Students from all universities and colleges are welcome to join, from any study course. See how you can participate & book your space below.
Lecture: Commonland tell us how restorative solutions can reverse the degradation of the land and water systems that are the basis of life on earth, and bring back prosperity to both people and planet.
Composting – build healthy soil while making profit from waste. We’ll show you how to turn your kitchen waste into rich compost with a worm hotel.
Sowing Seeds – a guide to growing healthy plants at home.
Tour: A meeting with product designer Tjeerd Veenhoven at his studio to hear how he is inspired by the natural world to develop sustainable products including Palmleather, a plant-based replacement for animal leather, plastic and rubber, and AlgaeFabric, a raw textile material made from algae.
Interactive Lecture: “Links between pro-environmental behaviours and wellbeing” by Steph Johnson-Zawadski, Environmental Psychology PhD, University of Groningen.
Seed Balls – cheering up grey urban environments for people and pollinators with seed balls full of native herbs and flowers.
Workshop: Forests, with IVN & the Tiny Forest initiative. Exploring the role of urban forests for a healthy city, and learning how a Tiny Forest can be realised on campus or in the neighbourhood.
Workshop: Mycelium & Mushrooms, with Fungi Factory. We’ll hear about the magical world of mycelium, how Fungi Factory’s circular enterprise utilises mycelium to turn waste into profit, and we’ll be challenged to grow oyster mushrooms at home with a Fungi Factory grow-kit.
We visit this newly established CSA to hear about the role of CSAs in producing healthy food for urban populations. De Stadsgroenteboer team met while studying gastronomy in Italy and they will share their love of tasty fresh produce with us from farm to table, as students are invited to get their hands in the soil to harvest and then cook together.
Cooking Workshop: Expect to get your hands in the soil and to cook with fresh veggies from the garden.
City Tour: Exploring how our urban surroundings influence our well-being, with urban planner Hannah Wright and tactical urbanist Jorn Wemmenhove, Humankind.
Includes a visit to the largest and loveliest productive roof-garden in Europe, De DakAkker.
Workshop: Biomimicry Nederland invites us to look to nature for sustainable solutions, and tells us how nature’s design genius is inspiring innovation for a healthy world.
Lecture: Dr. Ingrid de Pauw teaches at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering TU Delft, and will tell us about her research into nature-inspired design, as well as its applications.
Interactive Lecture: Dr. Bertus Beaumont, teaches BioLogic at the Department of Bionanoscience TU Delft, and will tell us about the course’s focus on how biological principles can be applied to achieve green technological solutions.
We will meet BioLogic students, and hear from them about their entry for the Biodesign Challenge, a global challenge for university students to envision future applications of biotechnology.
Co-creating positive social impact in partnership with a local social enterprise.
Trees & Us: The Relationship Between Trees & People in a Healthy City.
A City of Amsterdam ecologist and an Amsterdam tree expert will tell us about the role of trees and urban forests in creating a healthy city.
Then on to the Green Student Bootcamp Challenge student graduation party! Our final challenge for students is to create a plant-based menu for educators and guests, with ingredients made and grown throughout the programme.
All participants required to be students & advance payment required to confirm attendance.
Applications for the full and flexi programme to be received by Monday 29 April.
We have reserved 20 spaces for local students at sessions taking place at the University of Groningen, Utrecht University & TU Delft for just €5 per student.