De kop van dit artikel is een van de conclusies van Frank Crasborn en Paul Hennissen, die beiden als lerarenopleider en onderwijsadviseur zijn verbonden aan de Fontys Lerarenopleidingen te Sittard. Zij promoveerden op een proefschrift over begeleidingsgedrag van begeleiders van aanstaande leraren.
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VHL University of Applied Sciences (VHL) is a sustainable University of AppliedSciences that trains students to be ambitious, innovative professionals andcarries out applied research to make a significant contribution to asustainable world. Together with partners from the field, they contribute to innovative and sustainable developments through research and knowledge valorisation. Their focus is on circular agriculture, water, healthy food & nutrition, soil and biodiversity – themes that are developed within research lines in the variousapplied research groups. These themes address the challenges that are part ofthe international sustainability agenda for 2030: the sustainable developmentgoals (SDGs). This booklet contains fascinating and representative examplesof projects – completed or ongoing, from home and abroad – that are linked tothe SDGs. The project results contribute not only to the SDGs but to their teaching as well.
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De productie en consumptie van voedselproducten is op dit moment verantwoordelijk voor een groot deel van de milieubelasting en uitstoot van broeikasgassen. Het wordt daarom steeds belangrijker om manieren te vinden om de milieueffecten van voedsel te verminderen, bijvoorbeeld door gedragsveranderingen bij consumenten. Het doel van het huidige onderzoek is om inzicht te krijgen in de huidige (wetenschappelijke) kennis over gedragsdeterminanten en digitale gedragsveranderingsinterventies die een duurzaam voedingspatroon stimuleren met als doel tot aanbevelingen te komen voor het stimuleren van een duurzaam en gezond voedingspatroon van inwoners van Noord-Nederland. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd door het lectoraat Transformational Media van NHL Stenden Hogeschool en maakt deel uit van het door SNN-gesubsidieerde project ‘Van Veggie Lab naar Veggie Farm Fab’.
What if living organisms communicated signals from the environment to us and thereby offered a sustainable alternative to electronic sensors? Within the field of biodesign, designers and scientists are collaborating with living organisms to produce new materials with ecological benefits. The company Hoekmine, in collaboration with designers, has been researching the potential of flavobacteria for producing sustainable colorants to be applied on everyday products. These non-harmful bacteria can change their form, texture and iridescent color in response to diverse environmental factors, such as humidity and temperature. Here, billions of cells are sensing and integrating the results as color. Therefore, Hoekmine envisions biosensors, which would minimize the use of increasingly demanded electronic sensors, and thus, the implementation of scarce and toxic materials. Developing a living sensor by hosting flavobacteria in a biobased and biodegradable flexible material offers opportunities for sustainable alternatives to electronic sensors. Aiming to take this concept to the next level, we propose a research collaboration between Avans, Hoekmine and a company specialized in biobased and biodegradable labels, Bio4Life. Together with this interdisciplinary team, we aim to bridge microbiology and embodiment design, and contribute to the development of a circular economy where digital technology and organic systems merge in the design of Living Circular Labels (LCLs). Throughout the project we will use an iterative approach between designing and testing LCLs that host living flavobacteria and additionally, methods for the end user to activate the bacteria’s growth at a given time.
