OUR MISSION
To achieve a sustainable, healthy, and happy human population living in harmony with the natural environment.
Utah and UPEC
Utah’s beautiful, pristine, and expansive natural environment has been greatly degraded in recent years, fueled by high population growth and rapid growth of its resource extraction-based economic sectors. Utah’s leaders are actively planning to accommodate a predicted doubling of the population in the next 20 to 30 years – especially along the urban Wasatch Front.
UPEC was founded in 1997 initially to provide a data-based foundation for considering population and environment concerns and issues. It is managed and directed by board members who meet regularly (please see Who We Are).
We believe it is our responsibility as citizens of the earth to be concerned about the environment, sustainability, and population. We place special value on the unique heritage and landscape of the state of Utah.
Read UPEC’s Updated White Paper
We all face many important choices as we live our lives and form relationships with others, and with society as a whole. Many factors influence population levels, of course, but this white paper will discuss one of the most personal and important choices we face that affects our population — how many children to bring into this world — and the implications of this choice for ourselves, and our state, nation, planet. READ MORE
"A new Pew Research Center survey finds that a rising share of U.S. adults who are not already parents say they are unlikely to ever have children, and their reasons range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change and the environment." ![]()
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This article by Anna Brown offers interesting insight on this growing trend. ![]()
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www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-...
Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children
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The reasons Americans without children don't expect to have them range...
UPEC cordially invites you to a December 1 roundtable meeting to help prepare for our 2023 Population Summit. This 2023 conference will highlight the numerous issues surrounding a global population approaching 8 billion — as our home state of Utah grows even rapidly! Here are the details on the upcoming roundtable: ![]()
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021![]()
Time: 7:30 to 8:45pm ![]()
Place: Holladay Library, 2150 E Murray Holladay Rd, Holladay, UT 84117![]()
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We encourage you to come in person, but you can also attend via Zoom. In addition, if you have not already done so, please fill out the short Survey Monkey survey at the following link to help us generate ideas: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2QWT7VC![]()
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UPEC invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.![]()
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Topic: Dec. 1 2021 UPEC Roundtable to Discuss 2023 Population Conference![]()
Time: Dec 1, 2021 07:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)![]()
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Agenda for the Roundtable![]()
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7:30 – 7:40 Welcoming and Introductions ![]()
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7:40 – 7:55 Overview of current population issues (Austen Boudreau, UPEC Intern) ![]()
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7:55 – 8:10 Summary of survey responses (Derek Hoff, UPEC Board Member).![]()
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8:10 – 8:35 General discussion ![]()
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8:35 – 8:45 Next steps in planning for the conference
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We all know that Utah is growing at a rapid pace. For a breakdown of the top 50 fastest growing states, and how Utah has four cities on that list, check out the article below. ![]()
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www.abc4.com/news/local-news/here-is-the-boom-four-utah-cities-ranked-among-fastest-growing-in-2021/
Here is the boom: Four Utah cities ranked among fastest-growing in 2021
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It’s no secret Utah is growing – it has been the fastest-growing s...
In another great episode of Stuff You Should Know, hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant discuss population through the lens of carrying capacity and Malthus’s famous (or maybe infamous) theory. This episode, Was Malthus Right About Carrying Capacity, is an interesting conversation and well worth the half an hour, even if you are already well versed in the so called “Malthusian curse”.![]()
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www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/was-malthus-right-about-carryin...<p>Thomas Malthus concluded that humanity is bound to outgrow Earth's carrying capacity. The prediction was based on humanity's exponential growth and the linear growth of the food supply -- but was he correct? Tune in to find out.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href='htt...
Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox, UDOT, and other parties are currently entertaining the possibility of a new gondola, bus, or train system to (potentially) alleviate our winter traffic woes. Salt Lake City currently has $50 million earmarked towards such a future project. The final project will undoubtedly be much, much more expensive.
Those Snowy Peaks Have Us Thinking… | Utah Population & Environment Council
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