By Ankita Singhvi. A quarter of the world’s population lives within 100km of a shoreline, with urbanisation on the rise. Coastal space is scarce and valuable, but it is becoming increasingly vulnerable due to climate change. The main hazards that the coast needs to be protected against are erosion (the Read more…
By Lowik Pieters & Quirien Reijtenbagh. It is often assumed that profit is to capitalism as sand is to a beach. The constant growth of resource extractions, essential in a for-profit economy, is aggravating ecological and social crises. Currently, many organizations are adopting a not-for-profit structure. How can these structures Read more…
By Ankita Singhvi. After months of studying in classrooms, the Interdisciplinary Project Group (IPG) gives IE students the opportunity to put our knowledge to use in the ‘real world’. We were commissioned to support the beach pavilions at Scheveningen in aligning themselves with the climate goals of the Haags Read more…
By Lowik Pieters. The course Sustainable Innovation and Social Change (SUISCY) gave us the opportunity to investigate the innovative way of making synthetic kerosene from renewable sources in North Holland. Our case study showed the possibilities and limitations of the implementation phase of this sustainable innovation. Let’s first take a Read more…
Dr. Benjamin Sprecher will discuss the (critical) raw materials that are needed for the energy transition, from an Industrial Ecology perspective. The event will take place on Wednesday 16 October 2019 from 17:30 at VVM, 2e Daalsedijk 6A, Utrecht. Nowadays, it can be considered common knowledge that society needs to Read more…
By: Kirsten Steunenberg. Wijk aan Zee remains divided “Graphite rains’ look like little sparkles in the air’, says Kyra, 10 years old, light brown hair, with freckles on her face. ‘It smells really bad. Like something burned.’ After a graphite rain, you can find a dirty layer on the Read more…
By Ankita Singhvi. In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, it is generally agreed that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere must remain under 400 ppm. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a climate mitigation strategy that promises to contribute substantially to keeping CO2 under Read more…
by Martijn van Engelenburg. The evening of the 9th of April. A gathering took place. It was a gathering of recruits. Starting in their journey to get ready for writing their thesis. It’s a daunting task for most of us, and it is a task filled with struggles. That’s why Read more…
by I.G.P. Photo: Roos van Tongeren. With this issue we want to introduce projects that IE-ers are working on, either after graduation or during their studies. We hope that this gives an idea about the experiences, working environment, fields of research and interest of our fellow students. Our first Read more…
Deadline is April 6, 2019. We would like to ask your feedback on the Industrialn Ecology programme by filling out the NSE survey. By filling out the survey, you can help to improve the programme. In addition, you can help out other students: for every student who fills out the Read more…