When I was young overpopulation was generally recognized as being either the root cause of, or an exacerbation of, every problem facing the human race. And that's when there were 4 billion people on the planet. Zero population growth was considered a reasonable aspiration, at the very least, an ideal. Now, with 7 billion people overloading the planet's systems, eco and otherwise, no one is really discussing population. Not our political, spiritual or academic leadership, nor in the communities either. Ask anyone you know under 30 what ZPG stands for and they won't know. There are even TV shows that glorify and enable people having 8, 12, even 19 children, ironically on something called "The Learning Channel". What happened to our priorities? How can we talk about war and poverty and the beleaguered environment without addressing the one issue that connects to all others, overpopulation?