Soil – Climate Cleanup

Input for European Commission carbon removal certification framework

ByS Jense May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

In December 2021, the European Commission adopted the Communication “Sustainable Carbon Cycles” which sets out an action plan on how to develop sustainable solutions to increase carbon removals. Climate Cleanup with ecosystem partners ASN Bank, Gideon Building Tribes and others advised the Commission on this carbon removal certification framework. This advise can be found here….

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Biochar adds many values to the soil

ByLinda March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

Transforming biomass into biochar is a very old way of fertilizing the soil – as well as sequestering carbon dioxide. Biochar is a booming natural climate solution. Perpetual Next’s advisor and longtime cleantech investor Albert Fischer has been working on biochar for quite some time now. He will be joined by Dutch Carboneers Berend de Haas and…

Festive masterclass on climate solutions

ByAndy Dockett May 5, 2021June 10, 2021

Thanks everyone for joining our festive online masterclass on May 26 on scalable climate solutions like seaweed, soil, regenerative (agro)forestry, circulair biobased materials, ONCRA and enhanced weathering. Take a look at the recording on our YouTubeChannel. Happy we had Paul Hawken (Drawdown / Regeneration), Damon Gameau (filmmaker 2040 Join the Regeneration), Matthea de Jong

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Sign this soil manifesto

ByAndy Dockett March 22, 2021March 25, 2021

Together with 50+ Dutch organizations, we’ve written a manifesto for regeneration of the soil in the Netherlands. It would be great if you would also sign this manifest. Take a look on the website of Aardpeer. 21 baby’s and their parents are asking for

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Doubling nature with biochar

ByAndy Dockett February 9, 2021February 11, 2021

Student and entrepreneur Marcel Kempers made an agile start of this decade, working with his companies on seaweed (Reef Support) and biochar (Pyro Power). At our Double Nature Talk of February 10 Marcel and his collegues elaborated on the latter one: regenerating soil using biochar. An ancient method used for centuries by indigenous people in…

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How Land Life Company doubles nature

ByAndy Dockett February 1, 2021February 4, 2021

Trees are great “tools” to remove carbon from the atmosphere, revitalize nature and tackle climate change. This is why it’s Land Life Company‘s mission to restore the 2 billion hectares of degraded land in the world. Land Life was founded in 2013 on the idea that a business approach and technology can drive

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Commonland regenerates more and more land all over the world

ByAndy Dockett November 30, 2020January 14, 2021

Our Double Nature Talk of Wednesday December 2 was about Commonland. CEO Willem Ferwerda joined and shared his latest experiences with regenerative use of land and building business cases. The recording of the talk will be soon on YouTube.

The importance of access to land

ByAndy Dockett October 26, 2020January 14, 2021

As George Monbiot so clearly pointed out in the Schumacher lecture on Sunday October 25, access to and ownership of land are pivotal in regenerating the world and addressing the ecological and social problems we face.

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Let’s Hemp the Climate

ByAndy Dockett October 2, 2020October 3, 2020

Dutch people know hemp quite well, but not as much as a nature-based solution to reverse climate change. During our Double Nature Talk on October 7 Matej Prokop, the founder of the NGO Hemp the Climate will share his vision

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Soil as a natural climate solution

ByAndy Dockett September 21, 2020October 1, 2020

Regenerating soil life is indispensable for reversing climate change. Soil expert Fransjan de Waard and green innovator Hillebrand Breuker shared their knowledge