Experience

Dutch Creativity Awards | Presented by ADCN

• Netherlands
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Jury Member

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Society jury: Climate & Sustainable Innovations Society jury: Climate & Sustainable Innovations



VVM netwerk van milieuprofessionals

• Netherlands
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor In Chief at Tijdschrift Lucht

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Magazine Lucht (translates to 'air'), reports four times a year the latest developments in policy, practice, rules and implementation within the topic of air. Articles vary from space, traffic, health and climate, and emphasize the connection between air quality and important social themes. Magazine Lucht (translates to 'air'), reports four times a year the latest developments in policy, practice, rules and implementation within the topic of air. Articles vary from space, traffic, health and climate, and emphasize the connection between air quality and important social themes.



merelwitteman.com

• Independent Positive Change Agent

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Combining science with creativity, strategic thinking with action, interesting with fun. Combining science with creativity, strategic thinking with action, interesting with fun.



maartjemerel

• Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Partner

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Maartjemerel.com, working together with Maartje Slijpen Maartjemerel.com, working together with Maartje Slijpen



Nexio Projects

• Netherlands
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Change Consultant

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  Nexio Projects helps businesses transition towards a more sustainable future by assisting them in improving their sustainability performance. We specialize in sustainability strategy, reporting, and technical solutions such as energy-efficiency and GHG emissions tracking and reporting, amongst other capabilities. As part of the Climate team, I take part in carbon footprint assessments and developing and implementing reduction strategies to help companies become more sustainable. We also assess the risks and opportunities related to climate change and current and future regulation to make businesses more resilient. Sustainability | Climate Change | Climate Strategy | Carbon Accounting | GHG Emissions | Energy Efficiency | Life-cycle Assessment | Research | Innovative technologies Show less



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Science & Technology

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2022

  2 year Master Programme at Wageningen University in Environmental Sciences, with a major in Environmental Technology. Passed courses (& knowledge gained on): • Fundamental and Applied Aspects of the Biology of Insects • System Earth: Climate and Global change • Thermodynamics • Research methodology • Programming in python • Renewable Energy: Sources, Technology & Application • Principles of Environmental sciences • Environmental chemistry • Organic chemistry • Sustainability transitions: concepts, issues and indicators • Water • Soil Geography • Statistics • Principles of Earth and Ecosystem Science Show less



Climate-KIC

• Netherlands
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Climate KIC Journey

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

  The Journey is Europe's largest climate innovation summer school. It is organised by EIT Climate-KIC, the European knowledge and innovation community, working towards a prosperous, inclusive, climate-resilient society founded on a circular, zero-carbon economy. The Journey is a four-week full time residential programme, focused on climate action, innovation, systems transformation, and community building. During the journey I learned a lot of new skills on system thinking and change making. Together with my group (Soil Liberation Front) we launched a project with a focus on regenerating agricultural soils. We developed a peer to peer programme for farmers to enable them to switch to agricultural practice that store carbon in the soil (nowadays most agricultural soils release CO2 in to the air). During the transition period the farmers get funded by businesses within their value chain that finance to offset their carbon. Show less



StartHub Wageningen

• Netherlands
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ideation programme

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  The Ideation programme hands tools & skills to become a sustainable entrepreneur, while working on your own idea. The Ideation programme hands tools & skills to become a sustainable entrepreneur, while working on your own idea.



KesselsKramer

• Netherlands
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Director

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2019

  During my work I spend most time coming up with ideas (or in fancy words 'creative solutions to communication challenges') designing visual identities and advertising campaigns. As an art-director I would be overseeing the whole creative process, working together with different photographers, filmmakers, animators, musicians and more talented people. I worked for a variety of clients, including NEMO Science Museum, the Dutch Government, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Provamel, Women Inc, IDFA, het Koning Willem I college and Greenpeace. Show less



iArts Maastricht

• Netherlands
• Higher Education

• Teaching

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  During their exam-period, we (Maartje Slijpen and me) supervised and mentored all soon-to-be graduates at the Interdisciplinary Art department at Maastricht University. They had the opportunity to choose their final-exam teachers themselves and they approached us. The projects came together in the final exposition 'My Way or the Highway', which took place in the back of 5 trucks. During their exam-period, we (Maartje Slijpen and me) supervised and mentored all soon-to-be graduates at the Interdisciplinary Art department at Maastricht University. They had the opportunity to choose their final-exam teachers themselves and they approached us. The projects came together in the final exposition 'My Way or the Highway', which took place in the back of 5 trucks.