Celebrating A Sustainable Vermont and More Love To my fellow dreamers of, and advocates for, a sustainable Vermont, Vermonters for a Sustainable Population (www.vspop.org) is organizing a gathering and picnic/party in Burlington on June 22nd for everyone who is fond of less consumption, smaller families, and who is happy that Vermont's population did not grow in 2012! Ya-hoo! Come meet and thank everyone, including yourself, for restraining our ability to procreate, and party with other Vermonters who want to live sustainably. Bring the kids, too; they'll appreciate what we're doing! Jerry Karnas, Population Campaign Director at the Center for Biological Diversity (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/) and Bill Ryerson of the Population Media Center (http://www.populationmedia.org/) will speak. Jerry will also bring 500 endangered species condoms (www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com) to give away. We'll gather on June 22nd rain-or-shine between 10-2 at the upper pavilion at Oakledge Park (www.enjoyburlington.com/Parks/OakledgePark.cfm). You can bring your own picnic fixings, or pre-order a Sugarsnap boxed lunch (www.thesnapvt.com) by using the PayPal donation button on this page. To pre-order your lunchbox, pay $15.50 via PayPal and indicate your sandwich and drink choices no later than June 14th. You will need to enter your sandwich and drink choice by using the “Add special instructions to VSPOP” link during checkout. Sandwich Choices… Cubano: smoked ham, pickles, swiss cheese, romaine lettuce, on housemade bread Caped Gobbler: turkey, caper mayo, grilled red onion, arugula, provolone cheese, on focaccia bread Roast Beef Wrangler: roast beef, pickled red onions, swiss cheese, arugula, garlic mayo, on focaccia Tarragon Chicken Wrap: chicken salad with tarragon, radishes, greens, on tomato wrap Greek Hummus Wrap: lemon-dill hummus w/ feta cheese, kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, cucumbers, greens on spinach wrap The beverage choices… Pepsi Diet Pepsi Pellegrino Seltzer Each lunchbox includes a 2 oz. bag of chips. Thank You! Lisa Sammet, President Vermonters for a Sustainable Population Sign-up for occasional e-mail updates about this event.

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The vision of VSP is a world in which the human population is living in balance with our natural resources and there are no conflicts or wars over resources.

Vermonters for a Sustainable Population was formed in 2005 by a group of Vermont residents who are very concerned about the population-driven environmental degradation taking place on our planet and in the United States, which has the fastest population growth in the developed world. This growth is leading to sprawl, congestion and excessive use of energy and other natural resources. It also makes it much more difficult to solve the global problems of global warming, loss of biodiversity, poverty, and creating peace instead of war . We believe that American people need to acknowledge and discuss the population issue, and take steps that will lead to a sustainable population globally, in this country, and in Vermont.

The VSP definition of sustainable is, “A sustainable human population is one where the people living in a given politically defined area (such as Vermont) do not live beyond the limits of the renewable resources of that area for either input (energy and matter) or output (food, material goods, and absorption of pollution). They then purchase or trade from environmentally aware sources those necessities that cannot be locally satisfied either in sufficient amounts or at all. They will thereby be living in a manner that present and future generations of people and all other life native to that area, will be able to enjoy a healthy habitat over the long term.”