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Double Nature: climate, nitrogen and biodiversity plan

Investors, policy makers, companies and scientists present plan to restore CO2 balance May 25, the Double Nature Plan was presented at the Double Nature Summit in the Netherlands, a four-day event that has brought together a wide range of stakeholders. The plan sets out a number of actions for the sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere by…

Climate Cleanup · Double nature plan · Seaweed · Regenerative agriculture · Biobased construction · Enhanced weathering

Launch ONCRA at the COP27 in Egypt

ONCRA is out in the world. We launched ONCRA live from COP27 with co-founders and removers, from Bamboologic, The Seaweed Company, Scave, Boer in Natuur and greenSand. Take a look at the recording of the launch on our You Tube Channel. Join the ecosystem at oncra.org, and buy regenerative removal credits at onsets.org.

ONCRA · Cop27 · Carbon accounting · Founders · Regenerative agriculture

Solar Butterfly looking for nectar in Amsterdam

June 26 the Solar Butterfly has visited climate and nature pioneers in the Netherlands. This amazing tiny house that looks like a butterfly is powered by solar and pulled by an electric car, has recently started a 4 years tour around the world, visiting 90 countries and looking for nutritious nectar at around 1000 pioneer projects….

Event · Regenerative agriculture · Nature based solutions · Founders · Outreach · Solar

Festive masterclass on climate solutions

Thanks everyone for joining our festive online masterclass on May 26 on scalable climate solutions like seaweed, soil, regenerative (agro)forestry, circulair biobased materials, ONCRA and enhanced weathering. Take a look at the recording on our YouTubeChannel. Happy we had Paul Hawken (Drawdown / Regeneration), Damon Gameau (filmmaker 2040 Join the Regeneration), Matthea de Jong

Climate Cleanup · Club · Drawdown · Event · Sand / Minerals · Soil · Trees · Seaweed · Enhanced weathering · Regenerative agriculture · ONCRA · Biobased construction

Let regeneration fly

Not one single group can regenerate the planet on its own; we need to break down silos and collaborate across all kinds of networks to really reverse global warming this decade. How to organize this? How to connect self-organized swarms of people all around the globe? Could this connection create the conditions for climate action…

Climate Cleanup · Club · Double Nature Talk · Event · Regenerative agriculture · Collaboration · Community building · Founders · Climate action

Agroforestry and community building on island Utopia

The island Utopia in Almere is slowly changing into an agroforestry experience, opening next year April on the occasion of the Floriade 2022. Curator Xavier San Giorgi shows how he doubles nature and grows food by regenerating 1,4 hectare of land in the centre of this Dutch city of 200.000 inhabitants. The Floriade is the Dutch…

Club · Double Nature Talk · Event · Uncategorized · Agroforestry · Regenerative agriculture · Land · Community building · Urban greening

Sign this soil manifesto

Together with 50+ Dutch organizations, we’ve written a manifesto for regeneration of the soil in the Netherlands. It would be great if you would also sign this manifest. Take a look on the website of Aardpeer. 21 baby’s and their parents are asking for

Climate Cleanup · Soil · Regenerative agriculture · Soil carbon · Land · Policy · Netherlands

Insetting with PUR Projet

PUR Projet is a worldwide pioneer in the development of insetting with nature based solutions. This breakthrough approach generates multiple benefits for a company and the ecosystems it depends on. It works to transform climate action from a niche activity to an industry standard. PUR project empowers local communities to operate long-term socio-environmental projects and helps companies strengthen their…

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Insetting · Agroforestry · Land restoration · Regenerative agriculture · Supply chain

Full carbon credits biobased building

To reverse global warming, regenerate nature and to navigate more money to natural climate solutions, we continued working on ONCRA, to the benefit of the global common (for you). Take a look at the beta version of this tool based on the doughnut model of Kate Raworth and the global sustainable development goals. It shows…

Climate Cleanup · Materials · ONCRA · Biobased construction · Carbon accounting · Natural climate solutions · Regenerative agriculture

Budget neutraal naar een Nederland met 50% natuur

Doubling Nature in the Netherlands is doable by combining more issues in the same time: the lack of housing, the lack of successors in farming, the loss of biodiversity, the excesses of nitrogen and CO2, the need to retain water and the need for nature in a very densely populated country. We’re delighted two Dutchmen…

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Rewilding · Biodiversity · Land use · Regenerative agriculture · Policy

Doubling nature with biochar

Student and entrepreneur Marcel Kempers made an agile start of this decade, working with his companies on seaweed (Reef Support) and biochar (Pyro Power). At our Double Nature Talk of February 10 Marcel and his collegues elaborated on the latter one: regenerating soil using biochar. An ancient method used for centuries by indigenous people in…

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Soil · Biochar · Regenerative agriculture · Soil carbon · Seaweed · Founders

How Africa Wood Grow doubles nature

Most people are starting their decade of ecosystem restoration right now. The Dutch foundation Africa Wood Grow has already finalized a decade of regeneration in Kenia. During our online Double Nature Talk of January 20 founders Roeland Lelieveld and Daniel Muvali presented the Africa Wood Grow regenerative farms near the Tiva river. How does Africa…

Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Event · Trees · Regenerative agriculture · Reforestation · Biodiversity · Land · Founders

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

The business case for nature

Carbon accounting in the new nature economy Can we create a business case for nature, without exploiting nature? Better yet, can we create a business case that contributes to carbon removal and the regeneration of our land and oceans? In our brand new article we presents how it can be done.

Climate Cleanup · Uncategorized · Carbon accounting · Nature based solutions · Regenerative agriculture · Ocean · Land

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

Soil as a natural climate solution

Regenerating soil life is indispensable for reversing climate change. Soil expert Fransjan de Waard and green innovator Hillebrand Breuker shared their knowledge

Climate Cleanup · Soil · Soil carbon · Regenerative agriculture · Nature based solutions · Land

1500 Club launched on May 27

A global audience joined our cheerful Club Launch on May 27, including many who have already joined the 1500 Club. Our online launch programme featured

Climate Cleanup · Club · 1500 club · Founders · Seaweed · Regenerative agriculture · Nature economy

Club Launch shows window on the future

We’re very proud to announce the launch of our 1500 club on May 27 2020; 1500 people solving the climate and nature crises by regenerating nature.

Climate Cleanup · Club · Event · Imagination · ReGeneration · Watch Party · Regenerative agriculture · Community · Founders · Biodiversity · Events

reNature receives investment from Meraki Impact

It has been one-and-half-year since the launch of reNature, the growing organization received a financial boost from Meraki Impact.

Climate Cleanup · Trees · Regenerative agriculture · Agroforestry · Investment · Land · Founders