There is mounting evidence that efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of human activity on climate and biodiversity have so far been unsuccessful. Explanations for this failure point to a number of factors discussed in this article. While acknowledging cognitive dissonance as a significant contributing …

Climate change has great ecological consequences for animals. Furthermore, these changes can differ among different geographical areas. In birds it has been found that they can cause mismatches with their food supply as they do not respond to climate change at the same pace. By understanding more about …

In het duurzaamheidscentrum van Assen heeft dr. C. Wiekens een presentatie gehouden over feiten en mythen omtrent klimaatverandering. Vervolgens informeerde ze over de lokale initiatieven waarmee dit probleem o.a. mee kan worden aangepakt.

Tijdens deze presentatie stond de provincie Drenthe en duurzaam gedrag centraal, of liever gezegd; het stimuleren daarvan.

There is an urgent need to curb emissions and mitigate climate change, and this fight requires a change in teenagers’ attitudes. In search of new approaches targeting youth, online games are seen as a promising tool for communication and education. Using the serious game 2020 Energy as a case study, …

Presentation: “A comparative quality assessment between Spanish and American serious games on climate change

This final research is conducted as a bachelor thesis of the programme Delta Management at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands and is executed at the Coastal Conservation Institute (ICC) in the coastal municipality of São Sebastião in Brazil. The municipality is located on …

In het woonzorgcentrum Groot Hoogwaak in Noordwijk aan Zee wonen ouderen met en zonder psychosociale aandoening. De cliënten die er het laatste jaar zijn komen wonen, hebben steeds complexer wordende problemen. Naar verwachting zal voornamelijk de groep cliënten een psychosociale aandoening snel toenemen. …

Tijdens de bijeenkomst werden de resultaten van Speur de Energieslurper teruggekoppeld aan de deelnemers.

Study about voluntary use of mobile apps to promote behaviour change presented at the Etmaal voor de Communicatiewetenschap