Yannick

The biggest difficulty in making the world sustainable is teamwork, communication, integration. For example biodegradable plastic packaging, this is already used for many products. It is a great idea, not harmful for the environment and even economically feasible. Nevertheless there is a huge problem with this. To start, many people do not recognize the difference between biodegradable plastic…

Impact on other sub-systems On one hand, tourism has positive impact on the economy of Texel Island. According to the data from the report about Tourism, recreation and free time, the Texel municipality and the TESO boat, the total amount of money that tourists spent on the island in 2014 reaches 275 million euro. Moreover, another positive impact of tourism on the island is that it creates more…

Some of sustainable initiatives related to the current sub-system have already being implemented on the island. Food sector One of the examples is that some restaurants on the island make use of ingredients grown on the island as much and often as possible. Those ingredients come from some interesting ecological local initiatives like dairy products and vegetables from Farm the Novalishoeve .

In the subsystem of Texel as Host, there are several important actors. Actors are the groups of people involved in the system. On the island there are four kind of actors: inhabitants, guests, tourists and visitors.   T he inhabitants - defined as a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place. Guests - people staying at a certain place because they were invited there. It is possible that…

Based on the research regarding the current sub system, following conclusions can be made: 1.     In order to propose sustainable hosting/tourism system for Texel, it is necessary to keep the environmental and ecological balance in mind. The main obstacle that prevents Texel from being self-sustainable are tourists themselves. Because of the size and small capacity of the Island, tourism sector…

To make the field of tourism more sustainable. That means to make the things sustainable that separate the tourists from the islanders. To do this, two fields are distinguished;   activities   and   use   of tourists. This is about activities that most tourists do. According to (Gemeente Texel, 2013) most tourists do: Walking, cycling, shopping, going to the beach, visit Ecomare,  eating out

The average age of the Texel tourist was in 2010 42.1 years old. One third of these people were Germans, around two third were Dutch, a big part of them (47%) had a higher education in 2013. Their main interests are actively enjoying nature, beach eating and drinking, 72 % find the boat trip an important island holiday feeling. People on holidays on Texel mostly come in small groups, in 2010 the…

According to the results of the interviews that have been performed on the Texel Island, it can be concluded that most probably, the tourism industry on Texel Island is in the exploration and involvement state (For explanation see 1.2). According to the data collected from the interviews, local people are very tourist oriented and happy about tourist presence on the island. This is a very great…

The host-guest relationship is one of the main factors that influence the social-cultural aspect of tourism. Tis relationship is very important in order to make sustainable transitions possible and establish relationship of trust. The Doxey's Irridex Model (Fig.1) suggests that: residents’ attitudes toward tourism may pass through a series of stages from “euphoria,” through “apathy” and…

Making a YUTPA analysis we considered the importance of all aspects for both tourists and texelaars in terms of our sub-system “Texel as host”.  The YUTPA analysis shows with the values we gave the different sub systems how important the Texelaars/tourists find the specific topic. We did the analysis twice. Once for the tourists and once for the Texelaars. The analysis is devided into four…

A group as big and diverse as tourists on Texel that do so many diverse activities is hard to make sustainable. It would be necessary to make all the activities they do and all the places they visit energy efficient. The only way to do this is to start with the core, the mind-set of people. Tourists need to be aware of sustainability. The answer to this is letting them experience the value of…

Our solution will be a mobile application. It will be a digital map and all the different themed bicycle routes are in there, like the Lammetjesroute, the Jan Wolkersroute. So people don’t have to buy all the different routes anymore and can choose on the day itself which route they feel like doing. The tourist information is already planning to get rid of the paper vouchers and make it digital

The definitions of sustainability. Sustainability has become a word so widely used that most people, including me think right away of ecological, organic, fair and honest. The most common interpretation of these words is ‘not harmful for the environment’.  literally sustainable means maintainable, endurable and lasting. This insinuates that if something is sustainable, it will exist for a long…

Wijnhuis Oosterend Wijnhuis Oosterend is a liquor producer in the village of Oosterend. They produce 28 different liquors like bitters, jenever, brandy, advocaat and many more. They use mainly ingredients from the island. We interviewed Danielle, owner of Wijnhuis Oosterend   Was it hard to gain the quality mark? -          It was quite easy getting the quality mark. There is a one-time check in…

The research and the map will make people think again about the advantages of closed supply chains in small areas. It will make people aware that no matter how the products are produced, it is already very sustainable if it is produced nearby, so that there is no pollution because of transport. People on the mainland tend to feel dependent on sources from abroad or far away in their own country

GOALS OF OUR CONCEPT FOR TEXEL AS A HOST. Importing supplies from far away is unsustainable for there is a lot of exhaust and pollution because of transport, think of trucks, ships and airplanes. It should be a good trend if more products should be produced near the place where they are used. Texel is doing a good job by trying to produce locally as much as possible. Texel is a host for a lot…

Sustainability as domain in integrated desing In the Bachelor students learn about integrated design, shifting between different scales like urban and detail and shifting between different domains like construction, detailing and climate control. During design process an architect has to focus on all these domains and scales at the same time or shift between them very rapidly. In my opinion this…

  People don’t know enough about sustainability. They know it is right to save energy so they are willing to use energy saving lightbulbs and electrical cars. This is because those are actions are very obviously energy saving. The problem  is that people have no overview of what really matters and this causes that easy chances are being missed. An interesting example is fruit and vegetables. We…

Sustainability hypes and trends Sustainability is fashionable. Green and brown letters, leaves, globes, plants , checkmarks, quality stamps, you see those elements everywhere, in supermarkets, restaurants. Everyone tries to send the message to the consumer “we are sustainable/ ecological”, even Mc Donald’s is “green”. Besides the fact that you could ask yourself if these companies with leaves and…

Not only technical development, we need improvement in appliance We have got all the technical solutions to live a self-sustaining life. We are able to generate energy and warmth out of wind, sun, waves, thermal mass and much more. Many of these technical solutions are relatively affordable too, think of solar panels and wind turbines.   So why are we still so depending on oil, gas and coil? Why…

Sustainability hypes and trends Sustainability is fashionable. Green and brown letters, leaves, globes, plants , checkmarks, quality stamps, you see those elements everywhere, in supermarkets, restaurants. Everyone tries to send the message to the consumer “we are sustainable/ ecological”, even Mc Donald’s is “green”. Besides the fact that you could ask yourself if these companies with leaves and…

Interview with Wout Stam, Chairman of the quality mark “Echt Texel’s Produkt”. The first thing Wout said when I told him that I want to talk to him about his quality mark in relation to sustainability was: Sustainability is not one of our goals. When the association was founded 27 years ago, the main goal was to give farmers and entrepreneurs a stronger position in the market by giving it a local…

Concept for sustainable tourism To make the field of tourism more sustainable. That means to make the things sustainable that separate the tourists from the islanders. To do this, two fields are distinguished; activities and use of tourists. This is about activities that most tourists do. According to (Gemeente Texel, 2013) most tourists do: Walking, cycling, shopping, going to the beach, visit…

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Making YUTPA analysis we considered the importance of all aspects for both tourists and texelaars in terms of our sub-system “Texel as host”.  We specified that the value of 6 will represent the average importance of each aspect and then divided all our assumptions according to that scale. Texelaar: Place: We consider the ‘Place’ quarter to be of an extremely importance to the islanders, because…

The host-guest relationship is one of the main factors that influence the social-cultural aspect of tourism. Tis relationship is very important in order to make sustainable transitions possible and establish relationship of trust. According to the Doxey's Irridex Model (Fig.1), suggests that: residents’ attitudes toward tourism may pass through a series of stages from “euphoria,” through “apathy”…

In many cases, small islands of different countries are important tourist destinations, where number of visitors can exceed number of local people.  For such islands tourism might be the main or one of the man income sources and is strongly supported by local authorities. Tourism also offers an opportunity to introduce more diverse economic activities and employment and have advantages that are…

From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems  - Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory.   The text provides four contributions to the approach of Sectoral systems of innovation: 1: Socio technical systems 2: Analytical distinction between systems, actors and the institutions 3: Making the institutions an integral part of the analysis. 4:…

The text “Construction of an eco-island: A case study of Chongming island, China” explores the applicability of the eco-island concept. According to the author, the sustainable equilibrium can be achieved only if all subsystems perform acceptably and have enough time to adapt to changing conditions. Therefore, sustainable transitions can’t occur if there is disruption of the balance among…

What is a sustainabile transition towards eco-tourism? Hotel de Lindeboom, redesigned in 2002 is the first hotel on Texel with energy saving applications like a heat pump and presence detection connected with heating and lighting. In 2008 this representative was followed by Hotel Greenside. Besides a heat pump and presence detection, water saving showers, taps and energy saving central heating…

Nowadays the focus in architecture lies on buildings that foresee in their own needs, such as electricity, water, ventilation, heating and cooling. Architects try their best to make passive buildings sustainable. For example using sunshades to keep the heat out in summer and let the sun in during summer. Integrated windmills and PV cells are used to generate the needed amount of electricity. Heat…