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Process lab, a didactic lab with measurement and control techniques: Project InnoVET
Due to updated curricula within the study area of Chemistry, students and teachers of, among others, the study options Biotechniques (second grade) and Biotechnological and Chemical Engineering (third grade) must acquire a lot of new content. …
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Material Matters: Article with inspiring insights
Article providing insights and arguments for a transition from a neoliberal economy to an alternative economy.
These are based on the book Material Matters, the alternative to our predatory construction society by Sabine Oberhuber and Thomas Rau.
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The kinetics behind the diet coke with mentos experiment
The experiment between diet cola and mentos produces a fascinating fountain, but it also offers an ideal platform for students to explore different facets of chemical kinetics in a fun and motivating way.
This article discusses the experiment …
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Towards an integrated approach to MEAV
This research investigates how the subject MEAV can be approached in an integrated manner. This approach provides more depth, students will make deeper connections and multiple objectives can be achieved at the same time so that more time can be …
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Recovery economy: Environmentally friendly and financially beneficial
By repairing a product instead of replacing it (purchasing a new product), the lifespan of the product is extended. This saves materials and greenhouse gas emissions during the production of a new product.
For products that consume a lot of energy, …
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The material footprint of Flemish consumption
The materials footprint of Flanders or Raw Material Consumption (RMC) is the total of primary raw materials that are extracted worldwide as a result of Flemish consumption.
These primary raw materials are minerals, fossil raw materials, biomass and …
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Global environmental benefits through local and circular textile consumption
In order to meet our Flemish consumption needs, we currently have to obtain a large part of the required raw materials from abroad. Reuse, recycling and high-quality, local production of textiles can ensure that the extraction of primary raw …
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Climate footprint: Sustainable compared to a fast fashion T-shirt
European consumption of textiles has the fourth largest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility. Textile consumption is also in the top three factors that place the most pressure on water and land use and in …
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Circularity and innovation in the preparation of apple-grape wine: Project InnoVET
In this article you will receive more information about the InnoVET project, you will receive more information about the structure of the project, the disciplines that are covered and the techniques and didactic methods that are used.
The aim of the …
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CleanTechPunt: The digital meter
In this article you will learn everything about the digital meter.
Below you will find the content of the article:
- purpose of the digital meter;
- ideal scenario;
- influence of the introduction of the digital meter for consumers and society.
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Fertilizer: The anabolic steroids of agriculture
Thanks to an invention from 1909, we now have a world population of nearly 8 billion people. Fertilizer is life, but it also saddles us with an enormous nitrogen problem and an ever-expanding livestock population. How can we escape this luxury trap?
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Building learning labs and innovative learning spaces
A practical guide developed by European Schoolnet to support schools and teachers in the roll-out of STEM labs and a Future Classroom. The secondary school RHIZO Lyceum OLV Vlaanderen is described in this guide as a practical example.
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