Living Environment

How do we share and take care of our physical living environment? This is preeminently an area where stakeholders need each other and must look for new solutions together. Examples of our work on the living environment can be found below.
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Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative 

Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative 

Water security is key to our collective future, yet many places in the world experience severe water insecurity. We have to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6). Perspectivity facilitated this initiative for the Global South on the future of water security in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference.

Co-creation of joint action plan for green volunteers

Co-creation of joint action plan for green volunteers

Seven different nature organisations in the province of Noord-Brabant all want to activate and maintain more ‘green’ volunteers. Perspectivity designed and facilitated a series of sessions to discover mutual interest and co-create reinforcing action presented in a joint action plan.

The new environmental law: a seriously complex business

The new environmental law: a seriously complex business

In 2021, one of the largest legal reforms ever will enter into force: the Environmental Law ('omgevingswet'), which determines the development and management of the physical environment we live in. Dozens of laws and hundreds of rules about water, soil, construction,...

The mindful walking project

The mindful walking project

This summer, the mindful walking project was created in London: a participatory action research project to advance the theory and practice of walking and sensory research methodologies. Walking, as a qualitative research methodology, has a profound and diverse history...

National Soil Hack

National Soil Hack

  The National Soil Hack in Wageningen, an initiative of the Soil Coalition consisting of a.s.r., Vitens and Rabobank, took place in November 2018. Goal: Smart collaboration and optimal use of soil data to map and monitor the quality of agricultural soil and...

ICRA Wageningen plays the Food Challenge

ICRA Wageningen plays the Food Challenge

Professionals involved in facilitating and coaching rural innovation from all over the world come to Wageningen to follow the ICRA ‘Facing Rural Innovation Challenges’ course. Part of this course focuses on facilitation and negotiation in multi-stakeholder processes....

Stakeholder dialogue: Safe swimming in open water Amsterdam

Stakeholder dialogue: Safe swimming in open water Amsterdam

More and more people are swimming in Amsterdam's open water, but not always safely! The municipality, water board and province want to enable more possibilities to have a safe swim in Amsterdam's open water. In February 2016, more than 40 stakeholders from various...

Towards More Sustainability for Maritime and Chemical Sector

Towards More Sustainability for Maritime and Chemical Sector

CSR Netherlands is the Centre of Excellence for Dutch companies that are striving towards corporate social responsibility. More than 2000 companies are affiliated with this networking organization, which is the biggest of its kind in Europe and one of the largest...

Leadership Development at Zoological NGOs Tanzania

Leadership Development at Zoological NGOs Tanzania

Between 2009 and 2013 Perspectivity carried out several leadership, training and capacity development programmes for the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FSZ). Leadership Training In 2013 Monique Janmaat carried out a Leadership Training for the Frankfurt Zoological...

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