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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.

Join our nationwide campaign, the Population Justice Environmental Challenge, by signing our petition to renew U.S. global leadership on human rights, community health, gender equality and environmental protection. By working together as global citizens, we can create a world that is equitable, sustainable and just. Take Action Today!

Feature: Apply to the Activist Training on Population and the Environment in Washington, DC
Application Deadline Extended!

On September 25 and 26, the Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program will be hosting an advocacy training in Washington, D.C. Youth and adults interested in the connections between sustainability, population, consumption, and reproductive health and justice are invited to come learn about these intersectional issues of local and global significance. Attendees will also receive training in leadership and advocacy skills, including practical tips on how to mobilize communities and influence decision makers when advocating for these important issues. Applicants from all backgrounds and levels of experience are encouraged to apply. Please submit applications to Kim Lovell at kimberly.lovell@sierraclub.org by September 8, 2010.

>> Download the application.

Feature: Check out our New Activist Resources!

The Sierra Club's Global Population and Environment Program is pleased to announce that we have new activist resources available!

·Our new 26-page Activist Guide provides you with information about how to create compelling messages linking population and the environment; work with the media; educate decision-makers; build coalitions with like-minded groups; and organize educational events, projects, and campaigns.

·We also have a new fact-sheet created in partnership with the Feminist Majority Foundation and the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) titled Breaking the Cycle: Women, Water and the Search for Equity.

·Finally, our 12-page fact-sheet, The Millennium Development Goals: 8 Steps for a Sustainable Future, includes helpful talking points, statistics, and ways that you CAN take action for sustainable development and global health solutions at home and abroad!

If you would like copies, please contact Audrey Brien.