[HCCN] Strategy meeting on creating a more stable, sustainable population, April 11, Augusta

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area. Thanks.

Population Matters!

A Planning and Action Strategy meeting on creating a more stable,  
sustainable population in the US will be held on April 11, 2011, from  
5-6:30 pm at the Maine Equal Justice Project Office, 126 Sewall St,  
Augusta, ME (across from the Maine State Library and Cross State  
Office Building)

Background: This group has met several times in the last year and  
proposes to bring the problem of population growth into public  
consciousness, in Maine and the US, which includes the problem of  
high impact growth in the over-consuming nations like our own, and  
high population growth in distressed under-consuming regions.
Population has been off the table for progressives for a generation,  
but it is time to bring it back as a significant part of our  
ecological foot print, second only to our destructive life styles.  
Climate change is undermining our agricultural security and our  
ability to support the projected 2-3 billion more people we may have,  
conservatively, by 2050, and possibly also the almost 7 billion we  
already have. Our projected population growth will make it very hard  
to achieve goals of equity, peace and good lives for all people, and  
may bring us to much worse conditions..

If you are concerned about overpopulation, in this country and  
beyond, please come with your ideas, concerns and energy.
(Note: Immigration as a population issue is not a priority of this  
group. It will not be a topic of discussion at the meeting)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT BEEDY OR  
LARRY (below) BEFORE APRIL 11, SINCE WE WILL BE CREATING A STATEMENT  
OF PURPOSE AND GOALS AT THE MEETING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ONE OR MORE  
PROPOSED WORDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE/GOALS THAT ATTENDEES SHOULD READ  
BEFORE COMING.

For more information and for directions to the meeting, contact Beedy  
Parker, (236-8732) beedyparker at gwi.net., or Larry Dansinger (525-7776)


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