SHRINK TOWARD ABUNDANCE
We envision a future where our human footprint is in balance with life on Earth, enabling all species to thrive.
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Our Work
We inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet.
We are proud to be the first and only organization globally that uses an anti-oppression lens to draw connections between pronatalism, human supremacy, social inequalities, and ecological overshoot, and offers solutions to address their combined impacts on the planet, people, and animals.
Our Initiatives
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Invite us to Speak
Invite us on your podcast, or to your classroom or group for interactive discussions on ecological overshoot, , reproductive rights, animal rights, and alternative economic models.
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Listen to our Podcast
Ranked in the top 1.5% globally, our podcast features interviews with experts that explore solutions to address the impacts of human expansionism on the planet, people, and animals.
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Read our Media Pieces
Our team works hard to stay active in our media advocacy efforts to help educate the mainstream culture on issues related to social, reproductive, ecological, and intergenerational justice.
Our Pillars
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Informed Choices
We empower liberated and informed choices for ourselves and the planet, including adopting broader understandings of “family” with our human and nonhuman kin.
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Ecocentrism
We advocate for a radical shift in our relationship with all animals and with the entire natural world: from one of domination and exploitation, to one of reverence, justice, and care.
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Social Justice
We challenge unjust, growth-driven socioeconomic systems that exploit and disempower people and threaten all life on Earth, in favor of systems based in justice and sustainability.
Dr. William E. Rees
Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia
Originator of the ecological footprint concept
Endorsement by Dr. Bill Rees
"We live in the post-truth era, an unstable historical interlude in which facts about the human predicament give way to happy-clappy fictions springing from giddy emotion, gossamer beliefs and mass delusion, all born aloft on fairy dust. The solid truth is that our system is broken; the machinations of growth-addicted industrial capitalism have propelled humanity into a state of ecological overshoot. There are too many people consuming and polluting too much. Humans are shredding the biophysical basis of their own existence and extinguishing thousands of other species in the process. Those seeking a solid understanding of the innate and social behaviors that perpetuate this crisis of excess, and the science needed to fashion a life-affirming alternative, could do no better than subscribe to the work of the good folks at Population Balance."
Support Our Vital Work
The vital work we do through our educational programs, media outreach, and publications depends on the generosity of supporters like you.
Please help us manifest our vision of ‘Shrink Toward Abundance’ by contributing a one-time or recurring donation.
