There are many ways to act in support of international sustainable population – below are the specific action tools that NECSP is currently providing based on our assessment of the international situation and our current organizational capabilities. If you would like to suggest other tools, please contact us.

It is today’s political reality that only the “squeaky wheel gets oiled”, and that’s why its so important for you to consistently write your elected officials about sustainable population issues. Below are links that will take you directly to the 12 New England region US Senators. Its most effective if you write the Senators from your home state.

If you need talking points, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Meanwhile, while your deciding what to write, you can also:

• Financially support sustainable population efforts in Nigeria.

Senator Contact Information:

• VT
  Senator Patrick Leahy
  Senator Bernie Sanders
• RI
  Senator Jack Reed
  Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
• CT
  Senator Christopher Dodd
  Senator Joe Lieberman
• MA
  Senator Ted Kennedy
  Senator John Kerry
• ME
  Senator Olympia Snow
  Senator Susan Collins
• NH
  Senator Judd Gregg
  Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Talking Points:
A sustainable population for the planet will require two essential components:

• A stabilized population
• A population consuming and producing sustainably

Keeping those points in mind, tell your Senators that:

• Stabilizing human population is a fundamental prerequisite to planetary sustainability.
• That the planet is already over-populated with people, causing the permanent and dangerous degradation of the planetary ecosystems.
• That global total fertility rates must come down to 2.1 or below.
• That our national traditions of liberty and free will of the individual demand the US take leadership in strengthening international reproductive rights, especially removing all barriers to fertility regulation for the women of the planet.
• That it has been proven that fertility rates can be brought down in a human rights framework.
• That economic systems based on perpetual population growth and non-renewable resource extraction are doomed to fail, and in the process create massive suffering and pain.
• That it is their duty to acknowledge the clear and present danger of unsustainable population growth and do something positive about it.