To celebrate my 50th birthday rather than have presents I would appreciate it if family and friends can donate to "Population Matters".

Their aims are to advance: 

the education of the public in issues relating to human population worldwide and its impact on environmental sustainability;

research to determine optimum and ecologically sustainable human population levels and to publicise the results of such research; and 

environmental protection by promoting policies in the United Kingdom and any other parts of the world that will lead or contribute to the achievement of stable human population levels which allow environmental sustainability.

They campaign for the stabilisation and gradual decrease of the population to sustainable levels by voluntary means, globally and within the UK.

Want to know more:

http://populationmatters.org/about/aims-activities/

Many Thanks

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