Photo Challenge
What’s Your #MyPopulationNumber?
On Earth Day and every day, it’s important that we make the connections between population dynamics and environmental sustainability. This year, help amplify our efforts by participating in our #MyPopulationNumber photo challenge! Photos will be featured on our website to grow our network of advocates passionate about addressing population challenges. If your photo meets any of the special categories, you’ll also be entered to win a special Population Connection prize!
Date: Open Submission
Presentation with President & CEO, John Seager
Earth Day Insights: Population Resilience in the Face of Climate Challenges
Population pressures exacerbate environmental challenges, from resource depletion to biodiversity loss and climate crises. Using a human-rights-based approach—namely, removing barriers to family planning and girls’ education—we can empower people to have smaller families and contribute toward slower population growth. It’s one of the most powerful available actions to limit future greenhouse gas emissions, along with reducing per capita consumption in wealthy nations. Yet an estimated 218 million women in developing regions who want to avoid pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception.
Date: Tuesday, April 16th
Time: 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT
Presentation with Dr. Céline Delacroix
Elevating Population Dynamics and Family Planning in Environmental Dialogue
This Earth Day, we’re hosting Dr. Céline Delacroix, Director of the FP/Earth project with the Population Institute.
Dr. Delacroix will present the findings from a 2023 journal article she wrote with Dr. Nkechi S. Owoo, a Ghanaian Health and Demographic Economist, that explores the perspectives of sub-Saharan African policymakers, researchers, and activists on the linkages between reproductive rights, population dynamics, and environmental sustainability.
Date: Monday, April 22nd
Time: 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT
Page Turners Book Club
Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
In her exploration of womanhood and motherhood, historian Peggy O’Donnell Heffington delves into the stories of women who have navigated the choice to have—or not have—children. Drawing on extensive research as well as personal experience, Heffington highlights the shared struggles of women across generations and how they deal with societal pressures, economic constraints, environmental concerns, and infertility—and emphasizes the importance of understanding this history to reframe current conversations around motherhood and the bonds between women.
Date: Thursday, May 9th
Time: 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT