Netherlands community action

Sustainability initiatives

• Green Capital Challenges, Nijmegen Green Capital of Europe in 2018.
• Transition Towns Nederland

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Initiatives by topic

Community energy

Hoofdpagina - WindParken, Wiki used in the Netherlands to plan windturbines, to realise a CO2 cut of 20 to 30%. (in Dutch)

Cycling activism

More video: Cycling for everyone

How the Dutch got their cycle paths on youtube

Dutch Cycling Embassy

Cycling and social inclusion

Food activism

GROW the City (in Dutch) - Honey Bank project in Holland (in Dutch) - Solar cooking resources in Netherlands

Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle

Road safety

Wikipedia: Woonerf (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋoːn.ɛrf]), a living street implemented in the Netherlands and in Flanders. Techniques include shared space, traffic calming, and low speed limits. Under Article 44 of the Dutch traffic code, motorised traffic in a woonerf or "recreation area" is restricted to walking pace. The word literally translates as "living yard".

Sharing

NijmegenShareable city - shareNL, Dutch knowledge and network platform for the collaborative economy - De Deelkelder, Utrect

News and comment

2017

Experimental City: How Rotterdam Became A World Leader In Sustainable Urban Design, May 12 ^[1]

Netherlands invests €1m in global climate adaptation centre, Feb 8 ^[2]

Holland says goodbye to oil, Jan 20 ^[3]

Today all Dutch trains are powered 100% by wind energy, Jan 2 ^[4]

2016

Dutch cities launch Europe’s largest e-bus fleet, Dec 20 ^[5]

How Rotterdam became the world leader in sustainable urban design, Dec 5 ^[6]

Money for Everybody, Nov 30 ^[7]

The Dutch Are Going Big on Trees, Oct 25 ^[8]

Dutch parliament votes to close down country's coal industry, Sep 23 ^[9]

75 years after its destruction, Rotterdam continues to reinvent itself, Aug 24 ^[10]

Nijmegen wins European Green Capital Award 2018, Jun 22 ^[11]

This Bike Lane Made From Recycled Wood Chips Is the Most Dutch Thing Ever, January 21 ^[12]

2015

Dutch city plans to pay citizens a ‘basic income’, and Greens say it could work in the UK, December 26 ^[13]

Rotterdam's residents crowdfunded its new pedestrian bridge, July 29 ^[14]

How Groningen invented a cycling template for cities all over the world, July 29 ^[15]

Dutch city of Utrecht to experiment with a universal, unconditional income, June 26 ^[16]

Netherlands ordered to cut greenhouse gas emissions, June 24 ^[17]

Nijmegen Sharing City Embraces No-Money Abundance, January 26 ^[18]

2014

Netherlands Aiming For 100,000 More Solar Roofs In 1 Year, April 8 ^[19]

Eindhoven introduces Sustainable Smart Lighting Systems, March 26 ^[20]

Events

2014

November 29 Buy Nothing Day (in Dutch)

Resources

• Community Lover's Guide to Rotterdam
• Transition support materials (in Dutch)

Research

• International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development (ICIS)
• Working Group on Development Techniques

Video

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Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Netherlands

External links

• Hivos international, Dutch organization for development. Hivos provides financial support to organizations in Africa, Latin America and Asia, it provides advocacy and it supports knowledge sharing in particular in the field of social change, digital activism and rural innovations. ^W

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