Thank You for Not Breeding (2002)

Biologists estimate 20000 to 40000 species go extinct every year many times higher than the background extinction rate built into the evolutionary process The cause Human environmental impact the product of consumption times population Many environmentalists focus on our excessive consumption but discussing the latter factor in the equation population has fallen out of vogue Welcome to environmentalisms radical fringe the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and the Church of Euthanasia Armed with slogans like Thank You For Not Breeding and Live Long and Die Out their ideas are usually greeted with laughter or hostility But beneath the silliness do they have a point Through humorous animation and liveaction interviews with academics economists and activists across the political spectrum Thank You For Not Breeding takes a new look at our species our environment and our future