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Plastics are causing stress to crops (and biodegradable alternatives do too)PHD 11 September 2025Micro- and nanoplastics cause stress to crops such as lettuce and carrots, PhD candidate Laura Julia Zantis found. This can lead to reduced growth and...
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge29 January 2024Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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What if the Netherlands became vegan?06 February 2023Imagine no one in the Netherlands would eat animal products anymore, what would happen? And would it contribute to more climate justice? That is the t...
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Leiden Law Cast #5: Esther Kentin on PFAS, (micro)plastics & policy16 March 2022Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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'We want to use academic knowledge to make the horticulture sector more sustainable'10 March 2022The 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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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment?14 December 2021Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Land van Ons and Leiden University start cooperation in peat meadow area in Oud Ade08 September 2020Land van Ons, a cooperation that buys agricultural land for the restoration of biodiversity and landscape, and Leiden University join forces. Together...