Climate Change
Floating homes: The Dutch solution to housing shortages
Faced with worsening flooding, the Netherlands is seeing a growing interest in floating homes, with 3,000 registered houseboats on Amsterdam's canals.
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Netherlands
Circular Economy
These Dutch cities are using the circular economy to conserve water
Using less and recycling more could help relieve the planet’s overstressed water resources. Is circularity the way forward?
Biodiversity
How insect hotels and honey highways are helping bee populations in the Netherlands
The country is providing ‘bed and breakfast’ for bees in the form of insect hotels, roadside wildflower verges and more. A recent survey suggests it might be working.
Cities and Urbanization
These Dutch cities will allow only zero-emission deliveries by 2025
The rise of online shopping is generating ever more deliveries. Now these Dutch cities are making van drivers go green by banning fossil-fuel vehicles.
Arts and Culture
Stolen colonial-era objects will be ‘unconditionally’ returned, says the Netherlands
Dutch state collections should have no place for items acquired by theft, the government says.
Netherlands
This Dutch floating village could help tackle city-density and sea-level challenges
Floating homes in the Netherlands neighbourhood of Schoonschip could be a blueprint for communities struggling with climate change and overpopulation.
Mental Health
Younger people are being hit hardest by pandemic loneliness
Research from Europe shows that the highest levels of loneliness were observed amongst young people and people with preexisting mental illness.
Netherlands
This illuminated field isn't just pretty - it's helping to grow crops
Art, innovation and sustainable agriculture collide in this project, which uses specific combinations of LEDs shining vertically on to plants to increase yield for farmers.
Netherlands
Children in the Netherlands have the highest well-being in the world
COVID-19
This is what the 2015 Tour de France can teach us about social distancing
Researchers have adapted a crowd-management simulation, to examine if social distancing is effective real-life crowded places.
Mobility
Cooperation is the key to improving urban transportation - just ask Amsterdam
The key to reshaping urban mobility systems for the future is cooperation, as Amsterdam has discovered. What can other cities learn from the Dutch capital?
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Residents of this Dutch neighborhood could share a pool of cars and bikes
This proposed Dutch neighborhood is designed for bikes, not cars. Could this approach be the future of urban living?
Workforce and Employment
Which European countries work from home the most?
Working from home is now the new normal. Here are the stats for all European countries where people work the most from home.
Future of the Environment
The Netherlands is tackling climate change by making floating solar farms
The largest solar panel island project to date is currently underway in the Netherlands, set to consist of 73,500 panels.
Sustainable Development
These Dutch tomatoes can teach the world about sustainable agriculture
As the population grows and climate change worsens, food security is a major challenge. But innovative farming techniques could make a difference.
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