Turning landfills into carbon sinks with dirt: StratX

Landfills aren't sexy, but they're a huge problem. They emit more greenhouse gas than the entire aviation sector. Half of that is in the form of methane, which is up to 83 times more potent than CO₂ across a 20 year timespan.  In the Global South, landfills are often open pits, flagrantly leaking buckets of…

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Founder interview: Mauricio Porras & Sylvain Ferrière of HERO

9 questions with Mauricio Porras & Sylvain Ferrière HERO was founded by Mauricio Porras and Sylvain Franc de la Ferrière after they noticed that civic leaders working on systemic climate action lacked the infrastructure to sustain and scale their efforts long-term. They created a way for funders and citizens to support civic leaders to accelerate…

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Mark van Baal leaving the Shell 2018. Photo by Anke Teunissen

Founder interview: Follow This’s Mark van Baal

10 questions with Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This For a decade, Mark van Baal and Follow This have been doing something deceptively simple: asking oil majors to answer for their climate strategy in public, on the record, in front of their own shareholders. It's worked better than almost anyone expected. Here, van Baal…

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Founder interview: Katapult Future Fest’s Evita Zanuso

Founders Q&A with Evita Zanuso, co-managing director of Katapult Future Fest Katapult Future Fest, a transformative gathering of changemakers, is coming to Amsterdam in May 2026 – and we're supporting them! Evita Zanuso, co-managing director, tells us about what makes KFF unique and what we can expect from this edition. What is Katapult Future Fest?…

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Founder interview: meet Alexis Grosskopf of Ocean Innovation Africa

Q&A with Alexis Grosskopf of Ocean Innovation Africa We spoke with Alexis, co-founder of Ocean Innovation Africa, ahead of a workshop on marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) at the organisation's annual summit on March 23-25th 2026. Q1: Your workshop tackles marine carbon removal from an African perspective. What's the core problem you're trying to…

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Founder interview: meet Seth John of Growing Oceans

10 Questions with Seth John of Growing Oceans Growing Oceans is a non-profit team of ocean scientists who learn from existing natural processes in the ocean that take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it deep in the ocean. A collaboration between Growing Oceans and Tonga is focused on the process of nitrogen…

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Founder interview: meet Kees Gruiter of Underground Forest

Q&A with Kees de Gruiter  Underground Forest are reviving an ancient method of building on foundations of wooden piles driven into peat and clay. Burying tree trunks permanently stores the carbon they have accumulated over their lifespans, removing more carbon than any other form of forest management. By using wood instead of concrete for…

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