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The Global Population and Environment Program's mission is to protect the global environment and preserve natural resources for future generations by advancing global reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.

Working with domestic and international coalition partners, we seek to increase universal access to voluntary family planning services and comprehensive sex education; advance women's and girls' basic rights, including access to health care, education and economic opportunity; promote youth leadership; and raise public awareness of wasteful resource consumption in the context of social and economic equity. Read more.

Feature: Population, Health and Environment Study Tours

The latest Sierra Magazine features an article and slideshow about our 2007 Ethiopia Study Tour! Since 2003, the Sierra Club's Global Population and Environment Program has conducted international study tours to visit and learn from integrated Population Health Environment programs in the field.

These trips provide population activists with the opportunity to see first hand the connections among sustainable development, environmental conservation, population growth, and access to voluntary family planning services. Find out more.

Feature: July 11 is World Population Day!

This July 11 marks the nineteenth annual World Population Day. Created by the United Nations, this day provides people around the world with the opportunity to reflect upon global population, health and environment issues. This year's theme, "Plan Your Future: Plan Your Family" is intended to build awareness of the importance of voluntary family planning and why it is a cornerstone of a wide range of development issues, including gender equality, poverty, maternal health, human rights and environmental protection.
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Feature: Population Report: 2008 Edition II is Available Online

We are pleased to provide you with our latest program updates, inspirational stories, and useful resources. In this edition, find out how you can make a difference for our global environment by supporting $1 billion for international family planning to save lives, improve community health, and ensure a more sustainable environmental future.
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Feature: Host a Green-Pink Party!

When a woman's voice and health are valued, she is better able to advocate on her own behalf for access to education about reproductive health care, family planning and for the protection of the natural resources essential to her children's survival. Host a Green-Pink party and protect women and the Environment!