American Humanist
Association: Humanist Social Issues
Long list of links, divided into categories, including
naysayers.
Childfree
sites
A listing of sites for those who have chosen to remain
non-parents.
Church of
Euthanasia
Advocates creative methods for improving population density. Even
those who are not easily offended may not want to peer into the
sanctuary of the Church of Euthanasia. Prepare yourself by thinking
the worst first, then the four pillars of the church won't seem so
awful.
DESIP
Demographic, Environmental, and Security Issues Project examines
social and political issues and their effects on Earth's
ecosystems.
Dieoff
Essays collected as "Brain food" for your consumption. I doubt it's humanly possible to read every one of these outstanding works -- at least not without suffering mental illness.
Earth First!
Journal
Global news about environmental direct action. If your priority list
puts Earth first, I highly recommend that you subscribe or at least
pick up a copy if you can find one. In case you wondered: no, they
aren't ecoterrorists. You'll find ecoterror wherever the 'resource'
extraction faction is at work.
Earth Witness
Community
"The Earth Witness Community's purpose is to celebrate the
existence of and bear witness to species and natural places on the
Earth that no longer exist in their natural state. We honor the many
living creatures whose evolutionary line ended as humankind expanded
across the earth over the last two centuries, and we honor the many
places in the natural world that are now gone because of this
expansion."
Lengthy lists of known plants and animals which have been driven to
extinction in the past 200 years.
Earthwatch.
Their mission is "to promote sustainable conservation of our
natural resources and cultural heritage by creating partnerships
between scientists, educators, and the general public." Research,
publications, education, and conservation projects.
Endangered Species
Coalition
". . . represents more than 400 conservation, scientific, business,
and religious organizations. Our diverse coalition supports stronger
protections for our nation's [USA] imperiled wildlife."
Political action advocates.
EngenderHealth
". . . works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities of the world. We do this by sharing our expertise in sexual and reproductive health and transforming the quality of health care. We promote gender equity, advocate for sound practices and policies, and inspire people to assert their rights to better, healthier lives. Working in partnership with local organizations, we adapt our work in response to local needs."
Environmental
Politics Net Sites
Extensive ecopolitical links.
Extinction
sites
Links to sites with information about extinctions of non-human
species.
Personal footprint quiz
These personal quizzes continue to improve. One major flaw which may never be addressed: the more offspring you have the smaller your footprint, because more people sharing a house, is more efficient for heating and cooling. Factoring in the increased impact of additional offspring would require addressing the taboo.
National footprint data
Huge database of footprint data broken down by geopolitical entity and by type, for example, carbon footprint. It's an Excel file and the default measurement is hectares. A button at the bottom changes everything to acres. It's possible to create variations of this chart by copying and pasting. Despite shortcomings, the footprint concept remains our best tool for measuring our ecological impact.
Google
What they call "Pro-Population Control." Around 30 highly
relavant links. Too concise for a search engine alone: a human must
have selected and collected them.
Les U.
Knight
Questions not answered on the VHEMT website, comments and
suggestions, and requests for interviews may be sent to Les.
Mass
Extinction Underway
Comprehensive lising of sites and articles about current mass
extinction of Earth's life forms.
Misanthropic
Bitch
Hardcore awareness-enhancing entertainment with wit and
humor.
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Researching marine mammals worldwide, primarily coastal California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Some of the species NMML studies are Steller sea lions, killer whales, harbor porpoise and northern fur seals. Authorized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, under the US Department of Commerce.
National Wildlife
Federation
Makes connections between wildlife preservation and human
population growth.
Negative Population Growth
(NPG) "is a national membership organization founded
in 1972 to educate the American public and political leaders about
the detrimental effects of overpopulation on our environment,
resources and quality of life. NPG advocates a smaller and truly
sustainable United States population accomplished through smaller
families and lower, more traditional immigration levels."
NPG provides a listing of other groups, and a survey of their positions on human population density.
Optimum Population Trust "believes that Earth may not be able to support more than half its present numbers in the next century, and that the UK's sustainable population level in the 22nd century may be as low as 30 million."
Population Action International (PAI)
"An independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights. Founded in 1965, PAI is a private, non-profit group and accepts no government funds. PAI works to improve individual well-being and preserve global resources by mobilizing political and financial support for population, family planning and reproductive health policies and programs."
Population
Connection (Zero Population Growth)
Advocating, educating, and lobbying for improved birth rates and
reproductive freedom since 1968. Became officially PC in May
2002.
Population Media Center
"PMC strives to improve the health and well being of people around the world through the use of entertainment-education strategies, like serialized dramas on radio and television, in which characters evolve into role models for the audience for positive behavior change."
Population Reference
Bureau
Non-advocacy is their watchword -- statistics as pure as they can
get. Informing the public about demographics since 1929. Providing
numbers about political entities with less of the usual political
influence. Includes links to many other sources of demographic
data.
Population Research Institute
"Population Research Institute is a pro-life educational organization dedicated to protecting and defending human life, ending human rights abuses committed in the name of family planning, and dispelling the myth of overpopulation. Founded in 1989, PRI is a non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to objectively presenting the truth about population-related issues" like Fox News presents fair and balanced reports.
Practical
skepticism
Tom Norton analyses logic fallacies, often using speeches and
articles from anti-environmentalists, and explores anti-environmental
myths.
Respect for
Life
Universal reproductive freedom and responsibility is this
humanitarian organization's goal. They seek to unite anti-abortion
and pro-choice citizens to prevent the need for abortions. Any group
that has a drawing for a free vasectomy on Valentine's Day gets my
support.
The Rewilding Institute
"To develop and promote the ideas and strategies to advance continental-scale conservation in North America, particularly the need for large carnivores and a permeable landscape for their movement, and to offer a bold, scientifically-credible, practically achievable, and hopeful vision for the future of wild Nature and human civilization in North America."
Sea Shepard International
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been on the front lines
since 1977, directly defending the world's marine wildlife to
maintain global biodiversity. This is achieved through research,
investigation, and video-documentation of violations of international
laws, regulations, and treaties established to protect these
species.
Species Alliance
"A nonprofit organization committed to raising public awareness of the mass extinction and its implications for humanity and the rest of the living world. We are dedicated to exploring and facilitating creative and effective responses. We aim to stimulate changes in public policies and human behavior which will assure a healthy future for life on Earth."
Union of Concerned Scientists
"UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists. We augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world."
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) "is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect."
United Nations chart on abortion and contraception availability. In pdf and excell formats.
U.S. Census
Bureau
Statistics for the US and the other geopolitical entities, too.
World Vital
Events provides latest estimates of births, deaths, and natural
increase.
The Wildlands project
"In North America, there is hope that our animals, our wild places, and our spirit of adventure will continue forever. Our vision is Room to Roam, and lots of it. We must connect parks and protected areas from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Wildlands Project, along with an international network of passionate people, is making it happen."
Wildlife Need Habitat
Off-Limits To Humans!
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D. Many good links regarding human-free
wilderness, transportation issues, and damage of mountain bikes. Deep
Ecology quotes aplenty.
Wikipedia
Free on-line encyclopedia written and edited by its users.A neutral point of view is encouraged, as information about VHEMT demonstrates.
World Overpopulation
Awareness
Mainstream grassroots approach. "Yet not enough people seem to be
aware of the problem. It seems simple: have fewer children! The
purpose of this group shall be to make world overpopulation a
household word." Extensive links page.
World Statistics updated in real time
Yahoo!
A links section for overpopulation, with around 20 sites. Many
different from Google's list.
Yahoo!
Groups
Discussion groups for the topic of human population density,
including three for VHEMT. A few may have been created to make
population awareness activists look bad.
Zero Population
Growth
Name changed to Population Connection: making the connections between human population growth and everything else. A goal of population ceasing to increase is too controversial, according to their statement on the name change.