#1059 - Les U. Knight

Les wouldn't call himself the founder but a volunteer at The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement he just gave the name to the ideology of saving the environment by choosing not to reproduce. After becoming involved in the environmental movement as a college student in the 1970s, Knight attributed most of the dangers faced by the planet to human overpopulation. VHEMT supports human extinction primarily because, in the group's view, it would prevent environmental degradation. The group states that a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering.