
Kenna Dixon
- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
Environmental Impacts of Planned Obsolescence
Is planned obsolescence real? What can we do about it? A common joke about Apple’s iPhones is their tendency to break or decline in productivity (suspiciously) around the same time that a new version is released. While I’m not sure there are teams of people carefully plotting the exact minute their appliances and devices will fail, companies are definitely not making them as sturdy as possible. Is planned obsolescence, the idea that manufacturers are purposely creating produc

Lucy Grossman
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction
The biodiversity on Madagascar island, home to many native unique wildlife such as lemurs, are drastically decreasing due to human activitie