Gaia

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% in next 17 years

This can be done by 2040 if there are changes in the market, a United Nations report has found

Sheree Bega

9 min read

Landfills are the third largest man-made source of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. (Eryn Scannell/GroundUp)

AFRICA WASTE 50 INITIATIVE

21 OCT 2022

How zero-waste strategies could cut emissions from the sector by 84%

Waste is often ignored … why it’s crucial in curbing emissions

Lesego Chepape

5 min read

The “hard-fought” negotiations to develop a landmark United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution closed on Friday without agreement and have been extended again

BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC

4 NOV 2021

South Africa and other countries ignore waste reduction in climate plan

‘If plastic were a country, it would already be the fifth-largest emitter in the world’

Sheree Bega

7 min read

Attributing to nature — or Gaia, the Earth system — the capacity to “send us a message” suggests that there is intelligence involved.

CORONAVIRUS

10 APR 2020

What Gaia theory can tell us about the outbreak of novel coronavirus

Automatic-control mechanisms are part of the intelligent self-regulation that occurs in nature. Thus, the outbreak of Covid-19 could very well be Gaia’s automatic reaction to…

Bert Olivier

7 min read