This article will discuss social, environmental, and ecological justice in education for sustainable development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG). The concept of sustainable development and, by extension, the ESD, places heavy emphasis on the economic and social aspects of …

The World Health Organization engages cities and communities all over the world in becoming age-friendly. There is a need for assessing the age-friendliness of cities and communities by means of a transparently constructed and validated tool which measures the construct as a whole. The aim of this study …

The Dutch horticulture sector has to deal with challenges related to sustainability and advancing technology. Engaging professionals and (engineering) students by working together in learning communities (LCs) is an emerging approach to respond to ‘wicked problems’. In the Greenport West-Holland there …

This research examines how Yoni can raise awareness by using an Instagram strategy. Yoni is a Dutch brand, which sells feminine hygiene products that are safe for the female organ and sustainable for the environment. This brand’s mission is to raise awareness about the dangers of regular feminine hygiene …

Ethnic minorities such as the Roma in Romania and the Indigenous peoples in Canada have struggled for centuries, suffering from discrimination and patronization by both their governments and society. In fact, they continue suffering from poor treatment. In order to address this, minority policies have …

Joris Voorhoeve is verbonden aan de Haagse Hogeschool en de Universiteit Leiden, is oud-politicus en minister en kenner van de internationale betrekkingen. Met hem praten wij over het belang van de wetenschap, over de politieke drang om te scoren en de importantie van een lange-termijn strategie. Uiteraard …

Kinderen groeien op in een wereld die gekenmerkt wordt door een overvloed aan informatie, vooral afkomstig van sociale media. In december 2016 had meer dan 80% van de kinderen van 11 jaar oud de beschikking over een mobiele telefoon die verbonden is met het internet (Kennisnet 2017, p. 16). Te verwachten …

In april 2020 deden wij onderzoek naar de maatschappelijke gevolgen van COVID-19 voor Nederlanders, Rotterdammers en Hagenaars. Daaruit kwam naar voren dat veel burgers bang waren voor baan- of inkomensverlies en dat ze COVID-19 als een bedreiging zagen voor zichzelf, hun vrienden en familie, hun stad …

It is of utmost importance to collect organic waste from households as a separate waste stream. If collected separately, it could be used optimally to produce compost and biogas, it would not pollute fractions of materials that can be recovered from residual waste streams and it would not deteriorate …

Citizen participation in local renewable energy projects is often promoted as many suppose it to be a panacea for the difficulties that are involved in the energy transition process. Quite evidently, it is not; there is a wide variety of visions, ideologies and interests related to an ‘energy transition’. …