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    A Proposed National Population Policy

    NPG believes a national policy designed to slow, halt, and eventually reverse U.S. population growth is critically needed. (See the Position Papers and the FORUM series in the Publications List on our website, www.NPG.org.) In this paper, we offer a series of specific proposals for accomplishing that goal. We recognize the political resistance in the way of such policies, but we still think it is useful to set forth our recommendations in one compact document for those who may come to share our concerns.

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    New NPG Forum Paper Calls for Urgent Action on Overpopulation and Its Impact on the Environment

    Negative Population Growth (NPG) is pleased to announce the release of a compelling new Forum paper by renowned author and environmental advocate, Dr. Karen I. Shragg. Titled “Killing Our Land with Kindness: Why We Must Consider the Next Seven Generations By Making Better Decisions About Our Population Size”, this paper highlights the critical need for addressing overpopulation in the United States and the profound consequences of population growth on both human and environmental systems.

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    Killing Our Land with Kindness: Why We Must Consider the Next Seven Generations By Making Better Decisions About Our Population Size

    Most of the religions practiced in the US have a golden rule towards the duty to welcome the stranger, especially the downtrodden stranger. We are going to have to alter those narratives a bit so that we don’t become even more overpopulated and put additional pressure on our remaining wild spaces, national parks, and lands sacred within Indian country. We must look to other ways that we can help the stranger than admitting them entry to our already overpopulated country or assume the responsibility that we are killing our landscapes, and each other with kindness.

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