Feeling worried about climate change?
As students, we learn a lot about how the climate is changing. The world is increasingly experiencing problems with floods, forest fires, air pollution and so on. It seems like it could be more hopeful.…
Celebrating Earth Day with Good News for the Planet!
Happy Earth day everyone! As we celebrate this day of environmental awareness and action around the world, it's crucial to reflect not only on the challenges facing our planet but also on the victories and…
Caught in Our Own Prison: dealing with the climate dilemma
Since 1990, it has been known that human-generated CO2 emissions cause global warming. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was signed by 38 industrially developed countries. By doing so they agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas…
Behind the Dutch levees: water disaster risk management
A revised water disaster risk management approach in the Netherlands is necessary to overcome the effects of climate change. The Netherlands is both the most densely populated country and the lowest country relative to sea…
How to love the things that climate can’t change (a.k.a. how to fight back)
This is what one might call a belated film review, since the documentary in question first aired in January 2016. It is, however, a belated review that might come just in time. On the road…
Vijf tips voor effectievere klimaatcampagnes
Wanneer heb jij het voor het laatst over klimaatverandering gehad? Hoe werd dat ontvangen? Ondanks toenemend bewustzijn is klimaatverandering nog steeds een onderwerp dat niet vaak ter tafel komt. Hoe komt het dat klimaatverandering voor…
Think about waste, mitigate climate change
This summer Sandra covered the Global Dialogue on Waste of non-profit organisation Be Waste Wise (missed it? Read it here). July 2016 of the Global Dialogue on Waste was dedicated to the subject of climate change.…
The Netherlands is one of the two least sustainable countries in the EU
[pullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="#00FFCC" class="" size=""]"And there is one very clear reason why it should be absolutely ashamed of it"[/pullquote] Some two months ago I stumbled upon an article of The World Economic Forum that…