Creative Interventions Amsterdam

11/06/2021

New report shows that restoring ecosystems is both the cheapest and easiest way to store carbon. We don't need to develop new technologies. We have the scientific knowledge already to restore ecosystems, helping us prevent global warming and loss of biodiversity.

In December 2020, 50 of the world’s leading biodiversity and climate experts, selected by a 12-person Scientific Steering Committee assembled by IPBES and IPCC, participated in a four-day virtual workshop to examine the synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity protection and climate change mi...

13/01/2021

In 2016 already, 375 scientists, including 30 Nobel prize winners, wrote a letter saying immediate action was needed to save us from a desperate future scenario. Now, this...

It is impossible to understand how any state or individual can continue life "as usual", knowing that a disaster bigger than our minds can comprehend, is coming straight for us.

Sobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis

09/10/2020

When do we stop allowing Lobbies to be a part of our political system?!

In Argentina, Kowalewski says: “There’s a pattern of total destruction. Here in Corrientes, deforestation is driven by cattle grazing and timber production. In the Gran Chaco in northern Argentina and Paraguay it’s primarily soya. In the Pantanal it’s all soya. In Córdoba it’s real estate interests clearing land for housing estates. In every case it is powerful business lobbies that benefit a small group of people at the expense of the rest of society.”

Wildfires, mostly caused by land clearing for cattle grazing and soya production, have set four nations ablaze

25/05/2020

Even towards the end of a project, the designing never stops...

18/04/2020

Briljant! If we target consumerism to tackle the threat to our living environment, then we legitimise the political influence of big companies, allowing them to push for the slowest possible change.

As much as we need all priveliged individuals to drastically change their behaviour, we need societal issues to be to be dealt with through policy that stops putting behavioural change at its centre.

Roxane van Iperen heeft geen geduld meer mensen die duurzaamheid als keuze prediken. Consumentenactivisme is een zijweg die te weinig bijdraagt.

27/03/2020

Maya Angelou: Hope and Fear, cannot occupy the same space.

26/03/2020

We support the Syllabus. Yes, really, there is no "like" or "share" button here. Just good information that fits our current history.

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17/03/2020

Hilarious!

https://twitter.com/djsnake/status/1239587234820640770?s=20

04/03/2020

Revealing layers of the planter holding (lots of) rainwater. Increasing biodiversity, preventing erosion. Can you guess how many layers there are?

23/02/2020

Reusing marble we found in our ruin for an entry hall feels satisfying for so many reasons!

20/02/2020

When the windows are in, it's a whole different feel!