Metabolic is an inspiring systems consulting and cleantech development firm based in Amsterdam. They are for example involved in setting the European Food Vision, designing eco-villas in Spain for eco-tourism and design of a circular food system for East Brabant. Nadine Galle joined the company to manage Metabolic Lab: Metabolic’s experimental showcase facility of applied […]
Circular Food Systems: Applying Systems Thinking to Global Food Production The global food system is in need of dramatic transformation. The path we are currently on is leading to an impasse: the increases in food production needed to meet the anticipated demands of a much larger and wealthier human population cannot be achieved by simply […]
Over het belang van privacy en gegevensbescherming Big data, vloek of zegen? Moet veiligheid de voorkeur krijgen boven privacy? Of…? Er is een alternatief, aldus TU Delft-hoogleraar Ethiek & Techniek Jeroen van den Hoven: ‘We moeten uit de patstelling komen. Bezwaren tegen het gebruik van big data moeten we zien als ontwikkelvragen; om zodanig te […]
De evolutietheorie is ontstaan als verklaring voor het ontstaan van de soorten vanuit de genen. Maar de theorie is ook toepasbaar op het denken – memen – en zelfs op artefacten – systemen -. Bij dit “pretcollege” zullen allerlei prikkelende basisgedachten over dit onderwerp passeren. Verder ligt het in de bedoeling enkele wonderlijke aspecten van […]
Life Off Grid is a film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results. On the evening of 14th December we will watch this movie together. Before the movie we will watch an introduction from the movie director, Phillip Vannini, recorded for TU Delft […]
Getting acclimated to a new town and a new university can be challenging. Doing so in a new country can be even more so. If you want to know how to navigate the medical system in the Netherlands, join us for our second Living Survival Guide. The Survival Guide is a series published in Delta […]
Money vs. Morals – Should you work for Greenpeace or Shell? The position of the future engineer is crucial in the trade-off between environmental challenges and economic prosperity. How can technical minds be used best to benefit the environment when the main focus of big corporations is profit. Do large corporations provide the best handholds […]
Hoe voeren we oorlog in de toekomst? Dit debat wordt georganiseerd naar aanleiding van de theatervoorstelling The Great Warmachine van theatermaker Joachim Robbrechts, die ook aan het debat zal deelnemen. Hij betoogt dat we vrij moeten leren denken, ook als het gaat om strijd. Oorlog wordt tegenwoordig overal gevoerd en in de toekomst zelfs op […]
Do you feel the need to do something that truly matters? Do you want to contribute to the world?Sometimes all efforts may seem pointless in the face of daunting global challenges. Still, new examples of successful initiatives keep popping up, showing us there may be a way. How can you the convert the wish for […]
This exhibition, which also ran in May this year, is being shown again together with the lecture The Syrian Conflict on Tuesday, November 22nd. ——— Aleppo, 2014. Photographer Fouad Hallak captures the daily lives of Syrians in rebel held territory. Hallak, 27, fled Syria and currently lives in a refugee camp in the Netherlands. Come […]
