url=https://www.populationmedia.org/population-8-billion/podcast |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Population 8 Billion {{!}} Population Media Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Woodhouse |first=Jamie |date=2021-09-29 |title="Think of what reverence really means" with Nandita Bajaj of Population Balance |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ztqJalDjdk |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Sentientism}}

= The Overpopulation Podcast =

The Overpopulation Podcast is released twice monthly and is ranked in the top 1.5% of podcasts globally. The podcast hosts interview expert guests to explore the drivers and impacts of ecological overshoot as well as individual and collective solutions. Notable guests have included Mechai Viravaidya, Riane Eisler, Paul Ehrlich, Alan Weisman, Naomi Oreskes, William E. Rees, Angela Saini, Partha Dasgupta, Carl Safina, Richard Heinberg, Orna Donath, Robert Jensen, Jo-Anne McArthur, Robert Engelman, Malcolm Potts, Alexandra Paul, Kevin Bales, and Vegard Skirbekk.{{Cite web |last=Listen Notes |date=2016-08-01 |title=The Overpopulation Podcast |url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-overpopulation-podcast-population-balance-Htfnz2-KdUB/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Listen Notes |language=en}}