Ecological scientist Phoebe Barnard tells us about her new projects: The Stable Planet Alliance, and GirlPlanet.earth.
00:00 - Introducing The Stable Planet Alliance and GirlPlanet.earth.
00:59 - Phoebe's scientific career, leading to these projects.
03:03 - Human population pressure and human hyper-consumption.
04:25 - World Scientists Warning on the Climate Emergency, and population.
06:32 - The geographer Chris Tucker.
07:44 - "Population Conversations" (for women) on Facebook, and GirlPlanet.earth.
10:50 - The connection between women and population.
11:41 - The history of population discussions, and the "Cairo Consensus."
14:29 - The link between population and hyper-consumption.
16:00 - Population and hyper-consumption are global issues.
18:23 - Strategies for change: top-down (policy), and bottom-up (culture).
21:19 - Advice for people who do not feel strong enough to take action.
24:19 - Action cures depression.
25:38 - Nihilism and fatalism are the worst things to indulge in.
26:30 - Scientists Warning Into Action, from Local to Global (new paper).
27:53 - Population and consumption are subject to individual efforts.
30:52 - Preparing for changes ahead is healing for our lives right now.
32:43 - Nihilism and despair do not serve our children. They need agency!
34:46 - Conversations with women are only the beginning.
In this new phase of her scientific work, Phoebe takes on the controversial topic of human population pressure on the Earth's ecological systems. "Population control" has often been a code word for racist or colonial analyses, but Phoebe believes the issue must be addressed, along with its companion issue, hyper-consumption.
The empowerment of women and girls must be central to any effort to address population and consumption. The new website GirlPlanet.earth collects the stories of women and girls from around the world. [ Ссылка ]
Phoebe believes in the power of action, from the individual to the global level. She says she has a "genetic disposition to be cheerful," and that we must act now to make the world safe for the generations that will follow us.
You can listen to my previous conversation with Phoebe, in December 2019, at Come Together: [ Ссылка ]
