Population Connection

Population Connection
Founded1968
FoundersPaul Ehrlich, Richard Bowers, and Charles Remington
Type501(c)(3)
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Key people
John Seager (President)
Revenue$14,925,445 (2021)
Websitewww.populationconnection.org
Formerly called
Zero Population Growth (1968–2002)

Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) is a US-based non-profit organization that advocates for policies to stabilize the global population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.

History

Population Connection was founded in 1968 under the name "Zero Population Growth" or ZPG by Paul R. Ehrlich, Richard Bowers, and Charles Remington in the wake of Paul and Anne Ehrlich's influential but controversial book The Population Bomb. The organization adopted its current name in 2002.

Issues and campaigns

Criticisms

In her 1987 book, Reproductive Rights and Wrongs, Betsy Hartmann criticized ZPG for inciting fear of population growth that she claims led to millions of sterilizations in China, India, Mexico, Indonesia and elsewhere.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Charity Navigator - Population Connection". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  2. ↑ Starkey, Marian (2021-07-11). "Let's fully fund international family planning on World Population Day". The Hill. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  3. ↑ Hartmann, Betsy (2016). Reproductive Rights and Wrongs. ISBN 978-1-60846-733-4.
  4. ↑ Kharod, Aditi (2019-11-20). "A 1960s population control organization rebranded in 2002. Now it's recruiting UNC students. • NC Newsline". NC Newsline. Retrieved 2024-08-20.