Meet our New Executive Director | Nandita Bajaj

May 11, 2021

The new Executive Director passionately discusses her journey into sustainable population advocacy. She highlights the connections between overpopulation, human rights, and environmental justice. Emphasizing minimalism, veganism, and childfree living, she shares the joy of living simply. The hosts also explore the challenges of leadership transitions while engaging with listener feedback. From enjoying nature to reflecting on social injustices, the conversation weaves personal experiences with broader societal issues, urging a rethink of humanity's relationship with the planet.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Leadership Transition and Engagement

01:37 • 4min

Navigating Overpopulation and Social Justice

05:09 • 10min

Leadership in Sustainable Population Advocacy

15:34 • 25min

Leadership Transition and Future Guests

40:07 • 4min

Exploring Joy Through Nature and Animal Care

44:13 • 2min

Transition and Reflection in Leadership

45:47 • 2min

Rethinking Human Supremacy for Environmental Change

47:46 • 3min

New Executive Director and podcast co-host Nandita Bajaj shares her brief history and the evolving path that led her to becoming a sustainable population advocate.

Former Executive Director Dave Gardner interviews Nandita her about her plans for World Population Balance and why she is dedicating her life to this cause. Nandita shares her perspectives of the tightly woven links between pronatalism, anthropocentrism, and human overpopulation and why our growing human enterprise is one of the most pressing planetary justice issues of our time. A passionate advocate for minimalism, veganism, and childfree living, Nandita speaks about the joy of living simply in communion with all life on our planet. Dave and Nandita also share their excitement about continuing as the co-hosts of the podcast.

See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript: https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/nandita-bajaj2

ABOUT US

OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance [Formerly The Overpopulation Podcast]

OVERSHOOT tackles today’s interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity’s excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings.

Hosted by Nandita Bajaj and Alan Ware. Brought to you by Population Balance.

*Episodes from 2016-2021 were hosted by former executive director Dave Gardner and later with co-host Erika Arias, and then with co-host Nandita Bajaj.

Learn more at populationbalance.org