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“Azolla” Bram working on the Sargassum Cleanup

One of our pioneer members is Bram Geers (33), also known as Azolla Bram. Raised in and around greenhouses with all kinds of cactusses (!) in the Westland in the Netherlands, Bram decided to study

Climate Cleanup · Club · Double Nature Talk · Event · Seaweed · Sargassum · Ocean · Carbon sequestration · Founders

Our story about Sargassum Cleanup

How to turn a huge problem into a climate solution? On January 13 2021 we presented an update on our Sargassum Cleanup project during our Double Nature Talk at 8 pm CET. Around 40 people attended. In the last decade Sargassum Seaweed has become a plague in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Gulf of…

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Sargassum · Seaweed · Ocean · Carbon removal · Ecosystem restoration

Join the ReGeneration

We believe the movement to reverse the climate and nature crises will become the largest movement of the 21st century. But how do we empower a new generation to work on regenerative climate solutions? Our online Double Nature Talk of Wednesday 9 December 8PM CET explored this question together with Tijn Tjoelker (Climate Cleanup)

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · ReGeneration · Regenerative agriculture · Community building · Founders · Education · Drawdown

Commonland regenerates more and more land all over the world

Our Double Nature Talk of Wednesday December 2 was about Commonland. CEO Willem Ferwerda joined and shared his latest experiences with regenerative use of land and building business cases. The recording of the talk will be soon on YouTube.

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Soil · Regenerative agriculture · Land restoration · Commonland · Business cases

Double Nature Talk on European policy

What is happening in the EU? Join the update from Anna Dubowik of the Negative Emissions Platform on the evolving European policy framework on carbon removal technologies and solutions on Wednesday November 11, 8pmCET. The European Commission

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Eu policy · Carbon removal · Negative emissions · Net zero · Carbon accounting

Seaweed life’s building block

It seems like seaweed has almost infinite possibilities. It sequesters CO2 faster than plants and trees. A real carbon sucker and regenerator of the oceans. All kinds of value chains become more and more feasible, like BlueBlocks.

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Materials · Seaweed · Ocean · Carbon sequestration · Biobased construction · Food systems

The importance of access to land

As George Monbiot so clearly pointed out in the Schumacher lecture on Sunday October 25, access to and ownership of land are pivotal in regenerating the world and addressing the ecological and social problems we face.

Climate Cleanup · Club · Double Nature Talk · Event · Soil · Land access · Land commons · Regenerative agriculture · Community ownership · Events

Let’s Hemp the Climate

Dutch people know hemp quite well, but not as much as a nature-based solution to reverse climate change. During our Double Nature Talk on October 7 Matej Prokop, the founder of the NGO Hemp the Climate will share his vision

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Materials · Soil · Hemp · Regenerative agriculture · Biobased construction · Nature based solutions · Founders