How do we educate those who feel an urgency to address our environmental and social challenges? What ethical concerns do art-makers face who are committed to a deep green agenda? How can we refocus education to emphasize integrative thinking and inspire hope? What role might art play in actualizing environmental …

Stormwater runoff can contain high amounts of Potential Toxic Elements (PTE) as heavy metals. PTE can have negative and direct impact on the quality of surface waters and groundwater. The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) demands enhanced protection of the aquatic environment. As a consequence, …

Groenblauw Doorgroeibare Verharding. (KAN Themagroep Verharding en Beheer) Spreker tijdens de online meeting

The current article presents an in-depth case study as part of a health impact assessment (HIA) on the effects of a major integrative infrastructural urban redesign project in Maastricht on physical activity and health; the Green Carpet project. In this 1.2 billion euro reconstruction project, a highway …

Solar Boat, the project was born in 2009 by a group of enthusiastic students of mixed educational backgrounds who wanted to fill their free composition course points in a special, more meaningful way. They came in contact with DTIW and established an agreement of what they could offer each other, eventually …

Waterstofnetwerk WING geopend: Opening WING voor de lancering van het naslagwerkje juridische handvatten voor innovatieve ondernemers in waterstof

A major target of the European Green Deal is to raise the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target to 55% compared to 1990. This high ambition includes an increase of the energy performance of buildings and additional generation of renewable energy in all sectors. The tertiary sector, including …

Bloemkool is over het algemeen een duurzaam verbouwde groente. Toch is het zo dat het verbouwen van een bloemkool gepaard gaat met het beschadigen van de biodiversiteit van insecten, bodemleven en weide- en akkervogels. Het niet onderwerken van de mest heeft naar verwachting een positief effect op de …

Current food system challenges such as the gap between farmers, consumer, and food production, have caused alternative agriculture initiatives such as community supported agriculture (CSA) to rise. Herenboeren is a CSA initiative that aims to give local communities back their food sovereignty while …

The main goal of this report was to determine and visualize the outgoing food streams, identify the biggest issues and to find solutions on how the HAS can prevent, reduce and/or upcycle the food waste with 50 percent by the end of 2025.