Emmen debuts ‘container gardens’ with double effect of stopping dumping and also bringing green pockets to streets
The ‘CityGards’ are made from recycled material, and are strangely alluring Translated by Thomas Ansell How do you stop people ...
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Welcome to the Village festival might be cancelled, but the ‘village of the future’ ethical hackathon will go on!
Welcome to the Village’s social experiment ‘DORP’ will focus on solutions to current societal problems By Thomas Ansell Though Welcome ...
Plant thief in Helpman ruins public micro-garden
Why can't we just have nice things? By Thomas Ansell A few months ago, the Gemeente Groningen launched a new ...
Frisian local seed bank idea takes root across the Netherlands
The ‘seed library Friesland’ has officially become a national initative Translated by Thomas Ansell A locally-sprouted idea from Friesland has ...
Parts of Groningen’s historic centre to be made car-free
This is what happens when too many people try to pilot their Range Rovers down streets laid out in the ...
Dutch court slaps down Shell for lackluster greening plans, with Wadden Island Association calling the decision ‘historic’
The Netherlands' most polluting company will have to have a rethink Translated by Thomas Ansell The giant multinational oil and ...
Groningen’s Stadspark to host open-air cinema
An entrepreneur wants to open the cinema, which would be the first of its type in the Netherlands The Stadspark ...
Dutch King to open Solar Park Hollandia in Drenthe
The solar park will have over 300,000 panels, and is the largest in the Netherlands King Willem-Alexander will come to ...
Whilst Groningen turns its gas taps off, companies are trying to squeeze every last cubic centimetre out of Friesland
The Fiese Milieufederatie, an environmental group, has sounded the alarm over plans for multi-billion company Vermilion exploit Friesland’s natural gas ...
It’s official, Groningen is the greenest city in the Netherlands
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeen By Thomas Ansell Humankind, the research centre that looks into livable cities, has just released its most recent survey ...
