Contribution to the 13th edition of the Supporting Health by Technology Conference taking place in Groningen on Thursday, 30th and Friday, 31st of May 2024. Background Technological innovations are often viewed as a remedy for the challenges confronting the healthcare sector, such as demographic shifts …

Positionality is the process of reflecting on and acknowledging your self-identifications, experiences, and potential privileges which influence your teaching, occupational therapy practice role and research. A reflexive approach acknowledges this positionality. This awareness feeds back into how knowledge …

Purpose: In Amsterdam – the Netherlands – we know that children living in low income households have a lower health status and report lower physical activity levels than their peers in middle- or high-income households. Seven primary schools located in neighborhoods with a low social-economic status …

Egbert Dommeholt sprak als ‘degrowth professor’ in het Forum in Groningen als onderdeel van de actie van de gemeente tegen Black Friday.

One of our most distinctive powers is imagination, our capability to imagine or fantasize about possible futures. Systematic use of imagination can be a powerful method to analyze possible next steps in the present. In 2012, UNESCO coined the term Futures Literacy (plural: the future does not exist, …

The Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAH&PT) Moor Plantation, Ibadan, in collaboration with Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science, Netherlands, on Friday concluded the 2-week training on NUFFIC Tailor-Made Training …

Deze maanden wordt de overconsumptie flink gestimuleerd met Black Friday en de feestdagen om de hoek. In het woud van promoties en aanbiedingen is het voor consumenten niet eenvoudig om duurzame keuzes te maken. De eco-labels en UPV (Uitgebreide Producenten Verantwoordelijkheid) moeten volgend jaar gaan …

In dit krantenartikel pleit Bianca Harms in het kader van duurzame consumptie voor het boycotten van Black Friday.

Alsem houdt een pleidooi om je als ondernemer niet aan te sluiten bij Black Friday omdat dat je duurzame reputatie niet ten goede komt.

From 17-21 May ClimateCafé Zwolle will be held on the topic of drought. We will execute full scale tests in the Zwolle region (municipalities of Zwolle, Meppel, Deventer, Raalte and Westerveld) and gather more information on functioning of climate solutions, biodiversity and stakeholder participation. …