What's shipping. What's about to. Who's joining. The journey since 2018, in entries.
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…
Climate Cleanup · Materials · Rock Stored Carbon · ONCRA · Olivine · Enhanced weathering · Carbon removal · Rock weathering
At the Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) conference held this week in Antwerp, colleagues Pol Knops and Lieke van Zon showcased a promising step forward in the field of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Their poster, titled “Bridging Science and Practice: A Certification Protocol for CO₂ Uptake in Enhanced Rock Weathering,“ presents a novel approach to quantifying…
Rock Stored Carbon · Enhanced rock weathering · Olivine · Carbon accounting · ONCRA · Certification
This summer, we’re excited to present our Rock-Stored Carbon (RSC) Protocol at two major conferences: ERW25 at the University of Antwerp and Goldschmidt in Prague! This will be a great opportunity for us all to share our progress, engage in discussions and ultimately refine the protocol with the broader scientific community. You can read the current draft and share…
Rock Stored Carbon · Enhanced rock weathering · Carbon protocols · Olivine · Carbon accounting · Erw
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
Our friend Pol Knops, co-founder of Paebbl, shares insights about his innovative company’s journey. Paebbl, founded three years ago, developed a groundbreaking process that combines CO2 with olivine to create stone powders for cement and concrete production. This technology could potentially store millions of tons of CO2 in cement, significantly reducing global emissions. Pol, who has worked…
Uncategorized · Olivine · Biobased construction · ONCRA · Regenerative agriculture · Sargassum
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…
Climate Cleanup · Event · Materials · Sand / Minerals · Enhanced weathering · Olivine · Rock weathering · Carbon removal · Conference
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
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
“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
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
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