Sustainable Pop Aus
@SustPopAus
Leading the "Say NO to a Big Australia!" campaign. sign & share our position statement on population- https://population.org.au/sign-the-spa-position-statement/
Should we allow the #property lobby to firstly influence o/s student numbers, then secondly, supply their soulless high rise (but highly profitable) "solutions"? the property council has member interests at heart, not the best interests of our nation. indailysa.com.au/news/opinion/2…
Using #population growth to underpin an economy works poorly in the short term, ... & disastrously over the long term. Act now, Say NO to a Big Australia! Let's stop this in it's tracks. sign/share population.org.au/sign-the-spa-p…
“latest monthly data on permanent and long-term arrivals suggests that contrary to Albanese’s spin net overseas migration has reaccelerated. This explains the recent tightening of rental vacancies, which may result in a reacceleration of rental inflation” macrobusiness.com.au/2025/07/housin…
Well who would have thought? as people become more affluent their ecological footprint grows. Proves the Impact = Population X Affluence formula doesn't it. news.mongabay.com/2017/01/defore…
Growth Busters is a terrific podcast dealing with the environmental costs of growth, hosted by Dave & Stephanie Gardner. On their latest episode, river activist Gary Wockner talks about the state of the Colorado River & the growth obsession that keeps cities & states in the…
Why, when it's pointed out to many that we are overpopulated, do their minds immediately skip to unsavoury ideas, ... by-passing the many ethical means at our disposal- which bring immediate benefits to all. There are win-win scenarios in #degrowth. populationmatters.org/solutions/
Earth Overshoot - DAY 5 Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is urging national & global leaders to confront the unsustainable pace of #population growth – a primary but often neglected driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, & global inequality. population.org.au/media-releases…
On a planet in red alert overshoot- declining birth rates should be applauded as a key sustainability response. Instead business interests (who rely heavily #population growth to grow profits)... whip up panic about them.
Declining birth rates requires Innovation, NOT Immigration ‼️. A healthier environment needs fewer people and therefore less impact on an overstressed planet.
Throughout 99% of human existence a much smaller, stable and/or mildly fluctuating #population was the norm. Today's population explosion is highly abnormal, dangerous and cannot be sustained. population.org.au
This week's blog piece: Theme: #Degrowth dares you to think differently (4 min read) medium.com/@martinrev21/d…
If Albanese wants to reduce rising unemployment why is he importing over 1000 extra foreign workers everyday? abc.net.au/news/2025-07-1…
Anyone's who rails against new #FossilFuels projects, yet simultaneously supports #population expansionism, ... is a fraud. Population growth is an #energy hungry agenda.
Does this scare you more than a non-growing economy? ... It should.
Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere newscientist.com/article/248966…
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The huge difference between environmental #Techno - fixes in a #degrowth to sustainable scale phase, compared to an economic expansionist state, is that degrowth empowers the benefits, ... whereas economic growth overwhelms them.
Which part of overpopulation doesn’t make sense to people: 1)That Earth cannot grow alongside human population 2)That the more humans there are, the more species go extinct
If we accept that indigenous Australians lived in balance with our carrying capacity for many 1,000's of years, & that they numbered no more than about 1 million, ... what on earth makes us think that 28 million high consuming humans is even remotely sustainable? #overshoot…
Australia's global economic performance ranking has dropped from 7th to 16th in just a year. Why? Sluggish GDP growth and surging population = falling GDP per capita. Cheers Labor! #ausbiz #auspol
We have left the back door open. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360769…
“Humanity is degrading the Earth’s fragile web of life. The addition of 4.5 billion humans on Earth since 1970, when humanity first passed overshoot, has consumed more of its resources each year than can be sustainably supplied.” population.org.au/media-releases…