The issue of plastic marine pollution has drastically increased in recent years. The questionable management of single-use plastic items has led to a concerning environmental scenario. The European Union is desperately trying to tackle the issue. In the early months of 2019, the EU approved the single-use …

The transition towards sustainable, healthy diets in Europe is necessary to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is well established that meat production and consumption are unsustainable from environmental and health …

Pressure on natural resources, unsustainable production and consumption, inequality and a growing global population lie at the base of the big challenges that people face. This chapter investigates how businesses can take responsibility in dealing with these challenges by means of frugal business model …

Lezing als deel van 3-daagse manifestatie People of all species, also humans in Leeuwarden (Media Art Festival)

Op donderdag 12 november 2020 organiseert het Kennisnetwerk Data Science een webinar over Data Science for Life Sciences. Wynand Alkema, Lector Data Science aan de Hanzehogeschool Groningen, zal een introductie verzorgen over hoe data science wordt toegepast in Life Sciences en welke technieken worden …

Recent economic crises, environmental problems and social challenges have urged us to drastically change our consumption and production patterns and transform organisations to contribute to socio-technical transitions that positively impact these challenges. Therefore, sustainable development and the …

Large floating projects have the potential to overcome the challenge of land scarcity in urban areas and offer opportunities for energy and food production, or even for creating sustainable living environments. However, they influence the physical, chemical, biological and ecological characteristics …

The dairy sector in Kenya is one of the pillars for smallholder farmers' livelihoods through the generation of income, employment, and food to 2 million people across the dairy value chain although the sector is still vulnerable to climate change. Agriterra stimulates climate-smart agriculture and carbon …

Bessensap was twintig jaar lang dé jaarlijkse ontmoetingsplek voor wetenschap en pers. Bessensap werd georganiseerd in samenwerking met de Vereniging voor Wetenschapsjournalistiek en -communicatie Nederland. Centraal stonden de verhalen van wetenschappers over hun onderzoek, van het laatste nieuws tot …