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Europe is the only continent living at the expense of others 12 September 2016
Europe can only maintain its level of consumption by structurally relying on resources extracted abroad. This finding was published in the September i...
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Start Minor Sustainable Development 08 September 2016
Monday 5 September the eighth edition of the interdisciplinary Minor Sustainable Development started. With 65 students coming from more than 20 differ...
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EU-FP7 project IDREEM featured on Euronews TV 07 July 2016
IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture) is a European research project launched in 2012 to protect the long-term su...
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New Horizon 2020 project on Concrete Sustainability 06 July 2016
A new Horizon 2020 project has been awarded to Mingming Hu and Jeroen Guinée of the Department of Industrial Ecology of Institute of Environmental Sci...
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Bitcoins demand a huge amount of electricity 31 March 2016
Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency to date but it is starting to have some serious physical effects on the environment. A study shows that i...
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Environmental benefits in transport sector often disappointing 29 February 2016
Eco-innovations like more economical cars do not generate the environmental benefits predicted by the manufacturers. This is the result of the so-call...
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Circular economy essential to keep the earth turning 23 February 2016
A circular economy in which all resources are reused is a prerequisite for a sustainable world. As EU president, the Netherlands can give a firm impet...
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The city as a mine has the future 16 January 2016
In an (Dutch) interview with the regional Leiden newspaper “Leidsch Dagblad”, Ruben Huele and Ester van der Voet talk about the recently started proje...
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Students make recommendations for more sustainable university 09 March 2015
Leiden University is working on sustainability and should give its efforts more publicity. This is the conclusion of Industrial Ecology master’s stude...
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Guest lecture by Ernst Worrell on "Material Matter: Connecting Energy and Material Efficiency" 03 March 2015
On Tuesday 10 March 2015 - 10h Ernst Worrell, professor at the University of Utrecht with a chair on "Energy, materials & Environment", will give a le...
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Industrial Ecology and Mathematics Leiden's best master specialisations 26 June 2013
The master specialisations Industrial Ecology and Mathematics ranked highest among the master specialisations in Leiden.