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Thijs Schaap

Student Management of Technology and participating in the Climate-KIC program.

Student MSc Management of Technology at Delft University of Technology. Student of the Climate-KIC master label that focuses on entrepreneurship in sustainable businesses

I previously finished BSc Bio Pharmaceutical Sciences at Leiden University. I completed my internship at the Leiden University Medical Centre at the Pathology department. In addition I completed the minor Science & Research Based Business.

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9. Arrival on Texel

With the previous eight chapters as preparation, the team left for the project week on Texel. In this week we visited many companies on Texel (the Teso, Texelse Paddestoelenkwekerij, NIOZ and more) spoke to many local people and collected new information. All this gave us new insights and required adjustments of the design we proposed earlier. We discovered that it is very difficult for people…
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A diary of the research on Texel - with a hypothetical ending.

Monday Why don’t these people like wind energy?! It is the Monday of the Island week and we have been travelling to Texel. It is very rainy (can’t we capture some energy from that?!) and windy (6 beaufort, the weather report says) on the island. This seems to be the case every time that I am on Texel, so the stance of the Texelaars against wind energy is rather unfortunate for their sustainable…
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Theory meets reality

It is a few days left until we leave for Texel and now it is time to create truly good documents. Already some weeks ago we received a 4-page feedback document from Drs. Cuppen on the work we had produced so far. Using this, we totally reconstructed our document outline and now it is time to actually finalize the docs. Our aim is to have the entire document finished before the trip to Texel, and…
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Sustainable transitions

This week, the main topic was evaluation about what the different groups have come up with so far. Before that, we had a lecture on the…
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The fight between realism and idealism

I am not an idealist, but I like idealistic thoughts. However, idealistic thoughts have a tendency to turn into unrealistic unicorns rather…
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Interview week 2.2 - From vision to practice

This report summarizes the two interviews about ‘From vision to practice’. Interface, one of the most sustainable companies in the…
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Report on meeting 5, December 8

The meeting on Monday 8 December was set on the topic of Engineering for Sustainable Development. For the first part of the meeting, the…
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Transitions made by people

This topic of the week was "Transitions made by people" and included an inspiring workshop by Gertjan de Werk and a bicycle drive to…
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Chapter 1: Challenge, problem statement, research question

The challenge: Current waste streams need to be reduced and the remaining waste streams need to be dealt with in a way that is both energy efficient and economically feasible. Ambition : To make the island waste wise as self-sufficient as economically feasible, while keeping its identity and potentials. The ambition is to close the loop of waste, looking at what is available on the island and…
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Waste is an old-fashioned word

Within the next 7 weeks my columns will consist about two things; first I will identify the main challenge of that week. Then, I will write…
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2. Description and analysis of the current sub-system and relevant trends, initiatives etc.

Step two includes the following points:

What is the current sociotechnical sub-system and its functions?
Which technologies are prevailing?
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§ 1.2 Societal needs with regards to Materials and Waste

What are societal needs that the sub-system have to fulfill? The waste and materials section mainly considers the disposal of waste and the re-usage of materials. We will investigate whether the principles of cradle to cradle can be applied to this theme. General needs of this system are derived from the policy of the Texel government regarding materials and waste (Gemeente Texel, 2013). - …
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Chapter 1: Challenge, problem statement, ambitions and research questions

The island of Texel has a very high production of waste compared to the main land, this is caused by the high number of tourists visiting…
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13 November - Introducing my Column idea

Within the next 7 weeks my columns will consist about two things; first I will identify the main challenge of that week. Then, I will write…
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My weekly columns that try to link Climate-KIC initiatives with the topics of the week in the ESD course.

Thijs Schaap

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9. Arrival on Texel

A diary of the research on Texel - with a hypothetical ending.

Theory meets reality

Sustainable transitions

The fight between realism and idealism

Interview week 2.2 - From vision to practice

Report on meeting 5, December 8

Transitions made by people

Chapter 1: Challenge, problem statement, research question

Waste is an old-fashioned word

2. Description and analysis of the current sub-system and relevant trends, initiatives etc.

§ 1.2 Societal needs with regards to Materials and Waste

Chapter 1: Challenge, problem statement, ambitions and research questions

13 November - Introducing my Column idea

Created by Thijs Schaap

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