That's just it. You would need to have a population willing to do it voluntarily, and for that population to accept not procreating, for the greater good of society. Possible in theory sure, but the drive to procreate is literally one of the most ingrained ones in our nature, and hardest to overcome.
Only way to bring about something like that would be a drastic, drastic, improvement in overall education.
Edit: A more likely scenario we're definitely headed for, at some point in the future, is a requirement to have a license for more than one child, of maybe even for one child, as resources become more scarce. Will be an even more stark division between countries/areas that enforce the policy and others that don't.