Closed loop or ‘circular’ production systems known as Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle represent a unique opportunity to radically revise the currently wasteful system of production. One of the challenges of such systems is that circular products need to be both produced locally with minimum environmental …

‘Prutsenderwijs’. Waarschijnlijk roept deze term allerlei associaties op. Je hebt een doel voor ogen, maar weet niet precies hoe daar te komen. Het is een proces van vallen, opstaan en keuzes maken. Vaak de verkeerde, maar soms ook keuzes die geweldig uitpakken. Prutsen heeft ook iets spannends, het …

In februari presenteerde Dr. K.J. Noorman de innovatiewerkplek Entrance aan de samenwerkingspartners. Hierbij werd de samenstelling, doelstelling en werkwijze van Entrance gepresenteerd en besproken.

Nederland staat voor grote uitdagingen in duurzame mobiliteit en circulariteit. In de pilot Reststoffenrotonde Oosterhout ontsloten Avans Hogeschool, Oosterhoutse bedrijven en marktexperts voorjaar 2019 kennis, kunde en resources voor elkaar.

Launching smart city activities and projects requires political support. For sustainable approaches, a concrete strategy, and leadership endorsement from the municipal government is crucial. In accordance with the most prevalent definitions of a smart city, postulating that a city must enhance quality …

Bankrupting Nature: Denying our Planetary Boundaries by Andres Wijkman and Johan Rockström emerges from the original report of The Club of Rome’s The Limits to Growth authored by Meadows and colleagues in 1972. This book demonstrates that an economy built on the …

Sustainable entrepreneurs need to balance social, environmental and economic goals. However, some put sustainable goals first whereas others prioritize economic outcomes. This suggests differences in types of sustainable entrepreneurs. We study sustainable entrepreneur archetypes based on their motivations …

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 …

Oresentation at the regional meeting of REFRAME in Kopenhagen

The Hanze Universitiy of Applied Sciences completed the Coöperative Peat Valley + project after 2,5 year. Goal was to develop a "road map" to pair up the triple helix organisations in a region to create and share knowledge. The Peat Valley + results of a cooperation process are now available. For the …