Food Waste: A Failing Food System
Food is undervalued in our society. Two centuries of industrial revolutions and technological progress have radically transformed our...
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Timothy Mulder
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
Interview with David Wallace-Wells
David Wallace-Wells describes himself as “quite an unlikely environmental alarmist”. He started exploring the issue of climate change not...
Joos Akkerman
- Mar 22, 2019
- 5 min
Why Living In Amsterdam Is So Expensive
Anyone who has tried to find a house in Amsterdam will have noticed that you need either a lot of money or a lot of patience. Amsterdam,...
Alejandro Mizrahi Cengarle
- Mar 21, 2019
- 4 min
Sunshine in California
Google is not a simple company. To some extent, it rather looks like a state. By controlling the way we use the Internet, it seems to...
Maria Diaz Macias
- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
Climate Change on Trial – Review
This past March 19th, 2019, Room for Discussion hosted an interview with Dr. Professor Joyeeta Gupta (co-chair of UN Environment’s Global...
Ana Popovici
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
It Is OK to Work in Manufacturing
Education plays an essential part in the sustainable development of a country. Yet, it is often the most disregarded policy in newly...
Achic Lema
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
Climate Change on Trial
“There is no planet B”, this was one of the many slogans during the 10th March protest against climate change in Amsterdam. An estimate...
Christoph Meier
- Mar 13, 2019
- 3 min
Understanding BREXIT – Postarticle
If you could not attend the Room for Discussion event on the 6th of March: “Understanding Brexit”, but still want to know what it was all...
Maria Diaz Macias
- Mar 13, 2019
- 5 min
Is the Time for Nuclear Power Over?
Nuclear power has generated a controversial debate. Proponents of this energy, such as the World Nuclear Association and...
Nastasiia Sokil
- Mar 11, 2019
- 4 min
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a day to look back and see how far we have come as a society when it comes to women’s rights. In order to...
Mihai Vicol
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
The Power of Women in Business
From the second half of the 20th century onwards, the accelerating gender parity has led to apparent improvements for women in areas such...
Christoph Meier
- Mar 7, 2019
- 4 min
The online economy – and how to save it
Who doesn’t know how annoying it can be when you want to read an article, but you first have to pay for access to it or advertisements...
Ana Popovici
- Mar 3, 2019
- 2 min
Understanding Brexit
Brexit has been the talk of Europe for the past three years. The abundant information provided by various publications makes it hard for...
Joos Akkerman
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra: The Dutch have ‘lange tenen’
On Wednesday Feb 27th, US ambassador Pete Hoekstra was a guest at Room for Discussion (we published this introductory article in...
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