Citizens & Living
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To keep Amsterdam liveable the municipality collaborates with its citizens. On average Amsterdam’s population grows with 10.000 people a year. This small big city has a density of 5065 people per square km, over 180 different nationalities. 19% of the total Dutch GDP is earned in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Between 2015 and 2016, the amount of tourists in Amsterdam increased by 7%. To keep Amsterdam’s 162 canals, monumental centre and residential areas liveable, innovative initiatives are required. Share your innovative concepts and ideas here!

Gaelan Goodfellow, Litter Advocate , posted

BinStrap - Keeping the lid on Rubbish!

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Litter Pollution is a huge threat to our planet. 8 Million Tonnes of rubbish are getting into our Rivers and Oceans every year and 80% of the Oceans pollution comes from land. This is having a devastating effect on Wildlife and Marine life who get tangled up in litter or ingest rubbish thinking it is food and end up starving to death as their passageways are blocked.

There are over One Billion wheelie bins in use worldwide, securing these would Massively reduce the amount of unnecessary litter in our environment and oceans!

Gaelan Goodfellow

BinStrap.com

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Michiel Zwerus, marketing , posted

Nanoclay Amsterdam

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Nano Clay for a sustainable future

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Mike Dannheim, Technology that reduces stress helps people find peace at Sensie, posted

The Peaceful Citizen

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By tracking movement with common sensors on a smart phone we can detect stress and it's cause (i.e. environmental, physical, emotional, mental, other). By applying programming from Oxford Universities Center for Evidence Based Medicine we reduce the stress with specific mindfulness techniques.

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Societal Interface Lab

Encouraging citizens to actively participate in sustainable policy formation

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Robin Neven, Business Intelligence & Analytics Engineer , posted

Gebiedonline

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Not for profit.

1. Gebiedonline offers an extensive range of functionalities for both small
networks who are just starting, and larger, more mature networks.
2. Gebiedonline is flexible: its set up is modular and customizable –in
functionality and visual design.
3. Gebiedonline co-op members are permanently learning from (each others)
practice. The development agenda is managed by consent.
4. Gebiedonline beliefs in circular economy. Value created by the online
platform flows back to the local community.
5. Gebiedonline acts as trans local network. Its members increasingly give
voice to the Dutch urban bottom-up movement.

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Michiel Hofman, Architect , posted

Oamsterdam designed by HofmanDujardin

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HofmanDujardin was founded in 1999 by architects Barbara Dujardin and Michiel Hofman. The international team of architects, interior and visual designers work on a variety of architecture, renovation and interior design projects. The design philosophy of HofmanDujardin is Shaping Intuition®, a personal approach that creates inspiring and clear designs of high quality. Natural, intuitive feelings are subtly embodied in architecture, in interiors and in products. At HofmanDujardin, building in harmony with the natural human need for balance is central. Both design and process are characterized by a personal approach, astounding clarity, understated quality and energetic inspiration. The firm is located in the ancient harbor district of Amsterdam.

HofmanDujardin was founded in 1999 by architects Barbara Dujardin and Michiel Hofman. The international team of architects, interior and visual designers work on a variety of architecture, renovation and interior design projects. The design philosophy of HofmanDujardin is Shaping Intuition®, a personal approach that creates inspiring and clear designs of high quality. Natural, intuitive feelings are subtly embodied in architecture, in interiors and in products. At HofmanDujardin, building in harmony with the natural human need for balance is central. Both design and process are characterized by a personal approach, astounding clarity, understated quality and energetic inspiration. The firm is located in the ancient harbor district of Amsterdam.

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Michiel de Lange, Media Researcher , posted

The Hackable City

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The Hackable City is a research project that explores the potential for new modes of collaborative citymaking, in a network society.

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Jurjen Söhne, Hack Event Organiser at The Hackitarians, posted

Robots at your Service: Active & Healthy Ageing

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Using robots, our ageing population will enjoy a pleasant retirement.

Central event – European Robotics Week 2016 - Amsterdam, 18-22 November, Marine Base

This year the European Robotics Week’s central event focuses on several topics such as:

  • Assistive living technologies and healthy aging
  • Girls and women in technology
  • Encouragement of STEAM-based education
  • Robotics competitions and challenges

This is a multi-track event aiming to inspire people on the positive contribution robotics can bring to our society and geared to aspire to the younger generations on the growing importance of skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

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Willy Danenberg, Manager , posted

Amsterdam Smart City App

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Facebook is for your friends and family, Linkedin is for your professional contacts, Butterfly Smart App is for your city and community where we spend more than 70-80% of our time and money.

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Nies Medema, Social entrepreneur , posted

Why I Love You

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Why I Love You is a series of video portrayals of two generations of citizens of the world, living in the Netherlands. They reveal what they admire in eachother and what makes them wonder. Most of the parents were not born in the Netherlands; most of the ‘children’ were.

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EKIM TAN, founder at Play the City, posted

Games for Cities

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Games for Cities in an initiative of Play the City (Amsterdam) and generously funded by the Creative Industries Fund NL with the aim to explore the role of gaming for complex urban issues.

Initiative

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Marie-José Hoefmans, Chief Essential Officer at Schluss, posted

Schluss

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With Schluss you will have your own digital, multi encrypted digital safe. Which only YOU can access. Inside that safe you can store anything: from simple addresses to real complex medical and financial data. And the information that you decide to give insight to, can never be copied, transferred or sold. And it's always up-to-date.

We're building Schluss together: with technicians, companies, governments and individuals. Our software will be Open Source. We're building a community. A world wide cooperative where each Schluss-user is co-owner. To ensure that Schluss will always stay that independent, trusted third party.

Schluss software will be Open Source. The entity will be a cooperative.

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Marcella Schets, Communication Officer at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, posted

Positive Health in Jeruzalem

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Impacting residents with a lower SES in Jeruzalem, Amsterdam Oost

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Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab

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The Smart Citizens Lab helps people to explore tools and applications to map the world around us. Along with citizens, scientists, and designers, we deal with themes ranging from air quality to the conditions of bathing water to noise pollution.

Partners

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Making Sense

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Making Sense will show how open source software, open source hardware, digital maker practices and open design can be used by local communities to make sense of their environments.

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Michiel van den Berg, Co Founder , posted

Klup

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Reducing loneliness by connecting seniors

Klup was finalist van de ASN Wereldprijs, voor een betere wereld van morgen.

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