Rebecca grew up homeschooled in a patriarchal American family, later serving as a Marine, attending university, and traveling the world. Bound by the shared trauma and values of their upbringing, Rebecca remained very close to her sister. Awakening to feminism and the planetary crisis together, they both decided to not have children. Today, Rebecca and her sister live together as each other's chosen life partners surrounded by mutual security, comfort, love, and trust.

Growing up in rural England, Joe knew early in life that he didn’t want children and felt a deep connection to the natural world. While navigating pressures to conform to “normal” life, he lost that connection in his 20s. Now, alongside his partner, he’s built a purposeful life rooted in love for nonhuman life — founding and managing an ecocentric journal and working to protect biodiversity in his local habitat.

Juan Camilo made a decision when he was a teenager that he would not bring children into a world where they would suffer. Despite the pressures of living in conservative Colombia, he has stuck to his convictions, and he continues teaching his biology students about the dangers of human overpopulation.

Raised in a small Catholic village in Germany, Hans Peter had always questioned traditional norms. Concerned about the ecological crisis and threats to women's reproductive rights, he gifted himself a vasectomy on his 25th birthday. Today he spends his time with his wife joyfully nurturing the planet.

Born and raised in densely-populated Hong Kong and having lived in different parts of the world, Vincie was always deeply concerned about the plight of children. She wrestled with traditional family norms and gender roles within Asian culture and arrived at a more liberated decision to not have biological children.