The goal of technology in 'the smart city' is still too little talked about, notes scientific director of the Centre for BOLD Cities, Liesbet van Zoonen. We do…
Commonland developed a way to regenerate nature, community and employment in large areas, making landscapes more resilient to climate change and sequestering…
Koos Biesmeijer is enjoying his spring holidays in a Frisian cottage when he spots a pair of cranes. It is February 20 and the temperature is 10 degrees celsius…
On May 22, UN Biodiversity Day, the white paper by collaborating scientists from Leiden-Delft-Erasmus: 'Connect climate and biodiversity, for society, economy…
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I…
A banker who puts making money second but still makes a profit. A farmer who stopped ploughing and using insecticides but who still achieves a good yield. An…
In living labs , municipalities, companies, and researchers experiment with smart technology and citizen participation in public spaces. This can result in…
We’ve been gazing at the skies for thousands of years and have captured our amazement in beautiful verse. But what mechanisms create those wonderful cloudy…
Economist Dirk Schoenmaker wants to help solve our time’s most pressing issues. He works with ecologists and others and is prone to sacrificing economists’ most…