Implementing the Cradle to Cradle principles in the design of an industrial park is a challenging and complex task and requires a great amount of dedication of all parties involved. Due to the fact that Cradle to Cradle is a relatively new concept, only few experiences have been made with the design …

De gemeente Utrecht heeft wetgeving ten aanzien van flora en fauna vertaald naar beleidsdoelen. De vertaling van deze beleidsdoelen naar uitvoering gaat doorgaans goed, maar is bij opdrachten vanuit andere afdelingen minder consistent. Een advies is opgesteld op basis van het volgende: "Wanneer we als …

Dit rapport beschrijft een plan voor de omvorming van rond de 30 hectare uitheems naaldhout op landgoed de Bijvanck in de gemeente Montferland. Natuurmonumenten wil deze stukken omvormen naar meer natuurlijke bossen waarbij de nadruk ligt op de ontwikkeling van bijzondere bodemvegetaties op de ecologisch …

Ik Maak Natuur is een onderwijsproject in ontwikkeling, dat kinderen aanspoort om zelf stadsnatuurprojecten uit voeren in hun eigen woonwijk. De doelstelling is om de verantwoordelijkheid om te zorgen voor de biodiversiteit neer te leggen bij de jeugd. Hiervoor moet de natuur op aantrekkelijke wijze …

While the notion of autarky is often contested in terms of feasibility and desirability, art and design projects that deal with autarky seem to moreover suggest positive socio-cultural and ecological effects of autarkic living. A social network model of autarky is introduced to unify these seemingly …

The study of moral reasoning in relation to sustainable development is an emerging field within environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). The vignette method was used to evaluate the perception of the relationship between environmental and social issues in the Dutch …

Biodiversity, including entire habitats and ecosystems, is recognized to be of great social and economic value. Conserving biodiversity has therefore become a task of international NGO’s as well as grass-roots organisations. The ‘classical’ model of conservation has been characterised by creation of …

In reflecting on Dutch Christmas shoppers, this article will discuss environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), postmaterialist values hypothesis, and ecological modernization theory. According to the EKC hypothesis, while at the initial stages of industrialization material resources are often used unsustainably, …

This article explores the perceptions of development through metaphor use by students of International Business Management Studies at The Hague University. Students’ reflections upon the concepts of nature and development before and after educational intervention are examined through discourse analysis …

What does it mean to position anthropos in the center? Questioning anthropocentrism is far more than an academic exercise of debating the dominant cultural motif of placing humans at the center of material and ethical concerns. It is a fertile way of shifting the focus of attention away from the problem-symptoms …