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WORLD CONTRACEPTION DAY

September 26th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Seotember 26, 2015 is designated as World Contraception Day, focusing on every woman’s right to reproductive choice and ready access to contraception.  A study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in 2014 found that 40% of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. (more…)

NAOMI KLEIN: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

July 13th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Investigative reporter and cultural critic, Naomi Klein’s latest book is This Changes Everything.  In it, she makes a powerful case that the predatory brand of capitalism currently practiced in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world fosters egregious inequality and is highly destructive to human well-being and the health of the biosphere, on which we all depend. (more…)

A VERY DISTURBING REALITY

July 13th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

According to research just released by the Pew Survey, 84% of the world’s human population is living on less than $20/day, a level that is right at the poverty line in the U.S.  That’s 17 out of every 20 people, about 6.2 billion people, on the planet barely surviving. (more…)

GETTING REAL ABOUT HUMAN OVERPOPULATION

July 6th, 2015 Posted by B/W, Uncategorized No Comment yet

GETTING REAL ABOUT HUMAN OVERPOPULATION Human population growth is shredding our planet’s biological integrity. The human population has more than tripled in just sixty years.   Each year, we are adding about 75 million more people. (more…)