In deze lezing vertelt Jan van Boeckel over zijn antropologisch onderzoek naar het vermeende conflict in 1986 tussen de Hopi en Navajo-volkeren over een gedeeld stuk grond en dan vooral hoe de media omgingen met dit probleem. Progressieve journalisten en filmmakers schoten de traditionele bevolking te …

There is an urgency and need to develop an innovative strategic approach for organizations to develop a sustainable organization for the future, in which they are able to respond resiliently to major environmental challenges and changes in the short term and adjust the management of the organization. …

Our relationships with the more-than-human world are always somewhat incomplete as they are partially based on our state of awareness of what reaches us through our doors of perception. Only a limited part of what is “out there” in front of us, registers in our brain. We tend to only notice what we consider …

Learning has been put forward as a critical aspect to achieve sustainable transformation of societal systems. However, there is a lack of a systematic review of empirical evidence on how learning is related to sustainability transitions. To bridge this gap, we systematically reviewed 113 empirical papers …

Op 21 april 2021 heeft de Europese Commissie de Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aangenomen en op 28 november 2022 is de definitieve tekst van deze richtlijn voor verplichte duurzaamheidsrapportage vastgesteld. Hierin is de dubbele materialiteitsanalyse opgenomen. Het doel van dit …

In this article it is argued that we will no longer be able to spare the elephant in the room, technology, which has gradually evolved into technocracy, governing our day-to-day behaviour without being consciously or politically chosen. We do this on a large scale and meanwhile worldwide. For example, …

In this study, aviation, energy, exergy, environmental, exergoeconomic, and exergoenvironmental analyses are performed on a CFM56-3 series high by-pass turbofan engine fueled with Jet-A1 fuel. Specific fuel consumption and specific thrust of the engine are found to be 0.01098 kg/kN.s and 0.3178 kN/kg/s, …

Smallholders, who cultivate ±30% of the global palm oil land, are critical to the realization of a sustainable palm oil sector. However, particularly independent smallholders, untied to mills, lag behind in yields and experience challenges to market their produce. Sustainability certification, such as …

Het project “In twee stappen naar een aardgasvrije en comfortabele Nederlandse woonomgeving” ontwikkelt een manier om de overstap naar aardgasvrije woningverwarming eenvoudiger, minder spannend, betrouwbaarder en beter te maken. Dat doen we door een “hybride” tussenstap, die een behoorlijke aardgasreductie …

An introductory course for kindergarten, primary schoolteachers, art teachers, nature pedagogues, environmental educators, special needs teachers, academicians, 3rd and 4th year students in these fields as well as people working with young children. The course is intended to support educators to engage …