Day: August 12, 2026

Most conversations about pollution, habitat loss, and disappearing species treat those problems as separate crises with separate causes. The Colcom Foundation rejects that framing outright, insisting that a single underlying force, population growth, links nearly all of them together. Colcom Foundation supports several special programs, including the Conservation Catalyst Fund, which grants conservation organizations working to protect...

A Pittsburgh-based philanthropic organization is drawing renewed attention for its focus on a subject many funders avoid population growth and its toll on the natural world. The Colcom Foundation states plainly that its core purpose is to foster a sustainable environment so that Americans can maintain their quality of life, addressing what it calls the major causes and consequences of overpopulation. Colcom Foundation is among the primary...