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Manure Masters: Documentary
The informative film Mestmeesters offers a look at four farmers who are convinced of the importance of sustainable soil and landscape management for the future of Flemish agriculture. With well-thought-out fertilization and soil management …
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Heritage: Audiovisual material for secondary education
Do you want to get started with audiovisual material for heritage lessons? On Archive for education you will find inspiration about heritage and STEM, heritage and Dutch, heritage and citizenship, heritage and historical awareness, …
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Concentrations: Explanatory video
Jan Jordens, researcher at VITO, explains quantities and low concentrations. He explains the difference between a nanogram, microgram, per mille, parts per billion and parts per trillion. What is the meaning of a low concentration of a certain …
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Textiles and the circular economy
Tom Duhoux, circular economy researcher at VITO, takes you into the world of textiles and its challenges.
Textiles have the 4th largest environmental impact of all consumer goods. We buy 26 kg of clothes per person in Europe every year. Its production …
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EDUbox Health: Teaching Package
People who are ill usually do not have to worry much in our country. A visit to the doctor is easy and affordable. That is not the case everywhere in the world. Gap health care systems require a lot of money and energy and are different …
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Scientific conversation about the theory of evolution
Johan Braeckman speaks with Dominique Adriaens about his book Evolution (Academia Press, 2020).
dr. Dominique Adriaens tells the story of the theory of evolution, from the first vague ideas of early natural philosophers to Darwin's crucial insight and …
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Right to Repair: Quiz
In this quiz, students discover:
- why repairing is important for the climate and environment,
- which ensures that we repair very little,
- how the Right to Repair movement is trying to change that,
- what a Repair Café is.
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Scientific heritage in the Ghent University Museum
What exactly does a scientist do? Is a researcher allowed to doubt, fail or be creative? What challenges does the scientist encounter? And what impact does research have on our society? Through this EDUbox you get to know the GUM - Ghent …
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Energy: Heat networks
Energy is much more than just electricity. For example, we use 75% of our energy to produce heat. We often do this with fossil fuels, such as natural gas or oil. But this is how CO2 and greenhouse gases are created. And that in turn leads to the …
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Carbon dioxide: How do we combat global warming?
Carbon dioxide… The air is full of it and fortunately so. Because CO₂ ensures that the heat from the sun is retained. CO₂ is, in itself, quite ok. But trop is too much. CO₂ is a greenhouse gas and excess CO₂ is …
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Flanders water poor?: Webinar by Prof. dr. Dr Patrick Meire
This webinar explains why the water shortage is increasing in Flanders. Research is being conducted into how the water level will develop further as a result of climate change.
Prof. dr. Meire also focuses on the solutions. In the last part questions …
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Waste in the sea, what should animals do with it?: The sea starts with you
Waste in the sea, what do animals do with it? #theseastartswithyourself
This video shows the path that a cigarette butt, mouth mask and plastic bag travel from the street, via the wind, streams and rivers, to the sea. There they pose a danger to …
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