For the DELUGE project, artist Linde Ex is researching the coastal saltmarshes near Firth of Forth, Edinburgh; Barrow in Furness, Cumbria and the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands. Because of their aesthetics – generally flat and open, with a limited colour palette and few recognisable landscape objects – …

Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden steeds ouder. Deze veroudering gaat vaak samen met inactiviteit, ongezonde voedingspatronen en gezondheidsproblemen die al op jongere leeftijd ontstaan. Dit leidt bij mensen met een verstandelijke beperking tot een groter risico op leeftijds- en leefstijlgerelateerde …

Keynote at Climate Existence conference 16-18 August, 2023, Sigtuna, Sweden.

Abstract: Climate change is related with weather extremes, which may cause damages to infrastructure used by freight transport services. Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding and damage to railway lines, roads and inland waterways. Extreme drought may lead to extremely low water levels, which prevent …

Duurzaamheidsfestival, bijdrage van Sense Ecology in de organisatie. In samenwerking met diverse MBO opleidingen, waaronder Terra MBO en HBO Academie Minerva; lectoraat Art & Sustainability

In deze lezing vertelt Jan van Boeckel over zijn antropologisch onderzoek naar het vermeende conflict in 1986 tussen de Hopi en Navajo-volkeren over een gedeeld stuk grond en dan vooral hoe de media omgingen met dit probleem. Progressieve journalisten en filmmakers schoten de traditionele bevolking te …

Our relationships with the more-than-human world are always somewhat incomplete as they are partially based on our state of awareness of what reaches us through our doors of perception. Only a limited part of what is “out there” in front of us, registers in our brain. We tend to only notice what we consider …

Eerste publieke presentatie van SPRONG "creating cultures of care"

An introductory course for kindergarten, primary schoolteachers, art teachers, nature pedagogues, environmental educators, special needs teachers, academicians, 3rd and 4th year students in these fields as well as people working with young children. The course is intended to support educators to engage …

Comprehensive understanding of the merits of bottom-up urban development is lacking, thus hampering and complicating associated collaborative processes. Therefore, and given the assumed relevancies, we mapped the social, environmental and economic values generated by bottom-up developments in two Dutch …