The Alan Guttmacher
Institute(AGI) -The Institute focuses its
research and education on domestic population programs and policies but
it also is concerned with international population issues. AGI's
special reports and journals are excellent.
Association
of Vermont Recyclers -AVR promotes waste
reduction, reuse, recycling, and buying recycled in Vermont. AVR
provides information, assistance, and education to individuals, towns,
solid-waste districts, schools, and businesses.
Bagelhole.org - Information about
low-tech sustainability for individuals and communities.
Carrying Capacity Network -CCN is a national, non-profit organization which
focuses on initiatives that will achieve population stabilization,
immigration reduction, economic sustainability, and resource
conservation. It publishes a bimonthly Network Bulletin for members and
periodic study results as part of the "Carrying Capacity Research
Issues Series".
Catholics for Free Choice -Catholics for Free Choice works to support
a women's right to choose and counters the work of the Catholic Church.
Center for Immigration
Studies -The Center is a think tank which
collects and distributes information about U.S. and global immigration
issues.
Center
for a New American Dream - The
Center for a New American Dream helps people consume responsibly to
protect the environment, improve quality of life and promote social
justice.
Centre for Development and Population
Activities (CEDPA) -CEDPA educates and trains
developing world women to provide education and training in their
homelands.
Childless by Choice
-Childless by Choice is "an information
clearinghouse for people who have decided not to have children, and for
those deciding whether or not to become parents". The organization
supports reproductive choice including being childfree; is concerned
about the environmental impacts of overpopulation; and works to educate
people about the benefits of remaining childfree and to dispel the
negative stereotypes of this choice.
Ecological
Footprint
EngenderHealth (formerly: AVSC
International) - Access to Voluntary and Safe Contraception -EngenderHealth works to make safe and effective
contraception available to all who want it. This organization is an
important source of technical assistance to developing countries on
clinic-based, quality-controlled family planning services.
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of
the U.N.) -Information on global agriculture,
fisheries,forestry, and water.
Federation for American
Immigration Reform -FAIR advocates for US
immigration reform and reduction.
Global Action Plan -GAP promotes and supports the development of
environmentally sustainable lifestyles in communities around the U.S.
GAP's Household EcoTeam Program empowers individuals to adopt
resource-efficient lifestyle practices. Their Community Lifestyle
Campaign brings the EcoTeam Program to municipalities. GAP has a
Journey for the Planet curriculum for grades 4-6.
Granite Earth
Institute -This is one eight branches of the
highly successful Northwest Earth Institute of Portland, Oregon. Earth
Institutes provide discussion courses for community and workplace
groups on Voluntary Simplicity, Choices for Sustainable Living, Deep
Ecology, and Sense of Place.
Home Energy Saver -An
interactive questionnaire of home energy use.
International Planned
Parenthood Federation -IPPF includes
independent family planning associations in 125 countries where
professionals and volunteers provide family planning services,
training, public information, formal and informal education, policy
analysis, and legislative initiatives.
Izaak
Walton League of American -The IWL began 75
years ago as a group of
anglers who were concerned about natural resources of the U.S. It has
evolved to address human population growth, resource consumption, and
pollution abatement. The League has several booklets and a curriculum
on sustainable communities.
KZPG "KZPG" is a new age
news broadcaster, using the internet, rather than
radio. "ZPG" is the acronym "zero population growth", the term
coined
by Paul Ehrlich to mean "population stabilization", and "K" is the
prefix
for Western US radio and TV broadcasters.
National
Wildlife Federation, Population Program -Population
staff at NWF work on advocacy as well as outreach to its five million
members. Several fact sheets on population and environmental issues are
available from NWF. They also have a Fast Action Network which is a
telephone or e-mail communication tree for population issues. Contact
Kelley Sayre at population@nwf.org or (202) 797-6630 for more
information.
The New Road Map Foundation -The New Road Map Foundation is an all-volunteer
nonprofit organization dedicated to improving people's quality of life
through an examination of their relationship with money. They are best
know for the book, Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominquez and
Vicki Robin.
www.popplanet.org - A new site by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
and the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
covering relationships between population, health and environmental
issues.
Negative Population Growth -NPG is a national membership organization that calls
for a smaller U.S. and world population. It publishes a newsletter for
members and occasional white papers.
Pathfinder
International -This organization is one of the
largest private U.S. organizations involved in overseas family planning
services, population policy, and services for adolescents. It publishes
a newsletter and special reports.
www.PLANetWIRE.org
-The American Association
for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) has developed a major new resource, the AAAS Atlas of
Population and Environment, to explore the complex and inextricable
links between global population and environmental quality around the
world. Facts and Figures from the AAAS Atlas are available EXCLUSIVELY
on this site.
Planned Parenthood Federation
of America -PPFA affiliates are the major
source of family planning services in many U.S. communities and it has
conducted a series of regional training seminars on population and the
environment.
Planned
Parenthood of Northern New England -PPNNE is
the largest provider of comprehensive reproductive health care services
in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine - serving over 55,000 patients
each year. Its services include annual gynecological exams, birth
control information & supplies, emergency contraception, pregnancy
testing & options counseling, sexually transmitted infection
testing &
treatment, immunizations, school, sports, & employment physicals,
and
much more. PPNNE offers youth outreach, educational workshops, and 25
professional
trainings each year. PPNNE maintains a sexuality education library with
up-to-date videos, pamphlets, and curricula. For more information about
PPNNE's educational resources, call 1-800-488-9638.
Population Action International
-Population Action International tracks and
analyzes legislation and policy changes in the United States Congress.
They have free fact sheets and booklets on "Why Population Matters".
Population Association of America -This is an association of demographers focused on
matters related to population.
The
Population Coalition -"The Population
Coalition is a grassroots, nationwide educational organization started
within local Leagues of Women Voters. The Coalition is dedicated to a
fair and equitable U.S. dialog
on population, consumption and sustainability issues." The Coalition
publishes a bimonthly newsletter and is an active networking
organization.
Population
Communications International (PCI) -PCI
produces soap operas for radio and television. It has been extremely
successful in developing countries around the globe in motivating
people to use family planning and have small families.
Population Connection -formerly ZPG is a national population membership
organization that educates, advocates and brings media attention to
population and environment issues. It produces a number of fact sheets,
a newsletter, and curricula for K-12.
The Population
Council -The Council does family planning
research and publishes the Population and Development Review.
Population-Environment
Balance -This
organization works particularly on stabilizing the U.S. population.
Population Institute -The Population Institute educates and informs policy
makers, media representatives and the general public about
international population issues.
Population
Media Center -The Population Media Center
produces soap operas related to population in countries where PCI is
not doing the same.
Population
Reference Bureau -The Population
Reference Bureau is a private scientific and educational organization
which gathers, interprets, and disseminates facts related to
population. PRB produces reports and teaching materials on U.S. and
international population issues, as well as materials on population and
the environment. They have a Population-Environment Film Library with
many audio-visual materials for rent.
Project Laundry List -Project Laundry List is a Vermont non-profit which uses
words, images, and advocacy to educate people about how simple
lifestyle modifications, including air-drying one's clothes, reduce our
dependence on environmentally and culturally costly energy sources.
Rockefeller
Foundation population document
Resource Renewal Institute
Sierra
Club, International Population Program -The
Sierra Club, whose members have been working on population issues for
over 20 years, has an International Population Program, a national
newsletter, local committees and an advocacy program. They have a
variety of resources on population and environment topics.
Sustainable Development -Sustainable development in the U.S.
United Nations Fund for Population
Activities (UNFPA) -The UNFPA has a
publications and audio-visual guide listing many pamphlets, books,
films, and videos on population issues.
UNICEF -Global education
UNICEF -Girls'
education
UN Population Information Network
U.S. POP Clock
Vermonters
for a Sustainable U.S. Population- VSUSP was formed in 2005
by a
group of Vermont residents who are very concerned about teh
population-driven environmental degradation taking place in Veromont
and across the nation.
Vermont Forum on
Sprawl -This multi-year project, started in
January of 1998, is researching the causes and effects of sprawl and is
developing, publicizing and implementing a set of actions that will
effectively confront sprawl.
Vermont Green Building Network is a
non-profit
organization dedicated toincreasing Vermont's
participation in green building and to promoting
theenvironmental, financial, community, and health benefits of green
design,construction, and building operation practices. VGBN provides
networkingopportunities for green building professionals and a
centralized
clearinghousefor consumers.
World
POP Clock
World Population Film
and Video Festival
World Resources
Institute -WRI is a policy research institute
that helps the private sector, governments and international
organizations determine how to meet human needs and nurture development
without undermining environmental integrity. It publishes a catalog of
resources concerning natural resource use.
Worldwatch
Institute -Worldwatch Institute is
a policy research organization that analyzes global trends and progress
towards a sustainable society. It produces the well known, annual State
of the World report as well as the
Worldwatch issue papers.
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