The AUV Alumni Award is a prize for UvA alumni who have made a unique contribution to society through a thought-provoking project. I’m honoured to be nominated for Green City Watch amongst these talented fellow alumni. #AUVdag
All in Urban Green Space
Nominated for the National VIVA400 award!
The VIVA400 award is comprised of 400 women who are nominated for outstanding work in their field. I’ve been nominated in the category “do-gooders” - cast your votes now!
Keynote at Oslo Urban Arena: 'What cities can learn from human bodies'
On the Oslo Urban Arena stage, I had the opportunity to share my insights on what cities can learn from human bodies to become healthier and more sustainable places to live.
Green City Watch selected as one of the most inspiring startup solutions for the global energy transition
Green City Watch (formerly Global Green City Watch) was featured as one of 285 startup solutions for the global energy transition! Proud to be alongside so many great startups.
Featured on Tangled Podcast
This week I’m excited to have been featured on Tangled - a podcast about improving social and economic systems. Tune in now!
Snapshots from our Circular City summer school
Three weeks ago, we kicked off an exciting new addition to University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) annual summer educational programming. ‘The Circular City: Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem’ is a three-week intensive course jointly run by UvA and Metabolic, taking place in Amsterdam in July 2018.
Support the first-ever Green Map of Amsterdam
Support the #GreenMapofAmsterdam – a beautiful tool to help adults and children explore nature in the city.
Selected as one of the most sustainable young entrepreneurs in the Netherlands
Very proud to be selected as one of the DJ100 2018! The DJ100 is a jury-selected list of the top 100 most innovative, sustainable young changemakers in the Netherlands.
We won the international GBDX for Sustainability Challenge!
Our project, Global Green City Watch, wins DigitalGlobe's international GBDX for Sustainability Challenge. We make it possible to monitor the quality of green spaces in a city based on satellite imagery, and use insights from this data to improve the quality of urban green spaces.
Monitoring the quality of urban green space, from space
Last week, we submitted the beta version of Global Green City Watch. Here, I explain our rationale behind the tool, how it works, and our future goals. Ultimately, we aim to develop Global Green City Watch into an open-source application that local governments can use to strengthen their urban ecologies.
UvA alumni develop application for monitoring green spaces in urban areas
This week it was announced that our project, Global Green City Watch, made it to the finals of DigitalGlobe's international GBDX for Sustainability Challenge. We propose to use high resolution satellite imagery for the monitoring of green spaces in urban areas worldwide.