In Spain, Pius Floris, the Dutch scientist and entrepreneur, proved that he could bring life back to dead soil. Marije Ravelli interviewed him. Photographer René Bosch enlivens the story with famous cocktails...
Category - 1. FOOD&WATER
In Spain, Pius Floris, the Dutch scientist and entrepreneur, proved that he could bring life back to dead soil. Marije Ravelli interviewed him. Photographer René Bosch enlivens the story with famous cocktails...
Desert ground in a wet country. An all-in-one solution to beat desertification. In many regions of the world, some larger than 5000 km2, the Dutch foundation ‘Commonland’ is achieving large-scale landscape...
How do you rejuvenate the health of a country in 5000 days? Food guru Rob Baan didn’t just develop a plan to reinvigorate the Rijnmond Delta in this time, but he also started executing that plan. In this Dif...
The night’s cold and the day’s heat can be harnessed to balance the extremities of the desert and provide sustainable living. Where people live, nature changes. And, where nature changes, the climate can...
Pesticides, fertilizer, depletion of agricultural land, dead soil. These are the consequences of large-scale industrial agriculture that – increasingly - displaces small-scale agriculture around the world. New...
There once was a man with a plan: plant trees in a 7600 km long and 25 km wide strip in the south of the Sahara, and it will force back the world’s largest desert. He wasn’t the only visionary: in many parts...
John D. Liu is filmmaker and ecologist. He has worked for 25 years in China and on the Chinese Loess plateaus, where he found proof that the principles of permaculture could transform a totally destructed and...
“Plant-based food is hot. Vegans and vegetarians alike are doing their best to find the right ingredients to make the perfect dish that can complete a meal with other plant-based food. This in order to give it...
The honey bee is doing better. For years it was atop of the list of endangered species, but now the deaths among bee populations have stabilized. However, honey is still heavily polluted and wild (bumble)bees...
Dif Report focuses on one of the ‘animals’ with the lowest cuddle factor: the fish. The future of fish is at stake because of several threats. But of course, solutions are also at hand.
Once a year, millions of people come together all over the planet to clean up streets, fields, beaches and parks. The ocean needs a large clean up as well. Dif focusses on the 10 best ideas to fight the...
New year, new resolutions. Dif proposes to better yourself and help the earth. Vegans are helping to improve the planet. Because as a vegan you do not only live healthier, you also do your part against the...
This menu has the perfect ‘smokey Christmas’ flavor. Three dishes for a overwhelming vegan experience. All by our partner Man eat plant.