What is the role of businesses in a sustainable transition? What can you do to embrace that role? In this episode, we talk to Barbara Kump, an associate professor of Business & Sustainability at UT. The topic of conversation was insider activism: How can individuals change their organisations to a more sustainable one, from any position in the orga…

Today we are tackling the topic of biking... how to make it more safe and appealing in order to support sustainability? Our guests, Mario Boot and Annemarie Jutte, will explain how they are working on this with their project "Human-Bike Integration". Mario works at UT and has a background in user experience research and design of wearable technolog…

In this episode, we are glad to present Florence Metz. She has a background in political science and public policy. Florence conducts her research in various policy domains and teaches about public policies for sustainability transitions here at UT. During this episode, she will explain how policies are implemented to understand why sometimes they …

We have had the pleasure of hosting two guests in this episode: Elisah Pals, the initiatior of Zero Waste Netherlands, and Dirk Groot, also known as "The Zwerfinator" for his work in picking up litter and analysing data collected in the process. Both have taken their sphere of influence beyond personal lifestyle changes and turned their efforts int…

This month we had the pleasure of talking to Ernst-Jan Kuiper, a climate scientist who didn't feel like passively producing research is his best way of making an impact, and so shifted to climate activism instead. Stories like Ernst's are becoming increasingly more common: scientists feeling like they are not being heard, and turning to more persua…

We are starting the new year with a brand new episode. We had the pleasure of interviewing Shun Yang, an Assistant Professor specializing in Manufacturing Systems at the UT. With a global career spanning KIT China Branch, MIT, and more, Shun brings a wealth of experience and expertise in Sino-German collaboration, global production strategy, smart …

We're kicking off the second season of GreenTalks with an exciting special episode: Sustainability in Healthcare. The impending climate crisis, and other environmental damages, have serious implications for our collective health. However, the very industry that is there to protect our health is big contributor to carbon emissions and pollution. How…

Hi! Welcome to the new season of GreenTalks, a podcast run by GreenHub, the green office at the University of Twente. We are excited to invite you into the our show, where we interview experts on sustainability, climate change, climate action, sustainable development, and more! Stay tuned and subscribe for exciting episodes! This is a trailer episo…

In this episode, we are introducing the GreenHub coordinator: Dan Hartenberg. Dan will tell us about his background in circular construction menagement, and his personal journey to sustainability. He will also tell us about why it is important to work with students.Door Green Hub Twente

We are back to discuss research on membrane separation as a force for driving sustainability in the water. Mr Wiebe is a professor in Membrane Science and Technology with his key research being in the fundamentals of surface science with physical chemistry and the applied field of membranes. Do not worry, he will give us a 101 basics crash course o…

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. We are back to talk about research on sustainable and smart separation process engineering in the chemical industry. Today we can welcome Prof.Dr.IR Boelo Schuur. Who will talk about his specific research and much more related to SDGs. Mr. Boelo is a professor of separation technology in Process & Ca…

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. Today we have a topic on the table that you all have been waiting for a long time now. The urgency of the climate crisis couldn’t be more relevant, so scientists and researchers are pushing policymakers to translate promises into action. Its time to discuss some core environmental values, such as cli…

Welcome everyone to the third episode of Green Talks. This podcast is an initiative of Green Hub Twente aimed at sharing the perspectives of researchers from the University of Twente and their sustainable research progress with a wider audience. Today we are honored by the presence of Associate Professor Devrim Yazan. He has a background in industr…

We are back to talk about research on renewable feedstock and waste streams in the chemical industry. Today we can welcome the long-awaited Dr. Pilar Ruiz. Who will talk about her related to the SDG 9 on Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure and SDG 17 partnerships for goals. Strong efforts have been made in the last decades to develop chemical …

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. We are back to talk about sustainable policy-making locally and continue discussing the potential of challenge-based education at our university. In this episode recent graduate Luuk Buunk will join us. Luuk currently fills the role of educational advisor for challenge-based learning or CBL at the UT…

Although we have already introduced her topic in our very first episode with Jurriaan Schmitz, now it’s time to explore the photovoltaic cells more in-depth, as a topic related to the 7th SDG goal. We will discuss her personal motivation on sustainability, clean energy and solar panels, innovation and entrepreneurship and teaching the future genera…

Welcome everyone to this episode of Green Talks. This podcast is aimed at sharing the perspectives of researchers from the University of Twente and their sustainable research progress with a wider audience. We believe that more attention should be given to the sustainable impact they make and will make with many of their projects in development. I …

We believe that more attention should be given to the sustainable impact UT researchers and professors make and will make with many of their projects running and in development.Door Green Hub Twente