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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

The Seaweed Farmers in harbor IJmuiden

Surrounded by piers and yachts , the harbor of IJmuiden in the Netherlands hides a marvoulous shining pearl; the first seaweed farm of Nikki Spil. October 2020 she will be sowing her next batch

Seaweed · Ocean farming · Water quality · Fertilizer · Netherlands

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

Climate Cleanup Sargassum Team on Saint Martin

Two members of our Sargassum Cleanup Expedition Team, Peter Lindeman and Fons Janssen, have safely arrived on Saint Martin on Augustus 31 2020. For two weeks they’re observing the Sargassum seaweed

Climate Cleanup · Seaweed · Sargassum · Ocean · Field research · Stakeholder engagement

New ship with olivine arrives in the Netherlands

Recently a new ship with olivine has arrived at Wijk bij Duurstede in the Netherlands. Take a look at this video featuring entrepreneur Eddy Wijnker of greenSand and advisor and scientist Pol Knops. Thanks to Stefan Flos of H2video who made this olivine explainer (with English subtitles) Click here to watch.

Sand / Minerals · Soil · Olivine · Enhanced weathering · Rock · Greensand · Netherlands

Sargassum Cleanup – from plague to climate solution

Finally, the time was right to tell the world about our Sargassum Cleanup project. Seaweed is potentially a super scalable climate solution with incredible benefits.

Climate Cleanup · Seaweed · Sargassum · Ocean · Carbon sink · Feasibility study

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

Climate Cleanup joins Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition

With the Doughnut Economy at the core of our strategy we are grateful to join as a founding member to the the Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition.

Uncategorized · Doughnut economics · Carbon accounting · Amsterdam · Coalition · Policy

Sven Jense and Chad Frischmann in Dutch Parliament

Date: March 12, 2020 On the last day before Dutch Parliament was no longer accessible

Climate Cleanup · Drawdown · Policy · Carbon removal · Project drawdown · Dutch politics · Founders

Seaweed Company Climate Entrepreneur

Beautiful portrait of seaweed sea-eo and co-founder Joost Wouters as climate entrepreneur.

Climate Cleanup · Seaweed · Founders · Ocean · Entrepreneurship

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

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

Olivine removes CO2 footprint

“Doing nothing is no option.” The Dutch professor Albert van den Berg from the UT in the Netherlands (University Twente) and his BIOS group have bought 43.000 kilograms of olivine-sand to compensate the CO2-footprint of their group in 2018. Being technical minded he’s interested in the more technical solutions for the surplus of CO2 in…

Sand / Minerals · Olivine · Enhanced weathering · Rock weathering · Carbon removal · Research