Scholars in sustainable consumption increasingly highlight the limitations of “weak sustainable consumption” approaches to overcome the challenges of the current environmental crisis. While efforts to enable cleaner production and circular flows of materials are necessary and important, progress in environmental …

After its invention in 1907, the production of plastic quickly surpassed all other manmade materials till a point where a society without plastic is now unthinkable. Now, over 100 years later, problems with plastic have been growing progressively. This thesis identified sustainable packaging solutions …

Lezing en workshop over wildpainting bij kunstcentrum MK24 in Amsterdam: Met wildpainting laat je het landschap ontstaan door wat je weet even aan de kant te zetten. Ons brein vertelt ons vaak hoe de natuur hoort te zijn, bijvoorbeeld dat de bladeren van een boom groen zijn en de stam bruin. Maar er …

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At first, climate adaptation and art may seem very different from each other. But it is precisely a work of art that can add surprising nuances to the conversation about climate change and climate adaptation. We need to broaden our perspective and not just think in terms of practical solutions.

Plant Breeders Rights were granted to Vandinter Semo BV on 29th December 2020 for the Andean Lupin variety COTOPAXI. COTOPAXI is result of cooperation between Vandinter Semo, Hanze University of Applied Sciences and the H2020 BBI-JU European research project LIBBIO. Andean Lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) has …

Presentatie aan de hand van de tekst uit het proefschrift getiteld: At the heart of Art and Earth (2013, pp. 56-57) van Jan van Boeckel

Jan vertelt over lectoraat Art & Sustainability  over het thema Duurzaamheid, gelinkt aan studenten/opleiding Docentopleiding kunst en educatie (DBKV) in combinatie met het thema 'Maken'.

The catalytic conversion of oleic acid to aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylenes, BTX) over a granular H-ZSM-5/Al2O3 catalyst (ϕ 1.2–1.8 mm, 10 g loading) was investigated in a continuous bench-scale fixed-bed reactor (10 g oleic acid h–1). A peak carbon yield of aromatics of 27.4% was obtained at …