Kris Spike in the Newcastle Herald

SPA NSW President, Kris Spike, has had an article published in the Newcastle Herald on the 29th of October entitled Control births, feed and teach the living.

• Control births, feed and teach the living (PDF, 1.97MB)

The problem is people and the solution is money for family planning programs, writes Kris Spike. Kris Spike is the NSW branch president of Sustainable Population Australia. ONMondaywewillmarkthe entry into the world of the seventh billionth person. In reality itmay have beena few days ago or be comingupnext week, but for the purposes of marking the occasion it makessense to pick the most likely day and run with it.

Naturally the event will spark a host of conversationsand questions all over the world, and responses will range from concern to celebration to indifference.

Manypeople just won’t be sure what tomakeof it as they listen to one expert telling us thatwehave the capacity for double that number and another equally qualified expert telling us thatweshould have stopped at 2 billion because that is all the Earth can sustain in the long run.