Plastic pollution is ubiquitous. And it is increasing rapidly. Only if we can change the way we depend in almost everything we do on plastics can we reduce the increase of this pollution. We aim to fully understand the extent of plastic pollution, assess the threats this pollution poses to the Earth's life-support system and humans, and develop approaches for products and processes in all domains of our societies with minimum use of plastics and with barriers for increases in plastic pollution of the planetary system.
If we want to effectively fight plastic pollution, we need all hands on board. Your hands are needed! Join us.
[Jul. 25, 2024] News: The Mitigate Plastic Pollution VCC is under construction. Visit again soon to see the progress.
[Apr. 21, 2026] SlaveryToday VCC opened: The "Fighting Modern Slavery VCC" has been initialized and is open now.
[Apr. 19, 2026] Earth Energy Imbalance is Increasing Rapidly: Finally the extreme increase in the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) is slowly starting to make headlines - far too late, though. The article “ What are zettajoules – and what do they tell us about Earth’s energy imbalance?” by Jonathan Watts published in the Guardian explains some of the basics. Importantly, the EEI double within only 13 years. In another article by Watts also in the Guardian and titled “ Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high” the author points out that the World Meteorological Organization warned that Earth is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming the oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies. Considering that Earth is more like a pool house with a very large pool than a greenhouse, the ocean is only delaying the heating of the atmosphere but not preventing it.
