Population Connection

American non-profit organization

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Population Connection

Formerly| Zero Population Growth (1968–2002)
Company type| 501(c)(3)
Founded| 1968
Founders| Paul Ehrlich, Richard Bowers, and Charles Remington
Headquarters| Washington, D.C., U.S.

Key people

| John Seager (President)
Revenue| $14,925,445 (2021)
Website| www.populationconnection.org

Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) is a non-profit organization in the United States that raises awareness of population challenges and advocates for improved global access to family planning and reproductive health care.[1] The organization was founded in 1968 by Paul R. Ehrlich, Richard Bowers, and Charles Remington in the wake of Ehrlich's best-selling book, The Population Bomb. The organization adopted its current name in 2002.

## Mission[edit]

"Overpopulation threatens the quality of life for people everywhere. Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources."[2]

Population Connection is the largest grassroots population organization in the United States, with 40,000 dues-paying members. Population Connection works to ensure that everyone around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies they need.[3][4]

## Issues and campaigns[edit]

* Connections between population, health, and the environment, in the United States and around the world
* U.S. foreign assistance funding for international family planning[5]
* U.S. funding for the domestic family planning program for low-income Americans, Title X
* Ending U.S. policies that restrict access to family planning and reproductive health care, including abortion, domestically (e.g. Hyde Amendment) and internationally (e.g. Mexico City policy, Helms Amendment, restrictions on funding for UNFPA)
* Comprehensive (as opposed to abstinence-only) sex education for American teens

## Initiatives[edit]

### Education[edit]

Population Connection's education program, known as Population Education[6] or PopEd, develops K-12 curricula and conducts professional development workshops for teachers that focus on human population issues. Since 1975, the program has developed age-appropriate curricula to complement students’ science and social science instruction about human population trends and their impacts on natural resources, environmental quality, and human well-being. The program staff and their network of regional volunteers facilitate approximately 550 workshops each year for 11,000 teachers and future teachers throughout Northern America. PopEd lesson plans educate over three million American and Canadian students on population challenges each year.[7] Population Education also hosts an international student video contest each year through their World of 7 Billion website.[8]

### Activism[edit]

Population Connection Action Fund is the political arm of Population Connection. Founded in 2013, their mission is to educate the American people and advocate progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.

Population Connection and Population Connection Action Fund co-sponsor an annual advocacy event in Washington, D.C., called Capitol Hill Days. During the event, activists attend information sessions, learn advocacy techniques, and lobby on Capitol Hill for the elimination of the Mexico City policy, for a greater U.S. investment in international family planning, and for a reliable contribution to UNFPA.

### Population Connection Magazine[edit]

Population Connection is Population Connection's quarterly publication. The magazine highlights the connections between overpopulation, the environment, poverty, and women's empowerment. It provides important population news, research, program developments, and legislative updates. Annual membership ($25) includes a one-year subscription to Population Connection magazine. All contributions, bequests, and gifts are fully tax-deductible in accordance with current laws.[9]

## See also[edit]

* List of population concern organizations
* Zero population growth

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Charity Navigator - Rating for Population Connection". charitynavigator.org. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
2. ^ "Our Mission and Goals". Population Connection. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. ^ "Population Connection". Population Connection. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. ^ "Population Connection - GuideStar Profile". guidestar.org. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
5. ^ Starkey, Marian (2021-07-11). "Let's fully fund international family planning on World Population Day". The Hill. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
6. ^ "Population Education - Population Education Resources for Teachers". Population Education.
7. ^ "Charity Navigator - Rating for Population Connection". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
8. ^ "Homepage". Population Education. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
9. ^ "Population Connection Magazine". Population Connection. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Population

Major topics|

* Demographics of the world
* Demographic transition
* Estimates of historical world population
* Population growth
* Population momentum
* World population

Population
biology

* Population decline
* Population density
* Physiological density
* Population dynamics
* Population model
* Population pyramid
* Projections of population growth

Population
ecology

* Biocapacity
* Carrying capacity
* Earth's energy budget
* I = P × A × T
* Kaya identity
* Malthusian growth model
* Overshoot (population)
* World3 model

Society and
population|

* Human overpopulation
* Malthusian catastrophe
* Human population planning
* Compulsory sterilization
* Family planning
* One-child policy
* Two-child policy
* Overconsumption
* Population ethics
* Antinatalism
* Reproductive rights
* Sustainable population
* Zero population growth

Publications|

* Population and Environment
* Population and Development Review

Lists|

* Population and housing censuses by country
* Largest cities
* World population milestones
* 6 billion
* 7
* 8
* Population concern organizations

Events and
organizations

* 7 Billion Actions
* Church of Euthanasia
* International Conference on Population and Development
* Population Action International
* Population Connection
* Population Matters
* United Nations Population Fund
* United Nations world population conferences
* Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
* World Population Conference
* World Population Day
* World Population Foundation

Related topics|

* Bennett's law
* Green Revolution
* Human impact on the environment
* Migration
* Sustainability

* Commons
* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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