Type One Planet

◄ Episode Topic Score Culture (5) Design (9) Education (6) Environment (8) Science (7) Technology (10) ◄ Topical Keywords Environment Plastics Recycling Artificial Intelligence ◄ Episode Description The average American citizen creates around 5 pounds of waste per day. As a nation, We create 1.6 Billion pounds of waste on a daily basis, with a massive part of that waste being non-biodegradable pla...

Body: ◄ Episode Topic Score Culture (10) Design (8) Education (7) Environment (2) Science (3) Technology (9) ◄ Topical Keywords Elections Election Technology Election Security Democracy Voting Methods ◄ Episode Description The backbone of every functional democracy is a free and fair election, in which the candidate with the strongest support from the majority of the citizens, a candidate that cou...

◄ Episode Topic Score Culture (3) Design (7) Education (5) Environment (9) Science (10) Technology (8) ◄ Topical Keywords Microplastics Environment Water Contamination ◄ Episode Description Plastic - it is the foundational substance of our modern world. Cheap, malleable, and durable, it has enabled our species to make exponential strides in our ability to transport food, build affordable and light...

◄ Episode Topic Score Culture (9) Design (5) Education (7) Environment (2) Science (3) Technology (10) ◄ Topical Keywords Election Technology Election Security Democracy ◄ Episode Description Of all the tools human beings use to make decisions, there is one that is one that is highly effective in capturing the will of large populations of people: Democracy. Though the current democratic systems of...

◄ Topic Score  Culture (7)  Design (6)  Education (10)  Environment (5)  Science (9)  Technology (8)  ◄  Keywords  Crisis Management  Existential Risk  Literature  Educational Resources ◄ Description Lewis Dartnell is an author, presenter, and professor of science communication at the University of Westminster. His works of popular scienc...

What is a Type One Planet?  In 1964, a man named Nicolai Kardashev created the Kardashev Scale, a model of civilizations in which we could extrapolate on what a successful civilization could look like in the future. A Type One Civilization is the first stage, in which the dominant species has become a cohesive planetary population that can harness and control 100% of the energy available on t...