What's shipping. What's about to. Who's joining. The journey since 2018, in entries.
Hello everyone! I’m Gijs, and I am excited to share that I’ve recently joined the Oncra team at Climate Cleanup! With an academic background in entrepreneurship and sustainability, I’m passionate about focusing on climate solutions rather than problems. My primary goal is to help streamline and professionalize our processes, making the journey as seamless and…
Carbon markets are one way to finance carbon removal with nature, and thus the transition from a fossil to regenerative society. With Oncra, Climate Cleanup tries to bring trust in markets, although we believe most in the role of governments to pay for removal (and thus work closely with the EU CRCF). Currently however, voluntary carbon…
In the Dutch nature reserve De Wieden, the team of Restore Carbon is working together with Natuurmonumenten to use mowed wetland vegetation to store carbon. The plant material, rich in carbon, is collected and injected into the soil, effectively storing CO₂ and restoring the peat. It’s a promising example of how natural processes can be…
Farmer Jeroen van Steen gives his farmland back to the earth. For a healthier society and a more equal society. “The sky and sun belong to everyone. Why is the earth divided into compartments? That’s actually quite weird,” says former dairy farmer Jeroen van Steen. “I own land because I have been lucky in my…
Working to store carbon with nature means constant adaptation. Last year, BambooLogic had a lot of rain in the Alcoutim region and this has benefited growth last year. The plants are producing shoots up to one and a half metres from the plant and more than two metres tall. Slowly but surely, a bamboo forest…
Climate Cleanup Foundation reacts to an internet consultation by the Dutch government, arguing that adding natural carbon removal to the Climate Plan‘s section on removal offers many opportunities for not only removing and storing carbon, but also for restoring nature, human and animal health, and developing the regenerative circular biobased economy. Read the reaction here…
Climate Cleanup’s take on what COP29 means for carbon removal with nature Optical Illusion An “optical illusion” is how India described the agreement reached last Sunday at COP29 in Baku. The negotiating group of least developed countries (LDC), which includes 45 nations and 1.1 billion people, argued that the agreement undermined three years of discussions…
Sacha Brons on LinkedIn: “Waaa ik won gisteravond bij de Klimaattop Gebouwde Omgeving de Young Professional Award 2024! Ik sta op #10 van de Duurzame 50 in de Nederlandse bouwsector en ben daarmee de hoogst geplaatste jongere onder de 30. Gefeliciteerd aan #1 Andy van den Dobbelsteen en alle andere genomineerden. Wat een eer om…
“As large as my fist,” Lovael (8) describes the Tarantula. And his brother Elouan (5) is keeping an eye on it. They found it under a boxing ball, the springy kind mounted on a stand. It is where the spider chose to feel at home here in the Northern part of the Yucatán. Life feels…
Open position for Volunteer Fundraiser at Resilient Ecosystems Institute A.C. Location: Remote Compensation: Volunteer (initially). About Us Resilient Ecosystems Institute A.C., based in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, is a non-profit organization committed to revitalizing tropical ecosystems, addressing climate change, and safeguarding biodiversity. Our mission is to develop impactful solutions that empower communities, restore ecological…
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,…
Hello everyone! I’m Jelle de Bijl, and I’m thrilled to join the Construction Stored Carbon team at Climate Cleanup Foundation. As a recent graduate with a degree in Forest and Nature Management from Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, specializing in international timber trade, I bring a unique perspective to our mission of carbon sequestration in the…
Are you looking for a test site for your land-based removal project? Ruurd Priester, board member and co-founder of our Foundation, is inviting land-based removers to test innovations on his 4 hectare site in Scheerwolde, the Netherlands. The site has a rich history of peat production, and later (still!) reed production for thatched roofs and other…
The National Approach to Biobased Building (NABB) is launching an innovative pilot program that offers farmers additional income for growing crops used in construction. This groundbreaking initiative, implemented through the National Green Fund, allows the Dutch government to directly reward farmers and builders for carbon storage in biobased materials. Sacha Brons, carbon certificate specialist at…
Council greenlights EU certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products On 19 November, the Council gave the final green light to a regulation establishing the first EU-level certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. This voluntary framework will facilitate and encourage high-quality carbon…
Stichting Onze Groenteboer, founded by Fabio and Anna, is launching their second crowdfunding campaign to purchase land for a new regenerative agriculture project. Their goal is to raise between €50,000 and €100,000 to buy land near a city like Utrecht, Den Haag, Rotterdam, or Nijmegen for developing either a food forest or another regenerative food…
Gerben van Bennekom is working alongside his father, with the aim of improving the soil of their family farm in Renswoude, on the border of Utrecht and Gelderland. Gerben has been experimenting with non-inversion tillage, undersowing maize, bokashi. And has a second business branch of compost, worms and worm mulch. Gerben want “to get the…
Into the Great Wide Open (ITGWO) is one of the most sustainable music festival in Europe. For one, they are the first in the world to replace all of their equipment with electrified versions. And even better; they have decided to clean up all their residual emissions with natural carbon removal. With Climate Cleanup they…
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…
Do you want to make a positive impact on our planet and our future? Climate Cleanup is an independent nonprofit organization that realizes scalable nature-based climate solutions that store carbon with nature(tech).
In an effort to introduce our entrepreneurs, ambassadors, and followers to each other, we like to feature one person (or organization) in every newsletter. Today, we’re highlighting the work of Liesbeth van Bemmel, the founder and farmer of Voedselbos Benthuizen. Voedselbos Benthuizen is a food forest that allows members to “come to harvest, plant trees,…
In an effort to introduce our entrepreneurs, ambassadors, and followers to each other, we like to feature one person (or organization) in every newsletter. Today, we’re highlighting the work of Heleen Eshuis, the founder of Stichting Bosnodig. Stichting Bosnodig is creating a food forest in the Dutch town of Voorst and has just been certified…
This weekend at COP28, European Climate Commissioner Mr. Wopke Hoekstra accepted our letter on how carbon sequestration with nature is the basis for the circular biobased economy (in other words: a future for our kids). It is about entrepreneurial people restoring carbon in soils and materials, and about what our lives will look like when…
Ballast Nedam Development and Climate Cleanup Foundation jointly open the internationalmarket for CO2 storage in construction and real estate projects. Ballast Nedam Development is taking the step as the first construction and development company to market CO2 storage in its housing projects, a historic moment for the real estate and construction sector. The company is…