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Ice-Breaker: Get to Know the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

Ice-Breaker: Get to Know the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

Environmental Impacts of Planned Obsolescence

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Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction

Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction

GMOs: The Pros and Cons to Us and Our Environment

GMOs: The Pros and Cons to Us and Our Environment

Artificial Intelligence Can Save the Planet

Artificial Intelligence Can Save the Planet

Sustainability vs Starvation: A Moral Dilemma

Sustainability vs Starvation: A Moral Dilemma

A Blueprint for the Future of Food

A Blueprint for the Future of Food

Saving the Birds--You Can Help!

Saving the Birds--You Can Help!

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Ice-Breaker: Get to Know the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

Ice-Breaker: Get to Know the Melting Arctic Sea Ice

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When Trees Become Publix Stores: What’s the Big Deal?

Environmental Impacts of Planned Obsolescence

Environmental Impacts of Planned Obsolescence

Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction

Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction

GMOs: The Pros and Cons to Us and Our Environment

GMOs: The Pros and Cons to Us and Our Environment

Artificial Intelligence Can Save the Planet

Artificial Intelligence Can Save the Planet

Sustainability vs Starvation: A Moral Dilemma

Sustainability vs Starvation: A Moral Dilemma

A Blueprint for the Future of Food

A Blueprint for the Future of Food

Saving the Birds--You Can Help!

Saving the Birds--You Can Help!

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Environmental Impacts of Planned Obsolescence
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
Madagascar Lemurs at the Brink of Extinction
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

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