8 Billion Angels

Ground-breaking and inspiring global documentary exploring humanity's impact on environmental and human health.

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After ten film festivals, a World Wide release, PBS broadcast and thousands of screenings, Earth Overshoot and producer Terry Spahr announce the release to the public its award-winning documentary for free.
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It is rare to see a great film tackling the theme of unsustainable population growth and its negative impact on human wellbeing and the natural world.
Greenwashed is excellent!
TRAILER: https://t.co/2V0QDOkyQT...
FULL FILM: https://t.co/k2uUh6jNYQ

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The National Aviary In Pittsburgh PA is one of the best. We saw this terrific poster contrasting the trend of human population growth and an equal and opposite decline in #Penguins. Sadly the best solution to helping Penguins, encouraging smaller families, was nowhere to be seen.

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The WWF in its 2024 LIVING PLANET REPORT almost ¾ of all wildlife around the world exterminated since 1970. They need to rename it THE DYING PLANET REPORT. We are crowding out all wildlife and must stabilize and reduce our growth to give them a chance. https://t.co/ERNRqCu2dz

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"Being “pro-family” shouldn’t mean turning women into baby factories. It shouldn’t mean quantity over quality. It should mean doing whatever it takes to ensure a healthy planet and good lives for children."
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Another record breaking year of total consumption. The 2 factors for this are greater global wealth and 80 million more consumers than last year. We are depleting earth’s resources and degrading ecosystems faster than they can regenerate. https://t.co/zByVOVekEe

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In 1974, 50 yrs ago, globally there were 4 Billion People. In 1974 the city of #Barcelona was 38 square miles. Today there are 8 billion people globally.  Barcelona is still 38 sq. miles. Where else are we seeing this?

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“Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it’s time we controlled the population to allow the survival of the environment.” - David Attenborough

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#Egypt continues to struggle with a host of environmental, health and social ills caused by unsustainable population growth. The country’s leaders all agree and are working to improve all lives by shifting the culture of large families.
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Bio-Conservation Prof. Stuart Pimm who plays a big part in Earth Overshoot’s documentary 8 Billion Angels talks about buying nations debt in return for conserving its natural resources. One good tool to preserve nature if done right.
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Congratulations to Shashi Tharoor who plays a pivotal role in 8 Billion Angels. The highly recognized India MP @ShashiTharoor just won his fourth term in India’s Parliament.
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Orangutans for Palm Oil scheme! Conservationist Professor Stuart Pimm, who was featured in 8 Billion Angels, calls the Palm Oil industry repugnant and a few other sharp and well deserved words.

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8 Billion Angels is proud to announce its amazing cinematographer, Jake Mitchell, shot Riddle of Fire which premiered last year at The Cannes Film Festival.

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With 8 Billion People inhabiting the planet, all 13 of these effects seem to be accurate, and would greatly improve if we begin to stabilized and then reduce our numbers.

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Businesses and residents on one of Thailand’s most popular tourism islands face a daily reality of lacking water supplies.
“Overpopulation is leading to overconsumption and that's why there is a shortage of water,” she added.

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According to https://t.co/tgmBJ6FklP Switzerland is currently not sustainable. How do you humanely address such a challenging issue from so many perspectives?
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Catching waves 50 years ago was so much easier with half as many people on the planet.

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8 Billion Angels recognizes and celebrates #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 through its  documentary's  resounding message of Girl's Education, Women's Empowerment and Access to contraception as a just path, improving health outcomes and restoring the natural world.

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Today is the 1st day of Women's History Month. A reminder that women are independent & can make their own choices in having kids or not. We're Celebrating some famous child-free women through out history.

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Earth Overshoot’s award winning documentary 8 Billion Angels depicts #overfishing & #climatechange as an example of too many people consuming fewer and fewer resources and polluting more waste than the planet is able to manage. https://t.co/3xZm1DbyBh