On Sunday Switzerland votes on capping its population at 10 million. Called, without irony, the Sustainability Initiative. My essay in the Green European Journal's summer edition traces this (il)logic it: Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation and the Politics of Population Anxiety. Link in comments
The way societies measure and imagine populations profoundly shapes which futures become politically possible.
Our summer edition, Life Lines: Navigating Demographic Shifts, is out now.
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Adjusting to the new demographic reality requires that we pivot away from productivity and growth, and towards care for one another and for the planet.
