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UPEC at the Save Great Salt Lake Rally in January, 2026

We were proud to join the Save Great Salt Lake rally again this January — and we’ll keep showing up for this cause. At the Utah Population & Environment CouncilContinue reading “UPEC at the Save Great Salt Lake Rally in January, 2026”

✨ Our Interconnectedness ✨

A few years ago, I was introduced to a term from quantum physicist, David Bohm, called the “holomovement.” He coined the word to describe a dynamic and unbroken totality thatContinue reading “✨ Our Interconnectedness ✨”

Giving Thanks

In the US, this week is a set aside for giving thanks. And the Board of Utah Population & Environment Council (UPEC) has lots to be grateful for in 2025.Continue reading “Giving Thanks”

UPCOMING PRESENTATION: Solutions Through Reproductive Health — Why Health and Education Matter to Climate Change

With Hannah Evans from Population Connection Solutions Through Reproductive Health — Why Health and Education Matter to Climate Change With Hannah Evans, Senior Analyst at Population ConnectionDate: Monday, October 27Time:Continue reading “UPCOMING PRESENTATION: Solutions Through Reproductive Health — Why Health and Education Matter to Climate Change”

Global Collapse of Coupling and Fertility

Worldwide, coupling and fertility rates are declining. The UtahPopulation and Environment Council generally applauds thedevelopments regarding decreased fertility rates. Especially since theworld population is projected to climb from over theContinue reading “Global Collapse of Coupling and Fertility”

The Green Revolution – A False Promise –

pair of hands coming from both ends of the image, from the left, a pair of hands holding the globe, from the right, a pair of hands holding a tree.

In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Norman Borlaug, the agronomist who developed a more productive and sturdier wheat warned us that he had only given us a pause in theContinue reading “The Green Revolution – A False Promise – “

Humanity’s Environmental Impact and its Causes

Most, if not all, of the earth’s environmental problems are a result of human activity. Some scholars have represented the problem with the formula I = P+A+T.I = Impact (onContinue reading “Humanity’s Environmental Impact and its Causes”