It seems so easy. You put a couple of solar panels on your roof or on your balcony, plug them in and start saving on your energy bills. Especially with the current energy prices, these plug and play sets are…
Students and office workers share the same problem: their workspaces are getting too crowded. One solution is to keep building – but why not try and utilize the space we already have? The Dutch start-up, Omnia Modelling, are using simulated…
The impact of the corona pandemic on the mental health of young people. The broadcast of the Dutch BOOS online program on sexual misconduct. The uncertainty that the war in Ukraine brings for (international) students. In light of all this,…
Auke appears on screen with his face bent over a computer screen. “Are you also so addicted to the news these days?” he asks without looking up. Auke follows the developments in Ukraine from his office: “It’s horrific what’s happening…
To get right to the point. This is the final edition of IO’s weekly column Corona in Europe, a column the editor on duty has kept up since 2020 with a compilation of maps and visuals to make sense of…
Founder and CEO Marjan Haselhoff wants to provide a sustainable alternative to the current fashion industry through TOMO. The – online and physical – circular department store is fully transparent about the origin of its products and how they have…
We can arrange almost everything via the Internet. Yet next week in the Netherlands, we will simply stand in a booth with a red pencil when we go to vote. Can’t we do that online? “No,” say researchers at iHub,…
Heating and warm nurseries are not standard in some of Hungary’s rural areas. Under the “Felzárkózó Települések” (Upgrading Towns and Villages) program, social solar power plants are planned to be built in 300 disadvantaged locations across the country. Families with…
Green roofs have many advantages: they act as CO2 absorbers, currently in short supply in cities. They also store water and can relieve pressure on the sewer system during heavy rainfall. In summer, they form a heat shield and can…
Two circular initiatives are starting in Eemshaven, Groningen in the Netherlands. In one of the pilots, together with Bek & Verburg and Groningen Seaports, Impact Recycling is looking at techniques whereby plastic (fishing) nets from all over the Netherlands can…