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Update of the Flemish material indicators until 2021
Circular materials story: The Flemish circular economy does not yet translate into a reduced material impact.
We are increasingly successful in keeping materials in the cycle. Our reuse and recycling figures are increasing, we are producing more and …
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Vocabulary, food budget and logarithms
What do a writer's vocabulary and one's budget spent on food have to do with each other? Well, more than you might think! The mathematical relationship appears to be logarithmic.
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Learning Bridge 2.0: Project InnoVET XR
It is not always easy to teach students good first aid skills. Through this project, students can get to know these skills in a safe virtual environment and practice them independently with an evaluation at the end of the journey. Ultimately, this …
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DOOZ, Didactic Training Material to Support Future Healthcare Providers: Project InnoVET
The DOOZ project focused on developing shareable teaching materials for various innovative applications in the healthcare sector. This serves various purposes: the materials will be used to train (future) healthcare professionals, but also offer …
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Material Matters: Article with inspiring insights
Article providing insights and arguments for a transition from a neoliberal economy to an alternative economy.
These are based on the book Material Matters, the alternative to our predatory construction society by Sabine Oberhuber and Thomas Rau.
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Recovery economy: Environmentally friendly and financially beneficial
By repairing a product instead of replacing it (purchasing a new product), the lifespan of the product is extended. This saves materials and greenhouse gas emissions during the production of a new product.
For products that consume a lot of energy, …
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The material footprint of Flemish consumption
The materials footprint of Flanders or Raw Material Consumption (RMC) is the total of primary raw materials that are extracted worldwide as a result of Flemish consumption.
These primary raw materials are minerals, fossil raw materials, biomass and …
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Global environmental benefits through local and circular textile consumption
In order to meet our Flemish consumption needs, we currently have to obtain a large part of the required raw materials from abroad. Reuse, recycling and high-quality, local production of textiles can ensure that the extraction of primary raw …
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Climate footprint: Sustainable compared to a fast fashion T-shirt
European consumption of textiles has the fourth largest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility. Textile consumption is also in the top three factors that place the most pressure on water and land use and in …
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Learning Bridge Care: Project InnoVET
The Learning Bridge is a partnership between campus FLX and VitaS in which they build a bridge between both landscapes, care and education, in order to improve quality. They do this, among other things, by integrating lessons in the residential …
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In search of a sustainable economy: Dossier economics
Based on this file, you as a teacher can formulate a number of statements that are then presented to the students. Certain parts of the text can also be presented to the students. Assignments for students (related to the economics curriculum) can …
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CleanTechPunt: The digital meter
In this article you will learn everything about the digital meter.
Below you will find the content of the article:
- purpose of the digital meter;
- ideal scenario;
- influence of the introduction of the digital meter for consumers and society.
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