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Short WaveNature Quest: The Climate-Kid QuestionGen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it's part of how they plan for the future, including for jobs, housing ... and kids.So, what do experts say about how to navigate the kid question? In this installment of Nature Quest, Short Wave speaks to climate journalist Alessandra Ram about the future she sees for her newborn daughter. Plus, how do we raise the next generation in a way that's good for the planet? Resources discussed in this episode include:2025-05-2713 minShort WaveNature Quest: The Climate-Kid QuestionGen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it's part of how they plan for the future, including for jobs, housing ... and kids.So, what do experts say about how to navigate the kid question? In this installment of Nature Quest, Short Wave speaks to climate journalist Alessandra Ram about the future she sees for her newborn daughter. Plus, how do we raise the next generation in a way that's good for the planet? Resources discussed in this episode include:2025-05-2713 min
EmbodiedClimate Anxiety And The Choice To ParentGen Z is anxious about climate change, and it’s impacting their family planning. Anita talks to researcher Jade Sasser, who's been studying young people’s attitudes about climate change and reproductive choices while unpacking her own experiences with climate anxiety. They’ll talk about how to manage climate emotions while making big life decisions, and how “the kid question” isn’t just about babies — it’s about what bringing new life into an uncertain world represents.Meet the guest:- Jade Sasser is the author of “Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children i...2025-05-1550 min
New Books in PsychologyJade S. Sasser, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question" (U California Press, 2024)Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (U California Press, 2024) is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether, when, and why people today decide to become parents—or not.Jade S. Sasser argues that we can and should continue to create the families we desire, but that doing so equitably will require deep commitments to social, reproductive, and climate justice. Climate Anxiety and the Ki...2025-03-2259 min
New Books in SociologyJade S. Sasser, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question" (U California Press, 2024)Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (U California Press, 2024) is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether, when, and why people today decide to become parents—or not.Jade S. Sasser argues that we can and should continue to create the families we desire, but that doing so equitably will require deep commitments to social, reproductive, and climate justice. Climate Anxiety and the Ki...2025-03-1559 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesJade S. Sasser, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question" (U California Press, 2024)Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (U California Press, 2024) is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether, when, and why people today decide to become parents—or not.Jade S. Sasser argues that we can and should continue to create the families we desire, but that doing so equitably will require deep commitments to social, reproductive, and climate justice. Climate Anxiety and the Ki...2025-03-1459 min
New Books In Public HealthJade S. Sasser, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question" (U California Press, 2024)Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (U California Press, 2024) is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether, when, and why people today decide to become parents—or not.Jade S. Sasser argues that we can and should continue to create the families we desire, but that doing so equitably will require deep commitments to social, reproductive, and climate justice. Climate Anxiety and the Ki...2025-03-1459 min
So ClimaticEpisode 9: Jade: Climate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionIn this episode of So Climatic, Cassandra speaks with Dr. Jade Sasser, an associate professor at UC Riverside and author of "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question," about the complex emotions and considerations surrounding having children in the era of climate change. Dr. Sasser shares her research on how climate anxiety is shaping the reproductive decisions of younger generations, particularly millennials and Gen Z. They discuss the importance of community support, the challenges of navigating climate emotions, and the need for a justice-centered approach to addressing the climate crisis.
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Dr. Jade Sasser is...2025-03-0455 min
The Kids or Childfree Podcast43. Dr. Jade Sasser on Climate Anxiety and The Kid QuestionIn this conversation, Keltie interviews author and professor, Dr. Jade Sasser, about her book, 'Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question,' which explores the emotional and mental health impacts of climate change on reproductive decisions. They discuss: Jade's research exploring how climate anxiety is shaping young people's reproductive decision-making, including the generational differences that exist in awareness and engagement with climate change. Why emotional distress about climate change often intersects with other factors, including race and class. How climate anxiety complicates the decision to have children — and why it's essential to consider climate change when...2024-11-271h 02
Fierce CompassionClimate Anxiety, Race, and Reproductive Choices with Dr. Jade SasserIn this episode of Fierce Compassion, we explore the intersection of climate change, reproductive choices, and racial justice with Dr. Jade Sasser. Drawing on her research for Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question, Dr. Sasser illuminates how feelings about the climate disproportionately affect communities of color and impact decisions about having children. She challenges dominant narratives around population and climate change, offering a nuanced perspective on environmental racism and climate justice. Dr. Sasser emphasizes the importance of culturally competent mental health support and local climate action. Join us for an eye-opening conversation that reframes climate anxiety through an intersectional...2024-10-2852 min
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastChanging Landscapes of Mother Earth and Motherhood: Uncertainty and the Climate CrisisChristina Gerhardt, Manjula Martin, Rosanna Xia, Jade S. Sasser, moderated by Maddie Oatman Join this essential and urgent conversation that examines the changing physical and cultural landscapes of the climate crisis. This panel centers one of the most pressing issues of our times and brings together in conversation four panelists who have written in depth aboutclimate change and its impacts on both the natural environment and human communities. Manjula Martin, Rosanna Xia, Jade Sasser, and Christina Gerhardt approach this topic from different angles, whether it’s through the lens of wildfires in Northern California (Martin), sea level ri...2024-09-2645 min
Second NatureShould We Have Kids in a Climate Crisis?There are a lot of factors that go into the decision to have kids. Creeping up on that list is climate change. In the first episode of season 2, we’re diving into this tough topic with the help of community stories, data, and professional research from Dr. Jade Sasser. On this episode, you’ll hear: How the climate crisis has impacted our community’s choice to have (or not have) kids. How population growth affects the climate crisis. The emissions of babies.How to talk to your family about how the climate crisis is affecting your decision. ...2024-09-1834 min
Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into BuddhismPaths of Practice with Jade Sasser, PhDJade Sasser, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department at University of California, Riverside. Sasser is the author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future and host of the podcast, Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question.
We discuss how mindfulness practices may benefit climate anxiety, how writing Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question deepened her Buddhist practice, the role of chanting in daily life, and Soka Gakkai International's work towards nuclear disarmament.2024-07-2555 min
Climate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 9 (Podcast finale): A Mother's Climate ActivismIn this, the final (!) episode of the podcast, I talk to Elizabeth: a mother, climate activist, and mental health researcher. All of those roles come together for her in important ways in everyday life, and she has thoughts to share on how other parents can become engaged in climate activism, even if they have no free time. Thanks for listening for the past 2 seasons! For more discussion on this topic, please read Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future (UC Press, 2024).2024-06-1228 min
WFHB Local News Features – WFHBEco Report – May 31, 2024
In this week’s Eco Report feature, Part One of “Local Food Sovereignty Amidst Global Challenges,” an episode of Eco Report EXTRA (E.R.X.) – our online sister show. The full program won Third Place for Best Radio Documentary Special of 2023 at the Society of Professional Journalists Awards in April.
The Indiana Business Journal reports that according to environmentalists, the scores of coal ash ponds that have sprung up around Indiana power plants over the decades are a looming threat to public health and water supplies. Most are near rivers and are filled with toxic chemical...2024-06-0100 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 8: Climate cafés and intersectional activismIn this episode, I talk to Maksim about climate change-related mental health, the goal of climate cafés, and why brining one's full intersectional identity to the issues is so important. We also explore the intersectionality of the kid question.2024-05-2228 min
The Climate PodIs Climate Anxiety Keeping People From Having Children? (w/ Dr. Jade Sasser)Over the past five years, there have been several studies showing how the climate crisis is impacting major life decisions. Whether it’s where to live, how to invest, or what to study, young people today are being forced to confront a climate-worsened future and decide what’s best for their personal situation given the very public failures of leaders to limit global warming. One particular decision that has received a lot of public attention is whether or not to have a child in the middle of a climate crisis. These studies are appearing more frequently than ever before as the...2024-05-0849 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 7: Climate change, mental health, and parenting as a commitment to joyIn this episode, I talk to Britt, a climate mental health expert and new mother. She helped me form my earliest understanding of climate emotions and mental health impacts, and how they intersect with reproductive anxieties. And she has wisdom to impart about how to manage climate emotions, and why having a child is her way of committing to joy and rejecting fear.2024-05-0129 min
Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)Is the Climate Crisis Making You Think Twice About Having Kids? A Conversation With Dr. Jade S. SasserDr. Jade S. Sasser discusses eco-anxiety, climate guilt, and her new book, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future," as well as, the growing reproductive-resistance movement among young people who've decided to refrain from having children due to the looming climate crisis.From this EpisodeClimate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain FutureListen to All Electorette Episodeshttps://www.electorette.com/podcastSupport the ElectoretteRate & Review on iTunes: https://apple...2024-04-2638 min
The Electorette PodcastIs the Climate Crisis Making You Think Twice About Having Kids? A Conversation With Dr. Jade S. SasserDr. Jade S. Sasser discusses eco-anxiety, climate guilt, and her new book, "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future," as well as, the growing reproductive-resistance movement among young people who've decided to refrain from having children due to the looming climate crisis.From this EpisodeClimate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain FutureListen to All Electorette Episodeshttps://www.electorette.com/podcastSupport the ElectoretteRate & Review on iTunes: https://apple...2024-04-2638 min
Climate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionBonus Book Trailer: Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain FutureThis is a brief trailer to announce my new book: Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future, now available everywhere you buy books. To receive 30% off, purchase at www.ucpress.edu, and enter the code UCPSAVE30.2024-04-1801 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 6: All of the emotions, and activism tooIn this episode, I talk to Natalie, an 18 year old college student and climate justice activist. She talks about navigating climate despair through her connections to nature and other climate activists, as well as maintaining a sense of optimism about having children in the future.2024-04-0326 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 5: On stepparenting and stewardshipIn this episode, I talk to Aaliyah, a new stepmother who draws on her Sustainability Studies degree and indigenous heritage to forge her approach to stepparenting, now and in the future. Also: I advertise my new book: Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future (out April 9th).2024-03-2026 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 4: An elected official and new mother speaks upIn this episode, I talk to Denise, who is a city council member and new mother. She breaks down how she developed more awareness of (and anxiety about) climate change and air quality issues when she became a mother, and how she is using her position in local government to effect change.2024-03-0626 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 3: No More Struggle NarrativesIn this episode, I talk to Finn, an 18-year old climate activist and high school student, about why all generations should step up to the climate fight, and the need to move past struggle narratives and find ways to create strong, intentional communities, with or without children.2024-02-2128 min
The Good Word Podcast(Glitter) Ash Wednesday - Language of Lent"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return" familiar words to many in the Christian tradition, and a universal truth. We come from earth and return to earth, but what about the moments in between? When we treat others like dirt or we ourselves are treated like dirt? In this episode, Pastor Molly and Pastor Rebekah talk about:
- why Ash Wednesday (and Good Friday) are some of our favorite times of the church year
- being human and our mortality
- why Lent isn't a season of making ourselves...2024-02-1412 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 2: Are the Kids Alright?In this episode, I speak with 9-year old Olivia about her climate concerns and everyday actions she things people should take to address it. I also talk to her mother, Victoria, who discusses the challenges of parenting in the midst of children's increasing climate anxiety.2024-02-0729 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 1: Intentional Parenting through Climate CrisisIn this first episode of Season 2, I talk to Jenni, a climate aware therapist, researcher, and mother. We discuss her efforts to become a mother while navigating her climate anxiety, and how she works to raise her child with as much age appropriate climate awareness as possible. We also discuss her research on other parents navigating climate anxiety. Her co-authored article can be found here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=45243972024-01-2429 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionSeason 2 TrailerClimate Anxiety and the Kid Question is back for Season 2! Listen to the trailer here.2024-01-2401 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 7: Making Space for JoyIn the final episode of the season, I talk to Cindy, a young activist who co-organizes climate cafes in Southern California. In these spaces, artists, activists, and others come together to talk through their climate emotions—and an unexpected emotion has surfaced multiple times: joy. The joy comes through building networks of care, community, and connection, which Cindy says is also vital to the conversation about having children.2023-07-0330 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 6: Planning a Future Family While Living on the Front LinesIn this episode, I talk to Grace, a hydraulic engineer living and working in New Orleans. Her climate anxiety comes from having lived through hurricane disasters, and having a job that keeps her up to date on the scientific projections of what’s to come. However, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t plan to have children. Instead, she’s clear that knowledge and preparation can be the best tools for being confident about becoming a parent in the climate crisis.2023-06-1929 min
The Land & Climate PodcastIs overpopulation a climate risk, or dangerous rhetoric?Following US Climate Envoy John Kerry's latest remarks on overpopulation, Bertie spoke to Diana Ojeda, Associate Professor in sustainability, environment and development at the Universidad de los Andes' Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies, about why many scholars and activists are wary of populationist narratives in climate planning. Audio editing by Vasko Kostovski.Further reading: 'A feminist exploration of ‘populationism’: engaging contemporary forms of population control''Confronting populationism: Feminist challenges to population control in an era of climate change''Malthus’s specter and the anthropocene'Anne Hendrixson and Diana Ojeda's article on population for Uneven Earth Betsy Ha...2023-06-0929 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 5: Environmental Emotions and Environmental JusticeIn this episode, I talk to Kamillah, a recent university graduate who connects her feelings about environmental problems directly to the environmental injustices she’s experienced living in the Bay Area and Southern California. She’s not planning to have kids right now, but she definitely wants them in the future—which makes it all the more important to address toxic air, water, and other environmental health concerns.2023-06-0523 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 4: Film, Friends, and Tinder DatesIn this episode, I talk to Cameron, who grew up as an only child in New Jersey. He and his friends talk a lot about the future and how they want to do things differently, particularly when it comes to creating families and communities. He’s concerned about how hard it is to raise children in general, and says that climate change complicates his vision of a future where he could have kids and raise them the way he would want to. The subject is finding its way into more areas of his life—like his art, and his dates.2023-05-2223 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 4: Film, Friends, and Tinder DatesIn this episode, I talk to Cameron, who grew up as an only child in New Jersey. He and his friends talk a lot about the future and how they want to do things differently, particularly when it comes to creating families and communities. He’s concerned about how hard it is to raise children in general, and says that climate change complicates his vision of a future where he could have kids and raise them the way he would want to. The subject is finding its way into more areas of his life—like his art, and his dates.2023-05-2229 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 3: How Social Policies (and Climate Change) Make it Hard to Want KidsThis episode was recorded in early 2022. My guest Jessica situates her lack of desire to have kids in a broader policy landscape that makes individuals and families responsible for the failures of a weak social safety net in the U.S. And then there’s climate change, which makes it all seem even more bleak. But she’s clear that this is not an individual problem; it is a system-level problem, and it requires system-level solutions.2023-05-0829 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 2: BIPOC Communities and Mental Health in the Climate CrisisIn this episode, I talk to Aishah-Nyeta about her experience growing up as a young activist in the climate movement, and how she connects her climate activism to the need for mental health care, particularly for communities of color. She also talks about her reproductive ambivalence—and why adoption might be the route for her.2023-04-2425 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionEpisode 1: Navigating Climate Emotions, Privilege, and ParentingThis episode explores what it’s like to raise children while steeped in climate emotions. Sarah, an environmental studies professor, talks about what she learned from her students about climate anxiety, her own feelings about climate change, and how motherhood has brought her face to face with her own privilege.2023-04-1143 minClimate Anxiety and the Kid QuestionClimate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Season 1 TrailerWelcome to Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question! This is a podcast about all of the thorny emotions that come along with the climate crisis—from anxiety and sadness to motivation and hope—and how they are shaping fundamental questions about whether, when, and how to have children. Let’s get into it!2023-04-1001 min
The LRB PodcastClimate, Politics and Procreation: Jade SasserIn the final episode of this series on climate chaos and reproductive justice, Meehan Crist speaks to the feminist scholar Jade Sasser. Jade discusses how advocates for population control harness the language of social justice, her students’ highly personal responses to climate change, and the ways scholarship on climate anxiety has neglected questions of race.Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/jadesasserpodRead the lecture that inspired this series: lrb.me/meehancristlectureSubscribe to Close Readings: lrb.me/closereadings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...2023-03-0745 min
SRHM PodcastThe moral determinants of reproductive health—not “our lane”?In anticipation of the International Conference on Family Planning, this episode focuses on reproductive power and aligning actions with values in global family planning.
The conversation is moderated by Sara Gullo who works as an Independent Consultant. Sara is joined by Christine Galavotti a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Feven Mekuria a Senior Advisor in Community Health systems at CARE.
This conversation is inspired by a recent article on reproductive power and family planning written by Christine and Sara which was published in the SRHM journal. The link to the...2022-11-0827 min
Queer Lit“Queerness and Race in Comics” with andré carringtonSweet Christmas, darling gays! (It’s a superhero catchphrase. I looked it up.) Prof andré carrington (UCR) brings us truth, justice and a queerer tomorrow in this Queer Lit quest. With great knowledge comes great responsibility and andré is ready to take it: he takes us on a deep dive into queer black comics, fan studies, queer cartoonists, and introduces me to awesome characters from Aqualad to Jughead, from Black Panther to Storm. andré truly is the best at what he does, which is why you should follow @prof_carrington on Twitter and his trusty sidekick @benjaminbannekerphdog on Insta...2022-08-3059 min
Climate Change and HappinessClimate Change, Children and a Better World with Guest Dr. Jade Sasser
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Season 1, Episode 8 | Climate Change, Children and a Better World with Guest Dr. Jade Sasser
Climate Change and Happiness Episode 8 begins a two-part series focusing on childbearing decisions in this time of increasing climate disruption. Panu and Thomas are joined by feminist scholar Jade Sasser whose research investigates the impacts of climate change, racial injustice, and other existential threats on human reproductive decisions. Together they explore how climate change is interpreted by potential parents and grandparents of different generations and cultures. They discover how, in Jade’s words, children “symbolize and represent so ma...2022-04-1533 min
The AutoImmune HourExploring Resonance and the Experience of Being Truly Understood with Sarah PeytonExploring Resonance and the Experience of Being Truly Understood with Sarah PeytonAired Friday, March 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTWe are welcoming back the amazing Sarah Peyton. In this episode, Sarah and I chat on a wide variety of simple ways to take care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and the latest wisdom from her upcoming The Resonance Summit’s Speakers Dan Seigel, Sue Johnson, and Jade Sasser, to name a few… plus insights into• How the words we choose change our brains,• Why Sarah calls “emotions, the human music of life,”2022-03-1254 min
The Autoimmune HourExploring Resonance and the Experience of Being Truly Understood with Sarah PeytonWe are welcoming back the amazing Sarah Peyton. In this episode, Sarah and I chat on a wide variety of simple ways to take care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and the latest wisdom from her upcoming The Resonance Summit’s Speakers Dan Seigel, Sue Johnson, and Jade Sasser, to name a few... plus insights into• How the words we choose change our brains, • Why Sarah calls “emotions, the human music of life,”• How to uncover and revise an unconscious contract,• Are we doing self-care for surviving or self-care for thriving? And much more....2022-03-1246 min
New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkJade S. Sasser, "On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change" (NYU Press, 2018)Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”—and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back—and why now? In On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change (New York University Press, 2018), Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the cente...2021-12-1354 minNew Books in Environmental StudiesJade S. Sasser, "On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change" (NYU Press, 2018)Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”—and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back—and why now? In On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change (New York University Press, 2018), Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the cente...2021-12-1354 min
New Books in Human RightsJade S. Sasser, "On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change" (NYU Press, 2018)Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”—and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back—and why now? In On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change (New York University Press, 2018), Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the cente...2021-12-1354 min
From the Square: An NYU Press PodcastJade S. Sasser, "On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change" (NYU Press, 2018)Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”—and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back—and why now? In On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change (New York University Press, 2018), Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the cente...2021-12-1354 min
New Books in Women's HistoryJade S. Sasser, "On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change" (NYU Press, 2018)Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”—and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back—and why now? In On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women's Rights in the Era of Climate Change (New York University Press, 2018), Jade S. Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the cente...2021-12-1354 min
AnalysisBaby Boom or BustBirth rates in many countries, including China, Japan, Italy and the UK have dropped below replacement level. Clare McNeil asks if we should be concerned about this, and the burden it will place on taxpayers and the young, or welcome it as a good thing for climate change, where some think that the fewer consumers and CO2 emitters the better. But with fertility rates of 1.58 in England and Wales, and only 1.29 in Scotland, society is aging, with the higher healthcare and pension costs to be borne by the taxpayers of working age. What role could or should the government...2021-11-0829 min
Flash ForwardOne Child to Rule Them AllIf we really want to combat climate change, why not institute a serious cap on human population? It's a common question, and on today's episode we talk about a future in which there is a global one-child policy put in place, and why that might not actually be a very good, or just, idea.Guests:
Dr. Jade Sasser — Associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside, author of On Infertile Ground, Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change.
Dr. Leslie Wang — Assistant professor of sociology at UMass Boston and author...2020-06-2355 min
Flash ForwardOne Child to Rule Them AllIf we really want to combat climate change, why not institute a serious cap on human population? It's a common question, and on today's episode we talk about a future in which there is a global one-child policy put in place, and why that might not actually be a very good, or just, idea.
Guests:
Dr. Jade Sasser — Associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at UC Riverside, author of On Infertile Ground, Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change.
Dr. Leslie Wang — Assistant professor of sociology at UMass Boston and author of Outsourced Children: Orphan...2020-06-231h 01
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireJade S. Sasser on Reproductive Justice and Climate ChangeHow do the racist and misogynist histories of population control shape current debates over climate change? How is the reproductive justice movement shifting our understandings of environmentalism and public health? How are feminist public health scholars harnessing photography, poetry, and creative writing to bring their research to diverse audiences? In episode 83 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews gender and health studies scholar Jade S. Sasser about how the long racist and sexist histories of population control shape current-day climate change debates and global health policy, how to approach scholarship from a position of social j...2019-02-2720 min
KPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Population Control or Population Justice?Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need to be in control of their own fertility. But those perspectives are very controversial. On this edition: how environmentalism can lead down a slippery slope to population control, and even anti-immigrant policies. Can an emerging movement for ‘population justice’ save our planet while respecting women’s rights?
Special thanks to Mary Wohlford Foundation for funding this program.
Featuring:
*Laurie Mazur, *author of “A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge”...2012-06-2204 min