Newearth

NEW EARTH INITIATIVES

ROTTERDAM

BlueCity

Bluecity is an old swimming pool that has been refurbished into a circular economy hotspot. Click to visit website.

DakAkker

DakAkker is a farm set on a roof.

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Rechtstreex

Promotes local products.

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1- Better future factory (plastic recylcing)

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2- Fruit Leather

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3- Coffee based (making materials out of coffee)

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4- Floating Farm

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5- Kees (sustainable clothing)

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7. Foukje Fleur

8. Living Light

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11. Stichting Pluspunt

Creative/social place where
ex-homeless, entrepreneurs, volunteers can work on projects. There are woodworkshops, ateliers, silkscreen stations, etc.

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12. Community Plastics

Workspace where plastic waste is transformed into new products.

10. Emma v.d. Leest

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13. Aguaponics Trainingscentre

A circulair system where crops grow on residue of fish

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14. Fairf

Sustainable paint made on waterbase and with a plantbased binder.

11. recycled park

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15. Studio Simone Post

Makes tapestry's from recycled material.

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14 GARDE du nord

foundings Kim ter Horst

16. Dobberend Bos

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21. Gimsel Rotterdam

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23. Fruit Fly Ninja

25. Concept House village

26. Chibb building

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één: Toffe Peren

Jorick Buurstra:

twee: Het Pils Plan

drie: De Slimme Regenton

vier: 1.000 Regentonnen Middelland

vijf: Wormenhotels010

- Luchtpark Hofbogen

- Happy Streets

- Outlander Materials

- Stadsboswachter

28. Joline Jolink

31. Fooditive

They create food sweeteners and additives from recycled fruits and vegetables, and without any chemical additives.

32. Okkewood (okkehout)

Okkewood fabricates sustainable furniture by using recycled materiales, and also ensuring the quality and durability of their product.

33. Urban mining

It is a new startup that seeks to up the recolection of residues, such as electronic devices and plastic.

They do it by using a crowdfundig system based on credits

34. Verdaaigoed (Beat the bag)

They seek to reduce the usage of plastic bags by replacing them with reusable textile bags

35. Afval loont

Waste pays is an initiatives that rewards people for separating their waste and bringing it to their branches in order for it to be reused o recycled.

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36. Broodnodig

The old bread is collected using electric transport, after which the old bread is converted into sustainable energy in the form of biogas.

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37. This is BOUW

This is BOUW designed a set of services offering the experience and unique method of the consultancy to non-creative organisations.

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38. Refil

Refil aims to make 3D printing sustainable by reusing old plastic.

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39. Healing Places

Healing Places is a spatial design studio based in Rotterdam that investigates innovative solutions to improve physical and mental health in cities.

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40. Zon in de Stad

Zon in de Stad is an initiative of enterprising residents from Middelland. They show the possibilities of solar power in Rotterdam.

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41. Voedseltuin Keilewerf

This garden is run by volunteers. The harvested vegetables are giving to the Food bank

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42. De Groene Oase op Zuid

Here it is possible to rent a piece of land or help in the community gardens. Every week there is a meal cooked for disabled people.

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43. Textielfabrique

A studio to follow workshops on how to dye with natural material and to get skilled in the textile crafts.

44. Rotterdamse Munt

City garden with a small restaurant and shop. They give workshops to schools and companies.

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45. Stadsboswachter

Creating Stadsboslab and working on green maintenance in Rotterdam.

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46. Burgsfoods
They make burgers from crickets. with this cricket burger they want to lower the threshold for people to choose insects. Healthy and better for the environment.

47. Dakakker
Is a Rooftopfarm at the top of the Schieblock in Rotterdam. Vegetables, edible flowers and fruit are grown and bees are kept.

48. Hotspot hutspot
Good food for everyone! is the motto.They strengthen the economic and social participation of vulnerable groups trough hotspots. Growing vegetables in the gardens and preparing good meals with kids and offering this meals at an affordable price in the restaurant.

49. Repaircafe
You can have your broken things repaired here, meet local residents and save money and the environment.

50. Scrap
Scrap sells industrial residual material, organizes workshops and make set designs. Hereby they stimulate the re-use of materials on new ways.

51. Refil

Tries to make technological innovations sustainable. For example they are making 3D-printer ink out of old plastic. Those small treads are called filaments.

52. Verdraaid goed

Makes out of useless material new products that they use in a social way. There waste-innovations are a part of a circular economy.

53. Beleef je verbeelding

Fashion brand that creates timeless products from the waste of the fashion-industry. Produces only in Rotterdam.

54. Floating farm

This is a place where fresh milk is being produced in a circular way. It is a floating and transparent farm so it is nice for visitors to see how they are working.

55. Plastic playgrounds

This is a company that collects old fishing nets. They are using the nets for making playgrounds for kids.

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61. MOSS AIR FILTER.
Het realiseren van een natuurlijk luchtfilter van levend mos in het innovatieve BlueCity, waardoor buitenlucht gezuiverd van fijnstof in de werkruimtes geleid wordt. Dit stelt ons in staat de optimale opstelling voor zo’n mos filter te onderzoeken.