Ten days before the start, I stumbled across an extraordinary initiative: the Glorious Glacier Ride. A group of passionate athletes cycling from Munich to Monaco, 1,600 km and 35,000 meters of climbing, all in just two weeks. Their mission? To raise awareness for our rapidly melting glaciers and funds for carbon-sinking projects like soil regeneration…
After 14 intense stages through the Alps, Pepijn Duijvestein reached Monaco, completing the Glorious Glacier Climate Ride. Over 1,600 kilometers and 31,000 meters of climbing later, Pepijn reflected on a journey that combined physical endurance with climate action. “I was rewarded with hours of climbing through breathtaking landscapes and the thrill of long descents,” Pepijn…
When the ground shook beneath him in China in 2008, (then) sound engineer Eddy Wijnker didn’t expect the moment to change his life. As he watched green stones tumble down a hillside during the earthquake, his curiosity took over. “I picked up a few, and my colleague told me they were olivine: a mineral that…
With Tolhuistuin (who just secured half of its much needed funding) we realised two Jeux de Boules courts that actually sequester CO2 with olivine. As the chemical process is sped up when the olivine is moved around, you can actually (to a small extent) speed up the process! We warmly invite you to visit our offices at Tolhuistuin,…
Uncategorized · Olivine · Enhanced weathering · Community · Rock weathering · Amsterdam
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
Did you know that if we co-deploy reforestation, enhanced weathering of rocks and biochar, we might sequester up to 10 times more carbon per hectare? Wednesday 2nd of March, Future Forest Company founder Jim Mann joined us online to tell about all the ins and outs of Trees and Rocks (and even biochar and therefor mycelium). The…
Which natural climate solutions are scalable? And how can we accelerate? Wednesday September 1 we kick off a new series of Double Nature Talks live at Tolhuistuin with this most pressing question. How will we remove 1500 gigaton by doubling nature? Mimicking nature, we consider our systemic interventions as mycelium inoculating a growth medium. We…
More and more scientists all over the world are doing research on all kinds of possibilities of CO2 removal by olivine and other minerals. We’ve organized on May 12, 1.30 PM – 17.30 PM CEST the second global conference to create an overview of the research and to bring the network together. An informal bespoke scientific…
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
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.
“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
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.
