UT students want to make freshwater out of seawater

Making drinking water out of seawater. That is the main idea behind Briney’s, an initiative started by a group of UT students. They plan to separate salt from seawater, and therefore produce freshwater, by using reverse osmosis. ‘The innovation is not in the technology, but in connecting it to the commercial market. The remaining salt will be sold in developed countries.’

News

14 / 04 / 2020

On to a CO2-neutral and waste-free campus

A CO2-neutral and waste-free campus, full CO2 compensation for all business trips and vegetarian work lunches becoming the standard. These plans are part of a new policy for sustainable operational management at the UT, which the Executive Board recently approved.

News

14 / 04 / 2020

Op naar een CO2-neutrale en afvalvrije campus

Een CO2-neutrale en afvalvrije campus, volledige CO2-compensatie voor alle dienstreizen en standaard vegetarische werklunches. Deze plannen zijn een greep uit het nieuwe beleid voor duurzame bedrijfsvoering op de UT, waarmee het college van bestuur onlangs akkoord ging.

Science

13 / 03 / 2020

Which car fuel is best for the planet?

Which car fuel has the largest environmental footprint? Is it gasoline, biofuels, solar electricity or hydrogen? The answer might surprise you. In a recent paper, UT researchers Bunyod Holmatov and the late Arjen Hoekstra show the true footprint of using renewable energy for car transport.

Campus Life

27 / 02 / 2020

‘The fashion industry is not an ethical one’

Sustainable clothing was the topic of the latest event of the ‘sustainability series’, hosted by DesignLab and the student association Sustain yesterday evening. ‘While you think you buy something sustainable, you’re not actually.’

News

18 / 02 / 2020

Student starts petition to ‘veganize’ the UT

Many vegetarian and vegan students are unsatisfied with the amount of food options available for them on campus, according to student Leon Borgdorf. That’s why he started a petition to have more vegetarian and vegan food on campus.

Science

04 / 10 / 2019

Off-grid houses that power themselves

Off-grid houses that run on ‘their own’ electricity could be the answer to many of the world’s problems. PhD candidate Diego F. Quintero Pulido has researched how to power such houses through renewable energy. While he is defending his doctoral thesis today, his findings are already being applied in an off-grid project in the Netherlands.

News

27 / 05 / 2019

Wageningen is kampioen duurzaamheid

De Wageningen Universiteit is opnieuw bekroond tot duurzaamste instelling van het Nederlands hoger onderwijs. De Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein klimt op de SustainaBul-ranglijst naar de tweede plaats. De UT doet niet mee aan de ranglijst.

Campus Life

23 / 05 / 2019

Campus clean-up: 31 kg of trash

Exactly one month after International Earth Day, the association Sustain hosted a campus clean-up event in collaboration with Krinkels and ESN. Yesterday, members and non-members joined forces next to the UTrack in order to maintain our environment clean and livable.

News

20 / 05 / 2019

Kick-In will be more sustainable this year

The Kick-In is putting sustainability high on its agenda. Together with the association Sustain, the committee is making changes to ensure that the introduction period of the UT becomes more ‘environmentally friendly’. This includes focus on waste separation, using local suppliers and offering flexitarian meals.

News

10 / 04 / 2019

UT students brainstorm with L’Oréal

‘Because the Earth is worth it’. That is the title of a brainstorm session with L’Oréal held today in DesignLab. The cosmetics company has invited UT students to help them think of new floor displays that could be used in shops, including Kruidvat and Etos.

Business & Career

09 / 04 / 2019

‘Make change with change’

De UT-startup IMPULSE behoort tot de vijf ‘meest veelbelovende sustainability web startups’ volgens The Next Web, een platform voor web startups . IMPULSE biedt consumenten de mogelijkheid de CO2-uitstoot van consumptiegoederen bij aanschaf te compenseren.

News

19 / 02 / 2019

Campus tour on sustainability

How do we make the UT more sustainable? With this question, Brechje Maréchal, policy officer for Environment and Sustainability, is touring across the campus this month. Employees and students can come by and share their own ideas for a greener UT.