Les U. Knight

Les U. Knight
Bornc. 1947
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Environmental activist, substitute teacher
Known forFounding the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)
MovementAntinatalism, environmentalism

Les U. Knight (born c. 1947) is an American environmental activist and founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT). He advocates for the voluntary cessation of human reproduction to gradually achieve the extinction of humankind, believing this would benefit Earth’s biosphere and prevent human-caused suffering and ecological degradation.