For future generations to meet their needs, and to close the global inequality gap, we need to degrow. That is we need to reduce resource and energy consumption to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a way that reduces inequality and improves human well-being (Hickel, 2020a,b). …

Whereas different aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education are often discussed within an academic community, teaching the EU seems to receive less attention. Especially in recent years we testimony the decreasing interest to EU studies in universities, including some signs of disappearing …

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 …

Presentatie over de vraagstukken rond de energietransitie en de biobased transitie.

Seaweeds from the genus Porphyra play a big economic role in seaweed aquaculture, mainly in Asia. In Europe, resources are put towards seaweed cultivation, but without attention to the Porphyra species which is also native to Europe. Different nomenclature and specifications are used to describe Porphyra, …

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 …

Keynote lecture during Go!PHA WG Science & Technology

Meet Your Future in Sustainability is a career event where young professionals and sustainable organisations can find each other. Egbert Dommerholt gave a 30-minute workshop titled 'Degrowth & Future Jobs', in which he inspired young job-seekers to shift their focus from satisfying the 'wants' of society …