Drawdown Academy at the European Union
A delegation of the Drawdown Academy youth joined Chad Frischmann, head of the research programme of Drawdown
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Young and old working together on climate solutions
We invited a group of Dutch climate strikers to join us in the first Drawdown Academy in the world.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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.