Planned obsolescence, the smartest business strategy for environmental destruction disguised in human modernisation. But how can businesses do better? In a purely profit-driven, short-term economic model, planned obsolescence is indeed “smart”: Guaranteed Future Demand: Instead of selling one product that lasts a lifetime, you sell ten to the same person. [...]
Meet some of our young researchers across Southern Africa who are shaping our planet’s sustainable future. At Pass NetZero, we are guided by a simple principle: the future of climate science must be inclusive, transparent, and globally grounded. Across Southern Africa, our student researchers are restoring ecosystems, quantifying carbon capture, [...]
Did you know that coastal wetlands could bury up to 10 times more carbon than forests? That’s right, wetland plants do this by absorbing atmospheric carbon via photosynthesis, moving carbon from the air into its plant cells. From there, carbon travels into the soil as plant biomass accumulates in the [...]
According to the UNEP, about 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into our oceans, rivers, and lakes EVERY DAY. And since plastic is non-biodegradable, all that plastic pollution accumulates rapidly in our waters and landfills. That’s why we need an alternative solution to our plastic problem. Unlike traditional [...]