Green skills for circular economy

Weighing more than the Great Wall of China, the amount of electronic waste discarded in 2021 is estimated to be 57.4 metric tons. Smartphone users keep their phones for 2 to 3 years, and just 15% of phones are collected for recycling once they’re no longer used. Circularity needs to start somewhere. That’s why the…

After half a year of collaborating remotely, via Zoom and e-mail, on June 14 and 15 2022, the partners on “Building green skills for circular economy” project (2021-1-NL01-KA210-ADU-000033999), FENAN Consulting and Non-formal learning club WE, will for the first time meet in person to discuss the progress on designing an online course “Building circular skills”…

Last week Repair Cafe Beverwik celebrated its first birthday with the cake and a lot of fun repairing clothes, mobile phones, coffee machines, furniture, bicycles, and walkers. We throw away vast amounts of stuff. Even things with almost nothing wrong, and which could get a new life after a simple repair. The trouble is, lots…

The Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn introduced a new concept that allows customers to fill reusable containers (bags or jars) with products like pasta, rice, muesli, tea, coffee or nuts, and use less plastic packaging. Customers can bring their own bags and jars or buy reusable containers at the supermarket. There are 70 different products…

This is Conny. She was born in the Netherlands, one of the most densely populated countries in the world. She grew up in a village that has been absorbed by the growing urban area around Amsterdam, and she had a feeling that she was robbed of her beloved countryside. After she was diagnosed with a…

Last semester Bachelor and Master students of Persuasive Communication at the University of Amsterdam finished their research projects in sustainable consumption. These projects yielded quite interesting results. Several studies looked into the effects of greenwashing, a marketing strategy that makes consumers believe that certain products are good for environment, while in reality they are not.…

Angry teenagers are now blaming the older generation for polluting environment, destroying the ecological balance and causing global warming. All true. But do young people know how to knit? How to repair their clothes? How to take care of their shoes so that they last longer than one season? Or how to make something beautiful…

Right to repair activists are optimistic about 2022. A previously impossible repair soon will be possible: you can buy an iPhone screen directly from Apple, use Apple’s repair guide to install it, and have it fully work as intended, using Apple’s diagnostic software. Apple has long claimed that letting consumers fix their own stuff would…