Communication that fosters collective action is considered a key driver of transformational change. This study explores the role that cooperatives could play in transforming the current unsustainable food system toward sustainability. The focal point of the study is how communication processes of nonprofit …

Coöperatief in balans: 2021-2022

Betreft een Nieuwsbrief waarin opgenomen de uitnodiging voor het openbaar college en workshop Blockchain en energie door Bernhard van der Biessen, HU.

This study focuses on the identification of barriers and solutions to starting a cocoa processing facility that produces semi-finished products in Ghana and whether a cooperative is suitable for founding one. Furthermore, it aims to equip the cooperatives with practical and concise recommendations, which …

Christian van Someren en Ruud Welling hebben een presentatie verzorgd over Nul op de Trafo in de Houtlaan in Assen. De volgende presentatie ging over Making City, steps towards a ‘positive energy district’ in Hoogkerk en werd verzorgd door Ifigeneia Psarra (Hanzehogeschool) (in English).

Although beekeeping is increasingly taking commercial orientation in Rwanda, it has been of subsistence nature. Beekeepers’ own forests are unsuitable for beekeeping as they are small over-harvested plantations with short rotations of 2 to 3 years. In addition, the use of pesticides in agricultural plantations …

Dairy cooperatives have been around in the Netherlands for more than 130 years (Bijman, 2018). A growing European economy and growing demand for dairy products offered opportunities for further growth (Bijman, 2018). As the technological development in dairy processing evolved, cooperatives continued …

Het doel van dit rapport is meer zicht te krijgen op de vraag in welke mate en hoe burgerinitiatieven rond collectieve warmtenetten erin slaagden resultaat te boeken. Sinds enige jaren ontstaan steeds meer van dit soort initiatieven in Nederland, in navolging van wind- en zonne-energiecoöperaties, en …