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EU: No Net land Take ?

6 februari 2023admin
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A new regulation is in the making in Europe: No net land take. PBL ( NL environmental assessment agency) recently organized a meeting on the topic.[1] It’s an interesting approach and wording, but what’s really the point? First, there is… Continue Reading →

Embodied Land, EU, government, land, landuse, policies, regulations, urban

Governments – where lies your responsibility ?

22 januari 2023admin
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As a municipality, do not strive for growth that will increase your problems. Such was my central thesis of an opinion article in a regional newsppaper last week. But of course it applies more generally, which is why I repeat… Continue Reading →

economy, government, growth, labor, municipality, transition

Where to build, and where not to build (in NL)

8 januari 2023admin
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I was asked that question last year by Thomas van Belzen of Cobouw,[1] and it got me thinking. It was an interview in Dutch, but let me return to it in English and in more detail at the beginning of… Continue Reading →

building, future, landuse, policies

The world of Babel (2)

27 december 2022admin
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Well, since we’re grumbling anyway, like last time, let’s do this one too, to end the year. We are constantly led astray, by the way messages are send out, by companies, organizations, and the press. Its about the way a… Continue Reading →

behaviour, consuming, economy, growth, lifestyle, money

The World of Babel

12 december 2022admin
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There is a lot of chatter around, with no understanding of the real issues. I’m sorry, but I’m going to defend this position for once.. The nonsense I hear and see in talk shows, news, or read in newspapers, regarding… Continue Reading →

behaviour, cycles, growth, island, lifestyle, money, people, policies, technology

Trees versus humans

27 november 2022admin
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Once upon a time, we crawled out of the sea. Crawled around on land for a while, but there was nothing to do there, so we migrated back to the sea. Millions of years later we went back to look… Continue Reading →

biodiversity, biomass, ecology, forests, humans, trees

Not a CO2 focus, but a Post-Fossil focus

13 november 2022admin
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The Quest in Egypt is actually quite simple: Not look for reductions of fossil, but how to live off the sun, and its derivatives, wind and water power. And where possible make things a little more effective with a little… Continue Reading →

climateneutral, CO2, fossil, future, IPCC, policies, politics, post-fossil, solar energy

Is Art innocent…? and what about Musk or Putin?

30 oktober 2022admin
soup-ndex

Why does someone throw a can of soup against a van Gogh? Everyone was shocked. Either because of the van Gogh, how dare they, or because of the soup, from a multinational company, not an oil company or something, or… Continue Reading →

behaviour, capital, economy, money, news, value

Which books to read, and which to avoid…. (Non fiction…!)

16 oktober 2022admin
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In the newspaper, we get reviews of new books almost daily. But, it’s mostly fiction. Fake, fantasy. We take refuge in dreams. Once in a while there is an interesting non fiction suggestion, but mostly of the soft kind, about… Continue Reading →

book, books, news, review

Where to buy 1 ha of sea …

2 oktober 2022admin
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The other day I was thinking, I’m going to invest some money in land, since it has a stable value, or at least, has lasting โ€˜valueโ€™. But then I realized that this has mainly (for the time being) financial value,… Continue Reading →

agriculture, Embodied Land, land, Netherlands, ownership, policies

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