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The green message in 'Eat, Pray, Love'
Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert“Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.” So says our protagonist’s best friend, a...
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Discovery hostage taker was a population-obsessed eco-wacko
A 2008 mug shot of James J. Lee.It’s not often that natalism makes the news — and with guns and bombs and hostages, no less! But population and procreation are in the headlines thanks to James J....
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Tyra Banks quizzes childfree couple [VIDEO]
This is the latest in a series of Saturday GINK videos about population and reproduction (or a lack thereof). Watch Tracy and Jared tell a slightly aghast Tyra Banks about their decision not to have...
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A green guide to getting along for parents and the childfree
Lisa’s posts about being a GINK (green inclinations, no kids) have provoked some feisty discussion, and that’s great — getting people to talk openly about the childfree option was one of her main...
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Population media awards go to me and other, more worthy journalists
I’m honored to have been named a winner of one of the Population Institute’s Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting this year (aw, shucks), and humbled to be in the company of the...
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Oklahoma guv candidate slammed for being childfree woman
Oklahoma governor candidates Mary Fallin (left) and Jari AskinsThe Oklahoma governor’s race has two highly experienced female politicians squaring off against each other — Republican Mary Fallin and...
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Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser won’t have kids for green reasons [VIDEO]
This is the latest in a series of GINK videos about population and reproduction (or a lack thereof). Welcome to the GINK club, Vincent! (GINK = green inclinations, no kids.) Actor Vincent Kartheiser,...
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Do the childfree get the shaft at work?
This is the latest in a series of Saturday GINK videos about population and reproduction (or a lack thereof). Just in time to stir up angst for the holiday season, CNN and The Fiscal Times look at how...
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How the childfree can be parents too
Deciding to be childfree doesn’t have to mean forgoing all the joys and oys of parenting. In a new piece in YES! magazine, Wendy Call describes her life as a co-parent — “not some new alternative but...
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2010: The year childfree went mainstream (thanks, Oprah!)
Childlessness is nothing new — for as long as we’ve had parents, we’ve had people who are not parents. Across centuries and cultures, at least 10 percent of women never have children, writes Elizabeth...
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8 things you can do about population
As we zoom toward 7 billion, population growth is looking ever more hairy and daunting. The big-picture solution is empowering women everywhere and making sure they have the tools, knowledge, and...
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Is coming out as childfree like coming out as gay?
As I’ve talked to and read about people coming to terms with their decisions not to have kids, the comparison has come up over and over. “I felt like a gay person must feel, coming out of the closet...
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Betty White is greener than you (and a GINK role model too)
Betty White, honorary forest ranger and ardent environmentalist.Photo: USDAWhite is the new green! Did you know that the octogenarian actress is a longtime environmentalist? She’s starring in a new...
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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem on climate change, population, & deep ecology...
Who knew feminist trailblazer Gloria Steinem was such a greenie? In an interview on ABC News’ “Nature’s Edge” a few months ago, she raised the alarm about climate change, talked about how climate is...
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I am the population problem
Take a look in the mirror.Population growth tends to get blamed on other people: Africans and Asians who have “more kids than they can feed,” immigrants in our own country with their “large families,”...
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Women’s rights are key to slowing population growth
Cross-posted from Policy Innovations. As human numbers approach 7 billion, the question is, “Where do we go from here?” The U.N. recently published new population projections, which envision a range...
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Soiled diapers can now end up as roof tiles
Babies! They use so much energy that the best thing you could do to save the human race from climate change might be to avoid having one altogether. But if you choose the reproductive path, at least...
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Easy, reversible, 100 percent effective birth control is for men only
One of the best things we can do for the planet is stop putting new humans on it, which means promoting safe and effective birth control for people who want to keep their offspring levels between zero...
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If Park Slope parents suck so bad at contraception, what hope is there for...
In fiscal year 2012, the federal budget marked out $610 million for international family planning programs. But perhaps some of that funding needs to be directed inward, to fix the backwards bourgeois...
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Feminist funnywoman Caitlin Moran says the planet doesn’t need your babies
Caitlin Moran in Grazia magazine. The accompanying article is not online. Boo. Leave it to a wiseass mother of two to make the best case I’ve ever read for not having kids. Caitlin Moran is currently...
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