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When the Dutch city of Venlo decided to become the world’s first region to fully adopt Cradle to Cradle (C2C) principles, it seemed only fitting that their city hall be a beacon for sustainability...

Roads aren't just for walking or driving anymore. Solar road or pathway projects around the world are showing that streets can both provide firm footing and generate clean energy. Inhabitat rounded up six projects in places...

Friends of the Earth demands the oil firm move away from fossil fuels to comply with Paris deal

A stunning church-conversion just 15 minutes from Amsterdam has hit the market in Muiden, Netherlands. The adaptive reuse project kept its historical 1920s details intact –from vaulted ceilings to stained glass windows—while...

You don’t need to be a sports fanatic to be taken with Sportcampus Zuiderpark—a €50 million sports park designed to promote a healthier society in The Hague, Netherlands...

You don’t need to be a sports fanatic to be taken with Sportcampus Zuiderpark—a €50 million sports park designed to promote a healthier society in The Hague, Netherlands...

If we remove plastic from the world's waterways, what happens to it next? Amsterdam-based Plastic Whale, the "first professional plastic-fishing company in the world" according to founder Marius Smit, came up with a creative...

Space-saving furniture and ample glazing are key in making this skinny timber house welcoming and livable despite its tiny footprint - which is slightly larger than the average parking space...

Space-saving furniture and ample glazing are key in making this skinny timber house welcoming and livable despite its tiny footprint slightly larger than the average parking space...

The world's first plastic-free supermarket aisle opened on February 28 at the Amsterdam location of the Netherlands-based supermarket chain Ekoplaza. Within this aisle, customers will be able to choose from more than 700...

Modern bridges are typically built at least a foot higher than the expected 50-year flood, but that’s not so for this unusual bridge built on the floodplains in the flood-prone Dutch city of Nijmegen...

Around 26,910 square feet of floating solar panels could provide clean energy for the Netherlands. Six Dutch companies and institutions are developing the offshore solar plant, Project Solar-at-Sea, devised by Oceans of Energy....

Filled with light and stunning views, modern houseboats in the Netherlands are things of envy—especially this new gem by VanOmmeren-architects. The Amsterdam-based studio recently completed Houseboat Haarlem Shuffle, an...

Government tells 200 companies they have four years to stop sourcing gas from Groningen field after increasingly significant earthquakes

TenneT, the primary Dutch electric utility company, is planning to construct a "windfarm island" in the North Sea. This island would serve as an operational hub for a network of nearby offshore wind farms at a facility that...