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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
“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