Circular City

This week Amsterdam Smart City will be present at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona! During this 3 day congress, we will present our circular economy approach and tell you how festivals can contribute! To get a first impression, check out the video!

The Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona is getting closer! Next week the Holland Pavilion will be filled with Dutch companies. One of them is the start-up RecyQ, working on the circular economy. We talked to Richard Severin.

How does RecyQ work?

Richard: ‘RecyQ makes more from waste by combining the hyperlocal bottom-up approach with technological possibilities. Our business is to get people to become more of waste problems and show them that waste separation is very useful. Together with our partners, amongst others the City of Amsterdam, we set up a zero waste platform for people in Amsterdam to separate waste more easily. People can separate paper, plastics, glass and textiles in our store or in containers. We measure the amount and in exchange people get a crypto token with which they can buy stuff in local stores. Besides that, we show people through our app how much CO2 they saved. We do not only make sure there is less waste, we also transform waste into new products. For local communities, we are closing the loop of raw materials.’

How do residents react?

‘The responses we get from citizens are very positive. People see the future of sustainability happening in their neighbourhoods. We show people how to contribute to a better world and tackle climate change hands on. It makes the circular economy more visible to residents. Of course, not everybody is willing to join us, but we focus on the people who are open to our ideas and care about the planet we leave behind to our children. They will tell their neighbours about it. This way we get a lot of positive attention! And of course it helps that people get a reward for separating waste, especially for those in a less fortune financial position.’

Do you have any plans to scale up?

‘Yes, it is very important to show other countries and cities the value case for combining waste separation and reusing materials with smart city technology! We were asked by a few parties to investigate whether our waste management and recycling project could work in the rest of the world as well. We already presented in New York City and at the Asian Development Bank. We are thinking of setting up feasibility studies for other cities. Then cities can choose which parts of our zero waste menu they want to take into development. In the Netherlands we already did such a study for Amsterdam Zuidoost, resulting in the venture Zero Waste Zuidoost and there are some opportunities in other Dutch cities. These are the bigger urban cities in the Netherlands because in the smaller areas the waste and recycling problem is not as big. The Netherlands ranks top 5 in Europe when it comes to waste separation, but bigger cities are not doing so well. Scaling up for us is also part of the reason why we are going to Barcelona!’

Want to meet Richard Severin in Barcelona? Join us at the Holland Pavilion in Hall 2!

How do we involve kids and young adults with the circular economy?
There are many wonderful initiatives focusing on 21st century skills for kids and young adults. Initiatives cover a broad range of topics such as science, design thinking, programming, digitalisation, media and storytelling. Can the topic of the circular economy be the thread that connects these subjects to prepare kids and young adults even more for a life as conscious, innovative and collaborative participants in a circular economy?

Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF)
Stars are Circular will participate in the Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF). DIF is an online open-access event that asks the question: what if we could redesign everything? A panel of experts pioneering with the education of 21st century skills will open the dialogue with an online and offline audience to discover if and how specific skills tie in with the transition to a circular economy.

Panelists
Remco Pijpers, Strategic Advisor Digital Literacy at Kennisnet
Michiel Dijkman, Head of Corporate Affairs at Samsung
Emer Beamer, Founder Designathon Works
Merel Mirage, Founding Director Stichting HOLY

Facilitators
Andrew Green, Host of The What If Waste Podcast
Rieta Aliredjo, Fouder and Chair Stars Are Circular Foundation

Program
15:00 walk in and welcome
15:30 Introduction
16:00 Panel conversation connected live with the online audience of THINKDIF 2017
17:00 Drinks and celebrations

The Amsterdam Economic Board is looking for a young professional experienced in organising events as per direct for 4 months.
Main deliverables will be an overview of start-ups operating in the circular economy, digitisation of this overview in an attractive manner and an event in which these circular start-ups will be matched with procurement professionals. The event is scheduled to take place February 14th 2018 at the Circl Pavillion. Creativity in finding unique (digital) ways to match circular startups and launching customers is highly valued. The chosen candidate will carry the responsibility on delivering a successful event. Interested? Leave a comment below or e-mail Marjolein Brasz: m.brasz@amecboard.com

Looking for the right investor? Learn to think like one! Apply before 3 Dec 2017 at http://bit.ly/IRP2017. You could become of one the circular startups joining our 12 December selection event. Please note that this is a closed event for the selected startups.

WHY JOIN INVESTMENT READY?

The Investment Ready Program, whose main partner is ING Netherlands, is a five-month peer learning-based accelerator for circular economy solutions. It consists of 12 training days during which we guide you through a systematic review of your business model, strategy and team in order to help them craft a validated growth and investment plan.

This accelerator culminates in a Demo Day, during which the participants pitch to our network of purpose-driven impact investors and funds. Our alumni have collectively raised nearly 8.5 million euro.

What makes the program unique is that, instead of a jury, entrepreneurs themselves crown the program’s winner by ranking each other on fixed criteria. This proven, fully transparent peer-reviewing model generates an intensive learning process: participants engage in a productive feedback cycle and get in-depth knowledge of the other entrepreneurs’ ventures.

Our peer learning model has even helped several of the participants decide to start business collaborations with their peers upon the program’s completion.

WHAT RECENT INVESTMENT READY ALUMNI SAY:

Gert van Vugt, Co-founder and CEO, Sustainer Homes: "We were a building company when we started the Investment Ready Program but our coach helped us reorient towards being a ‘software’ business, which sells the design to contractors. This major pivot in our model made us focus on what we’re good at. And thanks to Investment Ready, we received financing from Triodos Bank. We also got the chance to connect to like-minded entrepreneurs, such as fellow participants MgAubel. We’re now exploring the opportunity to kickstart a modular office in their eco materials factory and simultaneously run an experiment for a bigger project."

Anja Cheriakova, Co-founder and CEO, BinBang: "We’re very happy to have been part of the Investment Ready Program, which is the best push when you’re in the scale-up phase. Thanks to our pitch at the Demo Day, we secured meetings with 3 investors and are well on our way to raise our target of €500,000. We also connected to entrepreneurs we are collaborating with, as each other’s customers. For instance, we’re helping fellow Investment Ready participants Kitchen Republic separate organic waste at their food startup incubator, and eco-materials enterprise MgAubel better deal with their office waste collection".

The hierarchical way in which organisations foster talent has been losing credibility for decades. Many people don’t feel valued and aren’t giving their best, which means that performance and job satisfaction suffer.

The Playmakers co-founders Jos van Snippenberg and Maaike Huisman will introduce you to an integrated approach to align people, business and purpose without HR.

Jos and Maaike will help you experience what it takes - as a startup entrepreneur - to facilitate a new way of driving performance. You will also get a template for a business one-pager that serves as the anchor for everyone in the company to understand the collective dream you’re trying to achieve.

Who is this for: Ambitious entrepreneurs with a growing company who experience difficulties in connecting the right people to the right roles with the right focus.

Who are The Playmakers: Jos and Maaike are passionate about making people matter in work. They are using their international corporate and SME experience in business consulting, sales, marketing and HR for a new approach to boost work performance in a meaningful way.

I'm a researcher in entrepreneurship at the Smart City Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. We would like to start a new research project where we explore expertise development in collaborating entrepreneurs and business modeling. Therefore, we are looking for entrepreneurs that are launching new initiatives/ projects that are 1) IT/ ICT-driven, and 2) in circular and/ or sharing economy. We execute action research where we also provide practical advice/ solutions to opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs encounter.

Uitnodiging Tour de Ville: Circulaire innovaties & maakindustrie| woensdag 25 Oktober , 16-18 uur

Beste allemaal,

De Tour de Ville staat aanstaande woensdag (25 oktober) weer voor de deur! Tour de Ville is een serie evenementen bedoeld om ambtenaren en partijen in Amsterdam, die geïnteresseerd zijn in innovatie, kennis te laten maken met elkaar. Deze keer staat de bijeenkomst helemaal in het teken van ‘Circulaire Innovaties & maakindustrie’.

We nodigen je graag uit hierbij aanwezig te zijn.

De Tour de Ville vindt deze keer plaats in de Circular Expo, in de voormalige Herstellingcafé van het stadhuis. Tijdens dit programma zullen verschillende circulaire innovatieprojecten aan u worden gepresenteerd. Zowel vanuit initiatieven uit de stad als uit de gemeentelijke organisatie zelf wordt gedeeld hoe wordt samengewerkt aan een Circulair Amsterdam. Laat je inspireren, en deel met de stad ook jouw idee voor een Duurzaam en Circulair Amsterdam.

Opzet
16:00 u Opening
- met het Circular Expo & Green Office team

16:10 u Pitches van Circulaire voorbeelden in de Amsterdamse maakindustrie
- Op welke manieren werkt de overheid met dit soort partijen samen en hoe worden ze gefaciliteerd?

17:00 u Key-note presentatie over Amsterdam als Circulaire Living Lab
– Bob Geldermans Programmamanager Circular City van het AMS instituut:
AMS (Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions) doet onderzoek naar complexe uitdagingen voor Amsterdam, onder andere de transitie naar een Circulaire Economie. Zij gebruiken de stad hierbij als living lab (een proeftuin) om experimenten binnen te doen en innovaties direct in de stad te testen.

17:20 u Overhandiging van het AMS & NEW RAW stadsbankje aan Gemeente Amsterdam
- Marloes Michels (directielid Ruimte en Duurzaamheid) zal tijdens deze sessie het eerste 3D geprinte stadsbankje van plastic afval in ontvangst nemen.

17:25 u Zeepkist
- Elke tour de ville sluiten we af met een mogelijkheid voor het publiek om 1 minuut te gebruik een vraag te stellen, idee te toetsen, verhaal te delen, reach out te doen naar het netwerk.

17:30 u Borrel

Over de locatie:
De Circular Expo is een tijdelijke expositie in het stadhuis. De expo is te bezoeken tot 27 oktober, toegankelijk voor iedereen en biedt een podium aan circulaire initiatieven en producten uit de stad. De mensen achter de initiatieven komen aan het woord. Ben jij dus benieuwd naar circulaire innovatie in Amsterdam? Kom dan naar de Tour de Ville op 25 oktober in de Circular Expo.

Be there & be circular!
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-tour-de-ville-circulaire-innovaties-maakindustrie-39019287740?aff=es2

Groet,
Sladjana Mijatovic, Linda Hoogeboom, Ward Mesman
namens het CTO-Innovatieteam van Gemeente Amsterdam

Will you give the circular economy the digital boost it needs? Are you able to provide a smart digital solution for closing product and material resource cycles at large scale? A solution that provides the necessary data, insights, and transparency to trigger business activity? Are you creative, smart and innovative and do you think in business opportunities? There is € 750,000 available for your smart digital & circular solution!

Market consultation
The City of Amsterdam intends to issue a competition. In order for us to understand whether the terms and conditions of the competition are realistic, we first invite possible participants ánd possible beneficiaries of digitalization to participate in a market consultation. Do you wish to participate? Please find more information and next steps https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/en/nieuws/the-role-digitization-the-circular-economy-transition

Interested parties are invited to complete the survey by October 25, 12:00 o’clock.

Save the date – 2 November 14.30 to 18.00
Participants to the market consultation are also invited to a joint meeting in Datalab. The session will be organised on Thursday, November 2nd, from 14.30 to 18.00.

Background
The City of Amsterdam, on behalf of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA), in cooperation with the Amsterdam Economic Board, intends to invite parties to participate in an exciting and challenging competition. The competition is initiated with the objective to accelerate the transition towards an economy that is both circular and profitable. Parties with the best vision towards this acceleration and a sound project plan will be awarded with price money and the prospect of the City of Amsterdam being its launching customer. The AMA has the ambition to be the global frontrunner and to lead by example regarding smart solutions to address our increased consumption with limited resource availability.

Will you give the circular economy the digital boost it needs? Are you able to provide a smart digital solution for closing product and material resource cycles at large scale? A solution that provides the necessary data, insights and transparency to trigger business activity? Are you creative, smart and innovative and do you think in business opportunities? There is € 750,000 available for your smart digital & circular solution!

Market consultation
The City of Amsterdam intends to issue a competition. In order for us to understand whether the terms and conditions of the competition are realistic, we first invite possible participants ánd possible beneficiaries of digitalization to participate in a market consultation. Do you wish to participate? Please find more information and next steps here: http://td35.tripolis.com/public/r/ONYS0w0D+nRz_qNR0aKVSw/4znyMf1jKQvQSaKi+2u_tA/zRVKjcZQfhjtMMA1F1xGoA . Interested parties are invited to complete the survey by October 25, 12:00 o’clock.

Save the date – 2 November 14.30 to 18.00
Participants to the market consultation are also invited to a joint meeting: http://td35.tripolis.com/public/r/SClC74iXXS6xr7Vbz02f8w/4znyMf1jKQvQSaKi+2u_tA/zRVKjcZQfhjtMMA1F1xGoA in Datalab. The session will be organised on Thursday, November 2nd, from 14.30 to 18.00.

Background
The City of Amsterdam, on behalf of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA), in cooperation with the Amsterdam Economic Board, intends to invite parties to participate in an exciting and challenging competition. The competition is initiated with the objective to accelerate the transition towards an economy that is both circular and profitable. Parties with the best vision towards this acceleration and a sound project plan will be awarded with price money and the prospect of the City of Amsterdam being its launching customer. The AMA has the ambition to be the global frontrunner and to lead by example regarding smart solutions to address our increased consumption with limited resource availability.

The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA) wants to grow into a fully circular (wasteless) region by 2050. To become circular, we have to use our raw materials over and over again. Throwing away an item, for example in construction works, is seen as a loss of value. However, a lot of individual actors in the value chains don't feel or see this loss of value. Because of a lack of information, they often don’t know where potential reusable materials can be found. We assume that making this data available through digital solutions will give the circular transition the boost it needs.

The City of Amsterdam, on behalf of the AMA, considers to issue a competition and invites frontrunners, innovative players and visionaries to come up with ideas, a vision and a mars route to boost circular activity in the region and far beyond.

New insights, data and transparency of this data on the value of materials are key to transition into a circular economy. Join the conversation in this interactive session about the possibilities of digitization for the circular economy. Sign up here via the button!

Smart Data, Smart City event series

In the Smart City, citizens, data and technology are important enablers. That is why Amsterdam Smart City and Datalab join forces to organize six ‘Smart Data, Smart City’ events in 2017. On November 2nd 2017, it is time for number 5 in these series! This time we will also provide input for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Circular Economy competition. This competition aims to find solutions to close resource loops in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area at a large scale through the application of digital tools & data.

On November 2, 2017 we would like to further investigate the role of data and digital applications to close (industrial) waste cycles. We would like to hear your input and use this to optimize the completion! Do you have ideas on how the digitization can play a role in the transition towards the circular economy? Come, discuss & participate!

Program:
3.45 pm – Walk in
4.00 pm – Introduction by Amsterdam Smart City & Amsterdam Economic Board
4.30 pm – Interactive panel discussion led
5.30 pm – Drinks and laughter

Location: Datalab, Weesperstraat 113, Amsterdam.
Language: English

As your impact startup begins to grow, you should have a clear grasp of your enterprise’s legal matters, especially when it comes to signing contracts with new partners.

Cyril Christiaans, Legal Director at law firm DLA Piper Nederland, will cover key issues in contract law that are particularly relevant to entrepreneurs who want to make a positive impact. These issues include contractual liability in services and sales contracts, limiting liability in such contracts, and best practice for business partnership and co-founder agreements.

With more than 20 years of experience in international commercial contract law, Cyril has collaborated with countless financial institutions and multinationals, often on complex projects involving multi-jurisdictional work.
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MORE ABOUT OUR WORKBENCH SERIES

Our Workbench series of workshops, which takes place every first Thursday of the month, is for impact entrepreneurs who want to take their start-up to the next level.

Each Workbench tackles one of six regularly rotating topics: legal advice, marketing & sales, finance & funding, organisational culture & structure, sustainable operations, and impact measurement.

If you’re getting your start-up ready for takeoff, sign up for our basic-level workbenches. And if you’re already working hard on scaling your venture, join our advanced-level sessions.

Each basic- or advanced-level Workbench consists of a mini masterclass, while the advanced editions also include individual sparring sessions with experts.

For an overview of all upcoming Impact Hub Amsterdam events, including Workbenches, go to http://bit.ly/ImpactHubCalendar

Globally there are over 1.5 Billion Unsecured wheelie bins, these bins are massively concentrated in cities.
Wheelie bins are the #1 cause of litter pollution and cause many environmental and health problems. This occurs when bins are blown over, knocked over, or over filled, the result is huge amounts of rubbish escaping into our environment, rivers and oceans. Pollution from wheelie bins cause detrimental effects to animals, wildlife, ocean life and to our planet as a whole.
Every year, 13 million tonnes of plastic and rubbish leak into our oceans, the majority of this pollution comes from Unsecured wheelie bins.
All of this toxic plastic that is in our oceans is being eaten by fish, the plastic cannot be digested and ends up stuck in the animals gut and leaks into their flesh. We in turn eat the tainted fish, so the plastic is getting into our food chain.
The negative effects caused to humans is not yet known but we do know that it can cause brain damage in fish so can you even imagine what it’s doing to us?
In the UK over 1 million sea birds die from ingesting plastic that they think is food, it is also eaten by animals, mammals, and other wildlife causing illness and death. Even the ocean life and land animals that don’t eat the plastic are effected as they get wrapped up, caught in and strangled by all different types of plastic waste that are not properly disposed of, or are not properly secured.
Unsecured wheelie bins provide an abundance of easy access food for animals, birds, rodents, and wildlife. The odours emitted by partially open compost/food waste wheelie bins attract these animals and in many cities this leads to rodent and rat infestations causing the spread of germs and disease. Once a rat infestation has occurred it is difficult to get rid of the rodents as they multiply and make a new home for themselves.
Litter pollution in cities has massive negative impacts on tourism and business, as well as a negative social impact on the cities inhabitants who witness this scourge on their doorstep every day. People who live in areas that are consistently untidy eventually get used to the eyesores and it becomes the norm for them and their area. This type of problem is hard to reverse as morale is destroyed and people stop staking responsibility for the area often passing it off as someone else’s problem. Tourism will suffer because when tourist come to visit a city, they expect it to be clean and pristine, this is not the case in cities around the world where tourists visit and are appalled by the amount of rubbish they see on streets. These tourist will not come back, and in areas where tourism is the biggest income stream, this is simply not going to do.
Businesses also suffer from untidy or even dirty areas, both indoors and out, nothing turns customers away faster than the sight of flies, bugs and rodents that are attracted to the odour coming from a large number of wheelie bins that are left unsecured on their premises. There was recently a post on social media of a rodent inside a deli counter nibbling on the pre-packed food, whilst the video was regarded by some as “cute” (with regards to the little mouse), it is most definitely not “cute” to be sharing lunch with a rodent! This video no doubt closed the premises by Food Health and Safety authorities and cost the business a huge amount of money. The visit by the mouse was most likely due to improperly presented food waste and the odour of such which lured the mouse into the restaurant.
Our cities are becoming smarter cities every day, but unless our cities are clean and litter free, we are going to face massive problems. Now that our cities are growing in population the amount of litter pollution rapidly increasing, so these problems are getting far worse. It’s time to put a stop to wheelie bin pollution before it becomes uncontrollable. People have been attacked by seagulls looking for food inland, due to the amount of accessible waste that is luring them in. Governments are under a huge financial burden when it comes to litter with recorded spending of over 1 billion GBP every year in the UK cleaning up litter.

Plastic is one of the worst threats to our planet at this time, it is seeping into our environment and in the end everyone on the planet will suffer.
Most of these problems can be eradicated or at least massively reduced by securing bins and there is a business in Ireland that have an innovative solution that will combat litter pollution in our cities, our environment and in our oceans, creating a cleaner greener city and future for our planet and all its inhabitants.
This solution is called BinStrap, it is simple, clever, affordable and very effective at reducing litter pollution.
Binstrap works by keeping the lid of a wheelie bin lid sealed and secure, so in the event that the bin is blown or knocked over the lid will remain shut keeping all the contents inside the bin and not strewn all over the surrounding area.
BinStrap will also keep out animals, birds, rodents, flies and wildlife, reducing horrible messes and protecting the animals and birds from ingesting harmful plastic. Securing bins with BinStrap will also massively reduce environmental and ocean pollution, reduce government clean up cost, boost tourism and business. This will have a positive social impact on inhabitants and people coming to work or visit the city as there will be less accessible food waste and odours associated with this. The benefits for businesses, the government and the cities inhabitants are enormous and would be a fantastic overall addition to the Smart Cities ethos.
Cities will not just be Smart Cities they will be Clean Cities.

Gaelan Goodfellow,
BinStrap.com – Creating a Cleaner Future Today!

Saving Energy And Reducing CO2 Is Not Enough For This High-Tech City

Raw materials are a finite resource. As the number of industries which rely on these resources increases (e.g. metals for smartphones and tablets) so does the number of consumers. Not only will we start running out of these materials in the coming decades, but the processes involved in their extraction and manufacturing are often harmful to workers, citizens and the environment.

To rely on raw materials is not economically viable in the long term. As stocks run low, the market for the resource becomes increasingly volatile. Every country in the world trades its raw materials, so if one of these links can no longer deliver, the whole supply chain is affected. By 2050, the Dutch government wants the Netherlands to run completely on reusable raw materials. So the city of Amsterdam is testing out a solution: the circular economy.

What would society look like if we assigned a central role to repair? And what happens if we see repair as more than a quick fix? The symposium ‘In Repair: towards a post-throwaway society’ builds on recent studies of repair, which frame the concept in a much broader context.

Activities like mending, renovating, healing, rehabilitating, revitalizing, recovering, curing or hacking help us deal with problems in a social, sustainable, and resourceful way. During this evening we explore how repair thinking could set directions for a post-throwaway society. A society in which imperfection, broken systems, relations and objects are welcomed rather than shunned; a logic of breakdown bridges past, present and future; and even tax might shift from labour to natural resource use.

KEYNOTE
Prof. Steven Jackson (coordinator of the NSF Repair, Maintenance, Sustainability research program at Cornell University), introducing ‘broken world thinking’

SPEAKERS
Femke Groothuis, director of Ex’Tax, Prof. dr. Ellen Rutten, coordinator of the Sublime Imperfections NWO research program at UvA, dr. Yngvar Steinholt (Tromso University), curator and Repair Society initiator Joanna van der Zanden.

Doors open from 7:30pm
Start at 8:00pm

The symposium is hosted by the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, the University of Amsterdam, Spring House and Repair Society.

Note: Donate your broken umbrella for the umbrella recovery project by artist Julia Mandle.

Photo by: Julia Mandle

A lot if inspiring 'green' initiatives are happening in Amsterdam North. If you would like to get of taste of what kind of things. Join the ' Groenste dag van North (Greenes day of North) between 11.00-18.00 and meet plenty of entrepreneurs, artists and other initiatives working. Ooh, and bring your family as well. Lot's to do for young and old! Check: www.wnkl.net for the program (Dutch) and locations. Every day new program items are added!

Main locations:
Plastic Fantastic at 'IJ (in front of FC Hyena's/Goudfazant e.a.
Gold mining e.a. at the Ceuvel
& Zonneplein: Kids and Greenest hour with a speakers corner between 16.00-17.00 foloowed by a neighbourhood diner.

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8 oktober: tijd voor de allereerste Groenste Dag van Noord! zondag 8 oktober 2017 | 11:00 - 18:00 uur | door heel Noord zijn... Op Zondag 8 oktober is het tijd voor de allereerste ‘Groenste dag van Noord’. Tussen 11- 18 uur zetten unieke initiatieven, ondernemers én kunstenaars door heel Noord de deuren open, zijn er verrassende workshops en wandelingen en ontmoet je elkaar tijdens het ‘groenste uur’, van 16- 17 uur op het Zonneplein.

Jong en oud Iedereen is welkom, het programma is er voor jong en oud. Zoals om 11 uur met ‘Plastic Fantastic aan het IJ’ met een uniek inkijkje bij de 3D printer van van Plestik, duurzaam afscheid nemen van 13-15 uur bij het Afscheidshuis, gouddelven om 14 uur bij de Ceuvel en groen daktuinieren bij de Gewoonboot. Er is een groene tour over de NDSM en een speciaal kidsprogramma vanaf 15 uur op het Zonneplein: Jan Klaassen komt met de poppenkast, kinderen koken lokaal en nog veel meer! Heb je weinig tijd? Geen nood: tussen 16-17 uur komen in sneltreinvaart alle Noordse initiatieven en ondernemers voorbij, gepresenteerd door Tuindorps Tweede Kamerlid Suzanne Kroger. Aansluitend is het tijd voor het Groene Burendiner, aan de lange tafels bij Lokaal Spaanders.

Achtergrond: van/voor Noord Steeds meer mensen voelen zich betrokken bij duurzaamheid. Of dat nu de moestuin om de hoek is, spullen en kleding hergebruiken via de kringloopwinkel, of zonnepanelen op je dak. Ook In Amsterdam-Noord zijn veel bedrijven en initiatieven los van elkaar bezig met duurzaamheid. Juist omdat lokale samenwerking en ontmoeting echt verschil uitmaakt, zijn een jaar geleden een aantal ondernemende Noorderlingen een ‘kennisexpeditie’ gestart in ‘de Duurzame 100 van Amsterdam-Noord’. Samen organiseren zij deze eerste ‘Groenste Dag van Noord’. Woon of werk je in Noord? Kom langs en doe mee! Meer info Het programma wordt dagelijks uitgebreid.

De meest actuele versie, inclusief locaties, vind je op www.wnkl.net.
Belangstellenden die willen helpen of op de valreep willen meedoen, welkom! Mailen kan via info@wnkl.net.
Partners De Groenste Dag van Noord is een initiatief van de Duurzame 100 van Amsterdam-Noord in samenwerking met Stichting WNKL. De dag wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt dankzij een subsidie van Stichting DOEN en de Gemeente Amsterdam.

Partners zijn onder andere de Circular Economy Club, WastedLab en de nationale energiecommissie. kosten: gratis doelgroep: Alle volwassenen leeftijd: kinderen Tot/met 12 jaar

meer info: www.wnkl.net email: info@wnkl.net
bijzonderheden Check www.wnkl.net voor het actuele programma, er komen dagelijks activiteiten en lokaties bij!

A lot if inspiring 'green' initiatives are happening in Amsterdam North. If you would like to get of taste of what kind of things. Join the ' Groenste dag van North (Greenes day of North) between 11.00-18.00 and meet plenty of entrepreneurs, artists and other initiatives working. Ooh, and bring your family as well. Lots to do for young and old!

Check: www.wnkl.net for the program (Dutch) and locations. Every day new program items are added!

Main locations:
Plastic Fantastic at 'IJ (in front of FC Hyena's/Goudfazant e.a.
Gold mining e.a. at the Ceuvel
& Zonneplein: Kids and Greenest hour with a speakers corner between 16.00-17.00 foloowed by a neighbourhood diner.

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8 oktober: tijd voor de allereerste Groenste Dag van Noord!
zondag 8 oktober 2017 | 11:00 - 18:00 uur | door heel Noord zijn...

Op Zondag 8 oktober is het tijd voor de allereerste ‘Groenste dag van Noord’. Tussen 11- 18 uur zetten unieke initiatieven, ondernemers én kunstenaars door heel Noord de deuren open, zijn er verrassende workshops en wandelingen en ontmoet je elkaar tijdens het ‘groenste uur’, van 16- 17 uur op het Zonneplein.

Jong en oud

Iedereen is welkom, het programma is er voor jong en oud. Zoals om 11 uur met ‘Plastic Fantastic aan het IJ’ met een uniek inkijkje bij de 3D printer van van Plestik, duurzaam afscheid nemen van 13-15 uur bij het Afscheidshuis, gouddelven om 14 uur bij de Ceuvel en groen daktuinieren bij de Gewoonboot. Er is een groene tour over de NDSM en een speciaal kidsprogramma vanaf 15 uur op het Zonneplein: Jan Klaassen komt met de poppenkast, kinderen koken lokaal en nog veel meer! Heb je weinig tijd? Geen nood: tussen 16-17 uur komen in sneltreinvaart alle Noordse initiatieven en ondernemers voorbij, gepresenteerd door Tuindorps Tweede Kamerlid Suzanne Kroger. Aansluitend is het tijd voor het Groene Burendiner, aan de lange tafels bij Lokaal Spaanders.

Achtergrond: van/voor Noord

Steeds meer mensen voelen zich betrokken bij duurzaamheid. Of dat nu de moestuin om de hoek is, spullen en kleding hergebruiken via de kringloopwinkel, of zonnepanelen op je dak. Ook In Amsterdam-Noord zijn veel bedrijven en initiatieven los van elkaar bezig met duurzaamheid. Juist omdat lokale samenwerking en ontmoeting echt verschil uitmaakt, zijn een jaar geleden een aantal ondernemende Noorderlingen een ‘kennisexpeditie’ gestart in ‘de Duurzame 100 van Amsterdam-Noord’. Samen organiseren zij deze eerste ‘Groenste Dag van Noord’. Woon of werk je in Noord? Kom langs en doe mee!

Meer info

Het programma wordt dagelijks uitgebreid. De meest actuele versie, inclusief locaties, vind je op www.wnkl.net. Belangstellenden die willen helpen of op de valreep willen meedoen, welkom! Mailen kan via info@wnkl.net.

Partners

De Groenste Dag van Noord is een initiatief van de Duurzame 100 van Amsterdam-Noord in samenwerking met Stichting WNKL. De dag wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt dankzij een subsidie van Stichting DOEN en de Gemeente Amsterdam. Partners zijn onder andere de Circular Economy Club, WastedLab en de nationale energiecommissie.

kosten: gratis
doelgroep: Alle volwassenen
leeftijd: kinderen Tot/met 12 jaar
type: Evenement / feest /markt Netwerkbijeenkomst Vergadering / ideeen bijeenkomst
thema: Duurzaamheid / energie
start op: zo 8 oktober 2017
locatie: door heel Noord zijn activiteiten, en mis m niet: het 'groenste uur', van 16-17 uur, tijdens de speakerscorner op het Zonneplein!
meer info: www.wnkl.net
email: info@wnkl.net
bijzonderheden
Check www.wnkl.net voor het actuele programma, er komen dagelijks activiteiten en lokaties bij!

Curious which initiatives of practitioners in Amsterdam make Amsterdam a circular city?
Come and find out during our circular expo.

A temporary exposition from 9 till 27 October in the Herstelling at the Town Hall to provide practitioners of circular projects in the city and the municipality Amsterdam a place to show their work and take the spotlight. Learn what a circular economy is and how the whole city is working on becoming and staying circular.

Who can be seen on the expo?
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA)
- AMFI
- Amsterdam Arena
- Peerby
- AMS Institute
- City-zen
- Green City buzz
- Port of Amsterdam
- Zero Waste lab
- AEB
- Amsterdam Smart City
- Designathon Works
- NPSP bv
- Recycle Valley
- Gemeente Amsterdam
- Green office Amsterdam

Do you have an innovative circular product or project and want to show it at the circulair expo? Contact Ward Mesman at w.mesman@amsterdam.nl

Open Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00

A temporary exposition from 9 till 27 October in the Herstelling at the Town Hall to provide practitioners of circular projects in the city and the municipality Amsterdam a place to show their work and take the spotlight. Learn what a circular economy is and how the whole city is working on becoming and staying circular.

Opening 9 October

End 27 October

Special program follows later

Do you have an innovative circular product or project and want to show it at the circulair expo? Contact Ward Mesman at w.mesman@amsterdam.nl

The 2017 edition of Beyond Green cuts through the noise, the pledges and the ambitions — in short, the long-standing blah blah surrounding sustainability in the fashion industry, and moves straight to practice. We will take students and industry on a 5-step journey into circularity and introduce you to the latest tools, innovations, and know-how that you need to challenge the status quo.

Title: Beyond the Blah Blah: 5 Steps to circularity – Beyond Green 2017
Location: HEMA Atrium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 20, October, 2017
Registration: https://circle-economy.com/beyondgreen2017
While the ‘why’ of circularity is generally understood, the ‘how’ remains largely unanswered.

Beyond Green is all about two things; inspiration and action

Inspiration: Hear from the circular innovators, trailblazers and business mavericks who are redesigning the future of fashion. Each speaker will give their unique insight into one of our 5 steps.
Action: Put your heads together with fellow experts, brands, and the next generation of fashion professionals to hack and solve the challenges that brands put forward.

ABOUT BEYOND GREEN
Beyond Green is an annual symposium that uses the collective power of students and industry to design the future of fashion and tackle critical issues throughout the fashion system. It started in 2005 at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and since 2016 has been a collaborative initiative between Circle Economy and AMFI.