[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""] WETLAND SPHAGNUM Sphagnum is a cornerstone of our national water ecosystem, biodiversity and CO2 storage. For thousands of years Sphagnum (Veenmos) has captured carbon and sequestered this in our peat bogs. However, for hundreds of years we...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]TULIP PIGMENTS Every year more than 10.000 hectares of tulips are grown on the fertile grounds of the Netherlands. They are not grown for the flowers but for the precious bulbs in the ground. The Dutch Tulips...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]SEASHELL CONCRETE STV was selected to participate in the ‘What If Lab…’, a design-driven intervention program of the Dutch Design Foundation. In this program, designers are deployed to provide answers to complex issues. In this edition, ProRail, together...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]MYCELIUM TEXTILE STV presents SashiFungi, a speculative sustainable textile made from the waste of oyster mushroom cultivation. STV has been researching this fungus and its mycelium for 4 years to investigate whether there are more applications for both...
Mycelium is inextricably linked to a sustainable future. This highly energy efficient organism will play a role in various sectors as a binder, packaging, textile or building material. We hardly scratched the surface of unlocking the potential of mycelium....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]WETLAND REED For centuries we in the Netherlands have relied on the availability of reed when building our dwellings. This fast growing, sturdy, rot resistant insulating material is perfect as a roofing material and defined many archetypical farms...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]WETLAND CATTAIL The sustainable transition in the Netherlands is in full swing and affects everyone, including farmers. A preliminary conclusion is that the farmer is no longer only responsible for our daily food but in the future...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]PALMLEATHER PROCESS Palmleather makes for a innovative alternative to conventional animal leather as well as the plastic and rubber faux-leathers. It is fully nature based and socially produced. To produce it the dry and brittle palm leaves are...