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Leiden research project on circular electronics receives 3.8 million euros from NWO 30 May 2022
Fewer CO2 emissions, less airborne viral transmission, and a more sustainable form of food production: seven consortia of researchers and societal par...
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture 02 May 2022
Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of ene...
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How can we make better use of natural resources? 25 April 2022
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustai...
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Difficult message for policymakers from two Leiden reports on circular economy 14 April 2022
You should start working now, and the positive results will only be seen long after your term has expired. That is just about the worst thing you can ...
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Urgent shifts in building practices are needed to tackle the global sand crisis 24 March 2022
A rapid increase in the demand for construction sand is driving shortages and inequality around the world. Researchers from the Institute of Environme...
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LDE minor focuses on resources needed for energy transition 15 March 2022
European dependence on Russian gas, earthquake damage in Groningen and the changing climate: the call for an energy transition is getting louder. This...
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'We want to use academic knowledge to make the horticulture sector more sustainable' 10 March 2022
The Dutch horticultural sector faces the challenge of becoming fully circular by 2030. Professor of Environmental Biology Peter van Bodegom is going t...
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Women’s Day for Biology students 09 March 2022
‘It was not always accepted, but I just wanted to be a researcher. Now, I am as happy as can be.’ It is one of the quotes from the International Women...
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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use 23 February 2022
The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent...
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Four science professors receive Senior Teaching Qualification certificate 31 January 2022
Out of fifteen Senior Teaching Qualification certificates (SKO) awarded by the University this year, four go to the Faculty of Science. With congratul...
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New measuring method reveals: more plastic ón than ín your salad 20 January 2022
It's now possible to measure how many plastic particles there are in our food. Chinese scientists and Leiden professor Willie Peijnenburg applied thei...
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How plant-based diets not only reduce our carbon footprint, but also increase carbon capture 10 January 2022
Almost 100 billion tons of CO₂ could be pulled out of the atmosphere by the end of the century. That is, if high-income countries switch to a plant-ba...
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‘Give farmers more freedom in how they reduce nitrogen’ 06 January 2022
In his inaugural lecture Professor of Environmental Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman calls for local solutions that give people more freedom in how t...
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The strategy of plants: it’s all about balancing traits 24 December 2021
Just like every other organism on Earth, plants’ ultimate goal is to survive and reproduce. In order to achieve this, they must make trade-offs betwee...
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021
Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...