OMNI
EARTH DAY 2016, Featuring
the Center for Biological Diversity: Protect
Species and the Public’s Land, Stop Auctions, Reverse Population Growth and
Consumption, Keep Fossil Fuel in the Ground.
April 17, 2016.
Compiled by Dick
Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology
This is the first of
three newsletters compiled for EARTH DAY 2016.
Together the three present a comprehensive campaign for a sustainable
planet in basically two themes: What we
must end, what we must build. 4-17-16
OMNI 12TH
ANNUAL EARTH DAY EVENTS BEGIN
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016, 1 TO 5, AT OMNI/FAYETTEVILLE WORLD PEACE PARK, 1121 S.
DUNCAN AVE. (Turn south off MLKJR Blvd.
onto Hill Ave.) Arranged by Lauren
Hawkins.
CONTENTS
Center for
Biological Diversity
Reverse Human Population Growth
“Crowded Planet” YouTube Channel on
Overpopulation and
Overconsumption
Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Campaign,
Stop Auctions
Population
Growth vs. Species, Google Search
Population
Connection, Google Search
Lester Brown,
et al. Beyond Malthus
Keep Fossil
Fuels in the Ground
Elysium Film, Matt Damon and Jodie Foster,
Dystopia If We Fail
CENTER
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
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POP
X: POPULATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND A WILDER FUTURE
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65, April 16, 2016
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Public Lands for All and Other Subjects
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Stephanie
Feldstein
Earth Day
2016
Protect Our
Wild Lands, Stop Auctions
Endangered
Species Condoms: Stop and Reverse Population Growth
Food Waste
v. Wildlife: Join Food Waste Campaign
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Good Food
Now Campaign with Petition on Olive Garden
“Crowded
Planet” YouTube Channel on Overpopulation and Overconsumption
Keep
Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Keep it in the Ground Campaign, Stop Fossil
Fuels Auctions
I've been thinking a lot about the lands we all own -- more than 600 million acres in the
United States. Like a lot of people, I was stunned and angered by the
armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon earlier
this year. Equally frustrating is the movement in Congress to turn over
public lands to those who view them solely as a source of profit.
These incredible wild places are
national treasures, especially as havens for wildlife, clean air
and water, and those of us looking to escape an ever-crowding world.
They deserve better. That's why people around the country will be
holding events this month to stand
up for America's public lands. Read on to find out how you can
support the movement.
This Earth Day the Center's also giving away 25,000 Endangered Species Condoms to
highlight the need to safeguard reproductive rights to protect women,
families and the environment. In recent years there's been an
unprecedented wave of attacks on access to contraception, family
planning and reproductive healthcare. Hundreds of volunteers will be
giving away free condoms and talking about 5 reasons to
support reproductive rights.
For the wild,
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Stephanie Feldstein
Population and Sustainability Director
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P.S. Today's world population
is: 7,412,744,062. We can still save room for wildlife --
spread the word and share the newsletter below.
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Food Waste Is Wasting Wildlife
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 Every year Americans
throw out $218 billion worth of food, and all that waste comes at a steep
cost to wildlife: 21 percent of fresh water and 18 percent of farmland in
the United States are used to produce food that's never eaten. Food waste
is a major contributor to climate change and over the past 50 years,
greenhouse gas emissions from food waste have increased more than 300
percent. If current trends continue, the climate impact of food waste
will rise another 400 percent by mid-century. Food waste can also change
the diet and behavior of wild animals and increase human-wildlife
conflicts.
More than 80 percent of food waste happens in the home or in
supermarkets, cafeterias and restaurants, and much of that waste is
caused by misperceptions about food. By standardizing date labels and
shifting away from superficial expectations about what we eat, we can
keep millions of tons of it out of the landfill and reduce the
environmental impact of our food system.
Check out the Center's new food waste campaign,
learn how to eat weird to save wildlife, and if you're in New York City,
join us at the Feeding the 5000 event on May 10in Union Square. (For
information about this event, email Stephanie Feldstein.)
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New "Crowded Planet" YouTube Channel
We're excited to introduce
"Crowded Planet,"
a Center YouTube channel bringing the population and overconsumption
conversation to a new audience. Starring population organizer Leigh Moyer, the brief videos
will tackle some of the biggest
issues no one is talking about, such as the connection between safe
sex and saving the planet; how livestock has grown to outweigh wildlife;
and why not all renewable energy is created equal. Watch and share our
first installment, "How Can You Save Endangered Species...in
Bed?" and subscribe to the Crowded Planet channel for new monthly
videos.
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Demand #GoodFoodNow
The "Good Food Now" campaign urging Olive Garden
and other chain restaurants to offer healthier food that's better for
workers, animals and the environment is heating up with a growing petition, a
national call-in day last month, and increased social media pressure.
Olive Garden's parent company is the largest full-service restaurant
employer in the United States, serving more than 320 million meals a year
-- leaving a serious footprint on the planet and the restaurant industry.
Join the groundbreaking coalition of environmental, social-justice and
animal-welfare groups by sharing the
#GoodFoodNow message on social media.
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Help #ProtectPublicLands -- Take Action
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America's public lands are under attack by those who
want to hand them over to private industries for grazing, mining,
logging and other development.
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From coastal cleanups to family hikes, thousands across
the country will be celebrating public lands next week -- find an event
in your area or start your own.
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Shout your love for public lands and urge others to help
protect them by joining our Thunderclap social media campaign.
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The Fight to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
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 For the energy
revolution and the race against climate change to succeed, we need to
transform where our energy comes from. That means a swift transition to a
just and fully renewable energy system while keeping fossil fuels in the
ground.
A study released
last year by the Center determined that stopping new federal fossil fuel auctions on lands and offshore
areas controlled by the U.S. government would keep up to 450 billion tons of greenhouse gases from
polluting the atmosphere. Since then hundreds of people have shown up
at rallies opposing Bureau of Land Management fossil fuel auctions across
the country.
Several auctions have been canceled as the "Keep It in the
Ground" movement continues to grow. Earlier this month Alaskans
rallied to protest a proposal to expand offshore oil and gas drilling in
the Arctic region, Cook Inlet and Gulf of Mexico. And in Texas the BLM
withdrew nearly all of the acreage slated for an April
20 federal fossil fuel auction -- reducing the land up for auction
from 36,000 acres in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma to just 2,036
acres.
Learn more
about the Keep It in the Ground campaign and sign the petition telling
President Obama that our public lands and climate aren't for sale.
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Photo credits: Stephanie Feldstein
staff photo; food waste courtesy Philip Cohen/Flickr; "Crowded
Planet" video still, Center for Biological Diversity; Olive Garden
restaurant courtesy JRoberts/Flickr; Yosemite National Park courtesy Jeff
Miller/Flickr; public lands events map, Protect Your Public Lands;
"I Heart Public Lands" graphic, Center for Biological
Diversity; "Keep It in the Ground" rally photo, Valerie
Love/Center for Biological Diversity.
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Human Overpopulation, Species Extinction. The world population has hit a whopping 7
billion. Join our new national campaign to get the word out about human
overpopulation and the species extinction crisis.
POPULATION GROWTH VS. SPECIES, Google
Search, April 16, 2016
www.biologicaldiversity.org/.../population...
Center
for Biological Diversity
Human Population Growth and Extinction ...
Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson estimates that 30,000 species per year (or
three species per hour) are being
driven to ...
https://www.populationmedia.org/.../the-impact-of-population-growth-o...
Jul 15, 2011 - One in 8 species is now at risk of
worldwide extinction, and 190 birdspecies are critically endangered. Of the common European birds,
45% ...
www.earthportals.com/extinct.html
In recent years, some
prominent economists have argued that there is no upper limit to human population growth, that finiteness in
resources is meaningless, ...
researchnews.osu.edu/archive/humanftprint.htm
Ohio State
University
Jun 19, 2013 - Average Growing Nation Can
Expect 10.8 Percent More Threatened ... future threatened species connected to
human population
growth ...
rewilding.org/rewildit/our-programs/population-growth/
"The massive growth in the human population through the 20th
century has had ... catastrophe as growing thousands of species are pushed into the
dawnless ...
animals.about.com
› ... › Animals & Wildlife › Animal Facts
Populations can sometimes
be categorized by their growth characteristics. Specieswhose populations increase until they reach the
carrying capacity of their ...
People also ask
What is the definition of
population in biology?
What is the formula for human
population growth?
What is the human population
growth curve?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation
Wikipedia
In the wilderness, the
problem of overpopulation of species is often solved by growth in the population of predators.
Predators tend to look for signs of weakness ...
www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/vanishing_what_human.php
Burgeoning human
populations provide the major impetus for destruction of the last ...
While population
growth has
leveled off in parts of Europe, Russia
www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_sphuman.htm
An Education Website About
Endangered Species and the Efforts to Save Them ...Population growth in Asia and Africa
puts tremendous pressure on wildlife ...
POPULATION CONNECTION Google Search, April 16,
2016
www.populationconnection.org/
Since 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero
Population Growth or ZPG) has been America's voice for population
stabilization. We are the largest ...
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About
Us. ZPG. Since 1968, Population Connection ...
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Population
Connection is a national, nonprofit membership ...
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Employment.
Professional Development Coordinator. Paid ...
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Population
Education, a program of Population Connection, is the ...
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Support
Us. A community-based family planning distribution ...
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Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ). You don't have to be a ...
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On the bicentennial of Malthus's legendary essay on the tendency
for population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, the question facing
the world is not whether population growth will slow, but how.
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