Halfway through the UN 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030), the achievement of most of the proposed targets have been lagging behind, as has been confirmed in recent UN and UNESCO reports. While these reports mostly provide external features which cause the delay, this paper analyses …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) biedt kansen. Het biedt mogelijkheden voor vooruitgang in gezondheidszorg, communicatie, bestuur en productie. Het biedt mogelijkheden voor het creëren van tekst, beeld, geluid en kunst. Het helpt om de effecten van de klimaatcrisis op te vangen door intelligente energienetten …

The objective of this research is to understand under what conditions plant-based cheese may be considered as a substitute for cheese within the food manufacturing industry. Based on the literature, the food manufacturing industry has a major influence on climate change in the world. One of the most …

Climate change is becoming an increasingly important topic and issue worldwide. To change what is currently happening, adjustments within society need to be made. Plant-based diet have a smaller ecological footprint compared to other diets, such as a meat-based diet. In addition, research shows that …

This design offers an alternative of camping into nature reserves. 'Into the Dutch wild' promotes immersive access to the Dutch landscape by facilitating architectural campsite interventions within the natural, yet human made, landscape of Flevoland. Around the world, nature reserves are either being …

In the next 20 years we are dealing with a growing population, regional growth is 8% and worldwide even 20%. Due to the effect we as inhabitants of planet earth have on the planets climatological systems, our awareness of the amount of resources we use has grown. This is called the ecological footprint …

The increasing rate of urbanization along with its socio-environmental impact are major global challenges. Therefore, there is a need to assess the boundaries to growth for the future development of cities by the inclusion of the assessment of the environmental carrying capacity (ECC) into spatial management. …

Culture has freed us to some extent from nature, first through language and religion, and almost simultaneously through technology. From the control of the fire and the first tools until now - smart technology - technological development has taken a long cultural path, with many challenges and possibilities. …

Vanuit het project Step on the grass dat extern gefinancierd is door SIA is met partijen HempFlax en Donkergroen een prototype festivalgras ontwikkeld dat het gras bij festivals beschermt en de bodem verrijkt.

Cities need to become environmental sustainable, they have to reduce their ecological footprint by reducing waste, CO² emissions, use land sustainably and take care of the biodiversity. This research took The Hague as an example to investigate the possibilities for an urban agriculture initiative to …