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UNFPA Must Address Climate Change. Take Action.

Today, given a recent study showing that the loss of ice in Antarctica has tripled in a decade as a result of the climate…
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Effective Environmentalism? Make Sure Future Generations Are Better People Than We Have Been

Today, on Earth Day 2018, you might hear a familiar expression: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." It's an amorphous…
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Earth Day: Challenge Environmental Organizations to Address Family Planning

Meet Tricia and Mickey Bhotiwihok. Last year, on the heels of announcements that Prince William and Kate Middleton were having a third child, Los Angelinos…
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Climate Change Deniers Pushing Larger Families

There’s just one problem. The entire critique can be summarized as follows: Long-term and short-term savings are not the same thing. Yes, that’s true…
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How Do You Simultaneously Restore Nature, Protect Kids, and Build Real Equality and Democracy?

It’s called child-first family planning, and it starts by recognizing that all children have the fundamental human right to fair start in life, with…
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Take Action for the Climate!

Are you sick of hearing about climate change without being able to do anything truly meaningful about it? But we can take action!
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Care about Climate, Care about Kids

Even though many people acknowledge the dire threat of climate change, it doesn't factor into their decision of whether or not to have children.
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Meaningful Action for Earth

Changing the way we plan families is the most effective way to fight climate change. We can't ignore the need for reform and still claim…
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Kids and Climate Change: What Do We Do?

NPR is thinking about something that is often considered taboo: should we be having kids in the age of climate change? Having Kids is…