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First graduates of Master’s Programme Governance of Sustainability07 October 2021The first generation of Governance of Sustainability master's students has graduated. They received their diplomas during a festive ceremony at Wijnha...
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Sustainable Tuesday: 4 questions for environmental scientist Ranran Wang07 September 2021On Sustainable Tuesday, two weeks before Dutch Budget Day, the Dutch cabinet receives a suitcase full of sustainable ideas and initiatives. The initia...
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New dataset helps to understand environmental impact of offshore windfarms10 August 2021While offshore wind farms generate clean and green energy, scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the harmful impact they may have on marine li...
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration29 June 2021High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this poss...
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Leiden University takes 18th place in SustainaBul sustainability ranking03 June 2021Leiden University has taken 18th place in the SustainaBul, the sustainability ranking of universities and universities of applied sciences in the Neth...
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How nature boosts the health of city residents10 May 2021Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led by Leiden environmental scientist Roy Remme. In Proceedings of the Nat...
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Sustainable The Hague: Sustainable initiatives in your local area03 May 2021How can you do your bit for sustainability? Students from Leiden University have launched an interactive website with 150 sustainable initiatives in a...
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’23 March 2021The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the m...
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 10011 March 2021The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, ...
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Polluted water as a source of fertilizer26 January 2021It may well be possible to remove nitrate from polluted groundwater and at the same time produce ammonia in a sustainable way, according to PhD candid...
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture25 January 2021Food production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?21 January 2021On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them...
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Thinking Global, Acting Local18 November 2020The first year cohort of Leiden University College The Hague recently under took a local lesson which saw them collect 10200 pieces of plastic from th...
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Leiden alternative to plastic microparticles wins second prize in European student competition09 November 2020A team of students from Leiden and Groningen took the second prize at the European final of the BISC-E sustainability competition. Last June, the team...
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An overall picture: the environmental impacts of a new solar cell technology20 October 2020A more efficient solar panel sounds great. But what if these new panels consume more toxic materials, or their production consumes a lot of energy? Le...