Deputy Director’s Corner Are you on the frontlines of the fight for America’s future? Although World Population Day was observed on July 11th, it seems the global media is still talking about it. I have enjoyed the opportunity to review a wide array of articles and blogs addressing the critical issue of population size and growth. As this discussion tends …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Calvin Wilder, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL The Price the Future Will Pay The first (and only) time I visited Alaska, I was only six years old. Even so, the experience of seeing that truly wild, untamed land has always stuck with me. I was there for just a week, but in that time I saw a …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Davis Negrete, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA In the world that we live in today, we cannot afford to be shortsighted. We cannot afford to be selfish. We must put the needs of humanity as a whole before the needs of those who would destroy it. There was a point once at which humanity …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By James Wang, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Sprawling forests of metropolitan areas covered in smog. Vast fields of monoculture. Herds of backed up cars. Mountains of trash and litter. These everyday sights in the United States are replacing nature’s beauty and causing a myriad of problems such as desertification, deforestation, shortage of drinking water, depletion of energy …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Hartland McDonald, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Should the United States’ government pursue population policies to protect our quality of life for future generations? I strongly believe that the United States government should pursue population policies to protect our future generations and the best way, as with most things, is to convince people that it was their …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Kara Leonard, South Piedmont Community College, Monroe, NC The United States should absolutely pursue population policies to protect the quality of life for future generations. Overpopulation causes a heavy burden on our country naturally, economically, and culturally. Making the nation more sustainable will not just make positive effects in future generations. It can produce countless benefits for …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Megan Beach, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL To ensure any measure of quality in the lives of its citizens, the United States must actively pursue population policies. After all, a mere request, no matter how dire the situation, cannot and will not promote change. This was proven true just this past year. The California governor declared a drought …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Raegan Melfe, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA Should the United States’ government pursue population policies to protect our quality of life for future generations? I live in California, which has the largest population in the United States at 38.8 million people, and no legitimate Population Growth Policy. California has experienced significant population growth over the past 6 …
Continue Readingws_table id=”40″ By Zachery Waitrovich, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI State mandated curriculum in Wisconsin requires all high school freshman to take a survey biology course. Within that course, students study many branches of biology such as ecology, specifically pertaining to environments’ carrying capacity. Increasing population, in the United States and abroad, directly correlates to decreasing carrying capacity. To protect …
Continue ReadingIn keeping with its longstanding and highly popular Youth Outreach program, Negative Population Growth (NPG) continues to engage America’s students in the fight for their future. High school seniors and undergraduate students nationwide were invited to participate in NPG’s 2015 Essay and Photography Scholarship Contests…
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