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Land Life Company project best practice at Dubai Expo 2020

As announces at the UN General Assembly SDG Summit in New York, a partnership project between Land Life Company and the UNHCR was selected for the Global Best Practice Programma of the Dubai Expo 2020.

Climate Cleanup · Trees · Reforestation · Land · Unhcr · Partnerships · Restoration

Not just another day at Prodock

We were happy to receive about 25 guests at the Open Day of our Climate Cleanup Solution Lab at Prodock in the Port of Amsterdam.

Climate Cleanup · Solution lab · Founders · Community · Port of amsterdam

Drawdown Europe under design

With partner Climate-KIC and a growing group of association board members, we have set off to design a brand new Drawdown Europe Research Association.

Climate Cleanup · Drawdown · Project drawdown · Research · Europe · Climate kic · Founders

Weekend in the sun

Our team enjoyed a weekend in the sun at “de Weele” in Boekelo in the Netherlands.

Climate Cleanup · Team · Carbon drawdown · Strategy

Dutch Drawdown programme of Urgenda

Climate Cleanup collaborated with the Dutch Climate & Nature organisation Urgenda in the 40 solutions Drawdown plan,

Climate Cleanup · Drawdown · Urgenda · Enhanced weathering · Olivine · Miscanthus · Policy

Drawdown Academy at the European Union

A delegation of the Drawdown Academy youth joined Chad Frischmann, head of the research programme of Drawdown

Climate Cleanup · Uncategorized · Drawdown · Youth engagement · Policy · European union

Natuurnoodtoestand

Today we launched a petition to ask the Dutch government to declare a Climate en Ecological Emergency, like the UK government did on May 1st 2019, and because solutions are there.

Climate Cleanup · Policy · Nature based solutions · Land · Petition

Video portrait of Sven Jense

Founder of Climate Cleanup Sven Jense was interviewed by MaatschapWij, an inspirational platform for a more social and sustainable society in the Netherlands. Watch the video-interview.

Drawdown · Climate Cleanup · Founders · Video

Seaweed Scaling Lab opened in Port of Amsterdam

Our seaweed lab is growing and growing. We started growing Ulva Lactuca (sea lettuce) with one basin from Hortimare (thanks!) and we completed our lab with 6 basins this week. Together with the port of Amsterdam, we’re aiming to scale up the growth of seaweed in Dutch waters and abroad. The Climate Cleanup Capacity of…

Climate Cleanup · Seaweed · Ocean · Carbon removal · Scaling · Port of amsterdam

CO2 Open is open

It’s no joke. Today we launch, in public beta, CO2 Open. An open invitation to entrepreneurs (companies, organisations) and initiatives that remove CO2 with nature-inspired methods to come together. Our first collective action is to secure funding from the Dutch government (SDE++, klimaat enveloppe). Next we will open up towards a global scale, as the…

Climate Cleanup · Materials · Sand / Minerals · Soil · Trees · Co2 open · Funding · Olivine · Seaweed · Reforestation

Climate Cleanup Expo launched

Together with Port of Amsterdam CEO Koen Overtoom (left), today we opened the Climate Cleanup Expo. Our ‘museum of the future’ in Prodock, the innovation hub of the port of Amsterdam, shows all kinds of natural Climate Cleanup methods like olivine, seaweed and trees-growing methods.

Climate Cleanup · Drawdown · Materials · Sand / Minerals · Soil · Trees · Seaweed · Olivine · Reforestation · Enhanced weathering · Expo

Donometer

A decision making tool that maps Climate Cleanup value chains and visualises your impact within the Doughnut Economy. Donometer is an intervention that grows out of a collaboration with the Digital Society School at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. They perceived a gap between the research conducted and actual implementation of solutions towards reversing…

Climate Cleanup · Doughnut economics · Decision making · Value chain · Carbon accounting · Visualization

Dutch translation of Drawdown

Together with publisher Maurits Groen we’ve presented the Dutch translation of Drawdown. At the Dutch Sustainability Congres in Den Bosch Drawdowns head of research Chad Frischmann presented the 100 climate solutions of Project Drawdown. All the sponsors we’re invited on stage to celebrate the translation into Dutch. The Dutch translation can be ordered here.

Climate Cleanup · Drawdown · Carbon removal solutions · Netherlands · Publishing · Outreach