Longreads Wageningen University & Research
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A green environment: good for your health - Whether a short stroll or spending hours wandering in nature, growing vegetables together in a community vegetable garden or working in an office full... -
The packaging of food: how to minimalise environmental impact - Plastic waste littering on the roadside, packaging on river banks, plastic ravaging the oceans and their inhabitants. Campaign groups such as the... -
Preserving Nature: Artificial Intelligence against Green Violence - Today I feel kinship with a man who defended on this exact date his views and beliefs against fierce opposition of other men who – with tooth... -
Regional collaboration: investing in a circular economy - The Netherlands is at the start of a transition towards a circular economy. That’s why Wageningen researchers are looking for opportunities and... -
Nature as the inspiration for climate solutions - Technological solutions alone will not provide long-term answers to climate change and environmental problems. If we want to be climate-proof in the... -
‘WUR deserves a place at the negotiating table’ - The Netherlands can look forward to a fine, green future if leaders act boldly in time. But perhaps a disaster needs to happen before they are... -
Wageningen expertise in the IPCC climate report - It is a time-consuming, labour-intensive ancillary function and the results often cause a fuss and spark controversy. But for Wageningen researchers,... -
Going green with chemicals - Solvents, paints and coatings are by-products of the petroleum industry. Now that we have to wean ourselves off fossil oil based products over the... -
Clear Water, Pure Coffee - Coffee bean cultivation in Colombia is suffering due to climate change. A lauded collaboration between Wageningen and the private sector that focused... -
A climate smart business in 5 steps - How can businesses in the agri & food sector reduce carbon emissions and become more resilient in coping with the consequences of climate change?...