Coastal engineering: going multifunctional?
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…
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Past Events
Reviving the not-for-profit business model for a sustainable economy
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…
IPG: Sea, Sand and Sustainability
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’. …
Synthetic Kerosene: A Take-Off to CO2-neutral aviation?
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.…
The resource problem of the Energy Transition | VVM Café 16 October 2019
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…
What we’ve read on the news: Tata Steel cornered after RIVM’s publication on ‘graphite rains’
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…