A few billion more of us and we'll save the planet once and for all.

You may have already been a Volunteer or Supporter before hearing of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. Millions of people around the planet have independently arrived at the conclusion that Earth's biosphere would be better off without humans. A little further down the thinking process and it becomes apparent that decreasing births rather than increasing deaths is the way to go, and voluntary methods are much more fun to advocate.

We Volunteers and Supporters make up our own minds about life and what to do with it. Our diversity makes The Movement strong. A wide range of religious, political, and social thought is represented among us.

Even our unofficial motto,"May we live long and die out," has room for differing opinions: some prefer "May we live well and die out." As explained below, Supporters don't agree with the "die out" part of the motto.

However, the first word in VHEMT is Voluntary. Although some who support VHEMT may also advocate involuntary solutions to our population density problems, they are not advocating for VHEMT when they do so.

Loosely, we relate to VHEMT in one of three ways: Volunteer, Supporter, and Undecided.

VHEMT Volunteer: "All of us should voluntarily refrain from reproducing further, bringing about the eventual extinction of Homo sapiens."

VHEMT Supporter: "Intentional creation of one more of us by any of us is unjustifiable at this time, but extinction of our species goes too far."

Undecided : "Stop trying to put words in my mouth. Maybe I'm a Volunteer and maybe I'm a Supporter. I'd like to know more before I decide."

In alphabetical order, online forums for VHEMT:

FACEBOOK
Account required. Two groups, three if you count the joke group. Register, search groups for VHEMT, join, discuss.

LIVE JOURNAL
Account required. Discussion is active.

MEETUP
VHEMT Volunteers around the globe are signed up to receive notice when someone sets a date and location for meeting up. This started out as a free service with the intent of charging someday. Someday has arrived: minimum fee is $12 a month. Many other groups around the country consider it worth the cost, but none for VHEMT so far.
There's a free discussion board at Meetup, with a conversation in progress.

MYSPACE
Get a MySpace account and search groups for "human extinction". There are several to choose from.

TRIBE
Tribe members form discussion lists, and a member has created one for VHEMTers. "No more humans!" tribe is closely related.

YAHOO
Presently the largest VHEMT discussion group with over 1,300 subscribers. Discussion was moved to Yahoo Groups in December 2000, and has been in existence since 1996. You must consider yourself to be a Volunteer or a Supporter to subscribe to this self-moderating group.You may elect to receive messages by email, individually or as a daily digest, or read and post on the yahoo website, or only receive special notices.

Active discussion forums are also in Spanish and French.

If you know of a VHEMT grouping of any kind which should be listed here, please let me know. Les

Issue number One: Still serves as a basic all-purpose introduction to VHEMT. January 1991, 12 pages
Issue number Two: Letters from readers reassure those who felt alone in their vehemence. A good follow-up to number one. July 1992, 20 pages.
Issue number Three: Was not printed in order to save trees. 1993, zero pages, out of print.
Issue number Four: Printed on paper saved by eliminating number Three. Discussion of deeper issues related to VHEMT. August 1994, 16 pages.

Insert from the Earth First! Journal. Designed for readers who consider themselves environmentally aware. Some reprints of articles from previous editions. A visually more impressive introduction to VHEMT than number One, but has a more Earth-centered approach. February 1995, four 8.5 x 14 inch pages. One photocopy free for a self-addressed stamped long envelope -- or with any order.

Bumper stickers or car stickers

“May we live long and die out.” and “Thank you for not breeding” white with green letters on eco-unfriendly plastic-coated sticky paper which last a long time in harsh weather. 11.5 x 3 inches (29.3 x 7.6mm). “Vasectomy prevents Abortion.” From Respect for Life, royal blue with while letters. 7.5 x 3.75 inches (19 x 9.5mm). Additional stickers in same order are only half price.

Full color version of the VHEMT logo on a 1.25 inch (3.2mm) plastic-coated metal pin. Additional buttons in same order are only half price.

Meritorious Service Award

Recognize the meritorious service of your friends, co-workers, and family, when they decide to not add any more of us to the billions. Frameable certificate, on fancy paper, 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14.1 x 21.6mm), with an EarthSeal sticker, signed by Les U. Knight.

Premium quality, 100% organically-grown unbleached cotton, very generously cut, soft, heavy fabric, and come in men’s S, M, L, XL. VHEMT logo over the heart, and the Visualize Voluntary Human Extinction cartoon on the back with “May we live long and die out” under that. Printed with fresh green ink. The back makes a great silent educator when standing in lines or queues.
Measuring from shoulder seam to shoulder seam: S 17" 43cm, M 19" 48cm, L 21" 53cm, XL 23" 58.5cm.
Order an irregular T-shirt in M, L, or XL and take $2 off the price. Minor flaws possible.