The future affairs platform of the Netherlands VPRO Tegenlicht focuses on the energy transition this month. Partly because of the rising gas prices, all sorts of local bottom-up initiatives emerge looking for other ways to produce or source energy.
Sustainalab: Going green together (eng)
Join the conversation about the Backlight broadcast 'Going Green Together'.
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Introduction by Bart Krull (initiator of SustainaLab and moderator of this meeting)
Frenk van Harreveld, presentation and Q&A
Professor Frenk van Harreveld (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Programme group Social Psychology) will talk about the behaviour of individuals in respect to sustainability and the difference between intention and what people actually do.
Tijmen Bakker, presentation and Q&A
Tijmen Bakker is a postdoc researcher at the HIMS Institute of the University of Amsterdam. Looking for ways to build a business based on his research, he originally focussed on the use of solar cells for greenhouses. However, he recently made an interesting pivot…
Ardine Nicolaï, presentation and Q&A
Ardine Nicolaï is chairwoman of the energy cooperative MeerEnergie. MeerEnergie is located in Watergraafsmeer and aims to heat homes by using the residual heat of Amsterdam Science Park.
Open discussion with the audience until 13.15h
SustainaLab is located on Amsterdam Science Park and facilitates cooperation between the scientific community, government bodies and the business sector. In our view, this cooperation will be vital in order to make the sustainable transition that is needed. Therefore, SustainaLab organizes this Tegenlicht Meet Up that deals with the challenges of the energy transition and the role of social innovation.