Hanna Van der Ploeg

A whirlpool company that promotes the baths with the characteristic 'sustainable',  how is that possible? It got my attention while I was working on the website for this company. The reason why this should be sustainable isn't even valuable to mention. It represents how companies are focussed on showing their connection with sustainability. Sometimes I ask myself in how far these companies are…

A crisis to make change, it was the motto of the EFSD excursion at Texel. With 30 students we designed a future scenario of 50 years, in which two crises would happen. We didn't want to make it more 'interesting', we didn't want to animate the Teselaars or the municipality of Texel, but we needed to create future innovations. There was more than just these two created crises, though. The week got…

a forecast of the transition to a sustainable personal life on Texel in 2065 (have a look at the video/visuals) a general overview of the sustainable island in 2065, and possible transition pathways (report) an impression of  the development of island tourism 2015-2065 (view the documentary)

The objective of the Climate Change conferences was and is, to achieve a binding and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations on the world. The shared international agreement on climate changes, is to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.  This year the conference is organized in France. France acts like a model country. It is one of the only developed countries in the world to…

A travel through South-Africa shows contrasts in landscape and city areas, but also in people, cultural habits and religion. Educated people living in cities and following luxury lifestyles, live almost like western people, while some other people staying at the countryside, are still living by the old traditions and religions. Innovations are set up and developed in cities, but does the…

The Netherlands was represented by food trucks at the World Expo 2015 in Milan. World expositions has been the leading factor for supporting new innovations. An opportunity for countries to show their view on development in economic, social, cultural and technical industries. During the 19th century these expositions where the location for lancing the car, phone and pick-up player. Furthermore…