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ONCE A GREEN CAPITAL ALWAYS ONCE | A GREEN A GREEN CAPITAL ALWAYS A GREEN CAPITAL CAPITAL COLOPHON WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK This magazine is a publication of Nijmegen Everyone who volunteered this year for voor Toerisme Arnhem Nijmegen; Repair Green Capital 2018. All rights are retained. Nijmegen European Green Capital. Café Nijmegen; Rijk van Nijmegen 2025; Nothing in this publication may be copied, Rijkswaterstaat Oost, ROC Nijmegen; stored in a computerised data file or made public in any form or manner, whether it be Parties who signed the manifest Royal Haskoning DHV; Sanadome Hotel ‘I was looking at videos about Nijmegen as European Green Capital. I saw the electronically, mechanically, by means of ACBN Evenementenbureau Nijmegen; & Spa; Sinan Can, documentairemaker; election in Ljubljana and heard those recognisably Nijmegen voices saying that they printed material, copies or in whatever other Vierdaagsefeesten; AGREEn; Alliander Spin Projecten; Stadsboom Nijmegen were incredibly happy, so happy that it almost seemed as if they had never imagined manner without the prior written permission N.V.; Andreas Hetfeld - visual artist; B.V.; Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen; of the publisher. they could win. This too is typical of Nijmegen, a mild inferiority complex based Anita Waltman; Architectuurcentrum Start Up Mix; Stichting Das en Boom; Editor in chief Nijmegen; ARK Natuurontwikkeling/WNF; Stichting Fabricaat; Stichting Green on nothing; of course Nijmegen is the European Green Capital. Not only because of Yvonne Keijzers, Pasklaar Communicatie all of its cycling paths, not only because of the sustainability that triumphs in the ARN B.V.; BankTrack; Binnenstadservice Challenges; Stichting Stiksoep; Stichting Editor Nijmegen; Breng (Hermes); Bureau Zevenheuvelenloop; Strowijk Iewan; streets, but especially because of the most beautiful light – if not in the world, then Janke Rozemuller, Jaro Communicatie Viertel; Conbuquest; Concertgebouw Struin B.V.; Studio School; The Big Draw in Europe: the light in Kronenburger Park early on a summer morning, the light on Layout De Vereeniging; Conpax; coöperatie Nijmegen; The Economic Board; the the Valkhof, the light in the woods around the city, the light that touches the river Paul van der Weyde, Wunderbar WindpowerNijmegen; CRUDO; Dar NV; Food Hub; Valkhof Theater Avenue; and turns the water to white gold … the light that accompanies gentleness. To put Photos De Bastei, centrum voor natuur en Van Akker naar Bos; Van Nature; a different spin on what I have written so often: the light of Nijmegen celebrates Marianna Bakker , Marscha van Druuten, Klaas-Jan cultuurhistorie; De Groene Stroomfabriek; Velocity Fietskoeriers; VerheesPlus Gräfe, Bas Govaarts, Mathijs Hanenkamp, Andreas De Lindenberg; De Lindenberg/ Reclame BV; Vereniging Nederlands Nijmegen.’ Hetfeld, Michiel Hustinx, Yvonne Keijzers, Clare Cultuurlandschap; VNO-NCW Arnhem Keogh; Henk Kersten, Paul Lagro, William Moore, Oddstream; De Schoenfabriek; DONKA Nieuws uit Nijmegen, Hilde Peters, Marjolein van Design; Doornroosje; Drift om te dansen; Nijmegen; Walk of Waste; Walk of Thomas Verbogt, Flames over the River (Vlammen boven de Rivier), Uitgeverij Vantilt Pul, Paul Rapp, Janke Rozemuller, Mario Ruiz, Jan Duurzaamheid.nl; ECO+BOUW; Einder Wisdom; Waterschap Rivierenland; Willem de Venster and Gerard Verschooten. Communicatie; ENGIE Energie Nederland Woningbouwstichting De Gemeenschap; Print N.V.; Euregio Rijn-Waal; Fair2; Fietsdiensten. Woningcorporatie Talis; Wunderbar DPN Rikken Print, Nijmegen nl; Fransen Technical Services; Vereniging Ontwerpcollectief; Voor de Verbeelding. With respect to photos and other material, we have Gelderse natuur en Milieufederatie; tried to trace as many rights-holders as possible. Gloedcommunicatie; Go Short; Health Contributions to Nijmegen European It is possible that we did not succeed in all cases. Valley Netherlands; Hegeman Groep; Green Capital 2018 came from If there is material that you can show that you hold Helicon MBO Nijmegen; Hellosun B.V.; Freico Amberg; Welmoed Barendsen; the rights to, please send a mail to Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen; Daphne Baron; Henk van Boxtel; [email protected]. Hugo van der Kallen product design; Green Renée van de Boor; Jan Bouwkamp; © 2019 Power Nijmegen; HonigEvents; Hortus Manon Brinkhoff-Jansen; Hubert Bruls; Nijmegen; Huis voor de Binnenstad; Matthew Campfens; Pina Casciano; Hedi Huismerk Energie; Ministerie van Delheij; Han Derckx; Colet Falke; Ûltsje Infrastructuur en Milieu; Museum Het van Gorkum; Bas Govaarts; Klaas-Jan Valkhof; IVN Rijk van Nijmegen; Kattencafé Gräfe; Geert Hendriks; Michiel Hustinx; Balthazar; Keizer Karel Podia; Vereeniging Yvonne Keijzers; Kim Kerkhoffs; Kelly en Stadsschouwburg; Klimaatverbond; Kersten; Sam Kleisterlee; Maike de Kiemt; koos!; Kunstmagazijn; Lange; Maureen Leferink; Jan Luiten; Lampgoedkoop.nl BV; Lions Club Melanie Marcus; Jos van de Pas; Marieke Nijmegen; LUX; Margot Ribberink; Peters; Simone Ploumen; Klaas Pruijsen; Meubelmakerij Kopshout; Massage On Pieter van Ree; Janke Rozemuller; Wheels; Maurits Groen; Milieucentrum Joep Schlangen; Lineke Sieben; Petra de Broeikas; Milieuorganisatie Green Smink; Lydia Sprengers; Sandra Stoffels; Taner Tabak; Harriët Tiemens; Kees • The core team of Nijmegen European Green Capital. Cross Nederland; NXP Semiconductors; NUON; Oersoep; Oost N.V.; OPEN slowcafe; Tillema; Ton Verhoeven; Stijn Verstralen; Papstar Pure; Park Lingezegen; Pasklaar Maxime Voestermans; Teddy Vrijmoet; Communicatie; Plastic Soup Nijmegen; Loes van Wersch; Ada-Lian Wevers; Provincie Gelderland; Rabobank Rijk van Roy Winkelhuijzen; Renée Zijlstra. Nijmegen; Radboud Sportcentrum; Te lage beeldresolutie voor deze More information? Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen; www.jaaroverzicht.greencapital2018.nl/en Radboudumc; Recover-E; Regionaal Bureau uitvergroting ALWAYS A GREEN CAPITALA Retrospective on the Green Capital year 2018 #07 #08 #12 #17 #21 #22 RESULTS CITY PANEL AWARENESS RESEARCH AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION NIJMEGEN EUROPEAN GROWTH FROM 38% TO 86% APPRECIATION 80% OF NIJMEGEN RESIDENT IS GREEN CAPITAL 2018 NEUTRAL/POSITIVE 42% 38% 20% POSITIVE NEUTRAL NEGATIVE 24% IS SUSTAINABLY INSPIRED THE BILL SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AMOUNTS X € 1.000 HIGHLIGHTS EXPENSES Initiatives Organisation 774 22 Nijmegen TRANSITION LAB ECONOMY AND ENERGY, DIAPER RECYCLING, EUROPEAN CITIES SIGNED PRESENTS CALL FOR ACTION AT KATOWICE RING-RING FOR THE FOOD BANK, NETWORK BIODIVERSITY, Execution and production 690 LARGE AND SMALL CONGRESSES, CALL FOR ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE CIRCULAR PROCUREMENT MALDENBURCHSTRAAT I.A Hospitability and pavilion 434 LECTURES AND FESTIVALS 200 Means of communication 397 Own productions 531 3,890 PROFESSIONAL Contributions to others 675 RECEPTIONS Challenges 2018 and 389 14,000 neighbourhood initiatives 4,8 3 MILLION EUROS FOR COVENANTS SIGNED: SUSTAINABLE INLAND NAVIGATION, VISITORS AT GREEN GAS-FREE NEIGHBOURHOODS GREEN DEAL SUSTAINABLE CARE AND AGROFORESTRY 71,000 CAPITAL EVENTS COVERAGE Municipality of Nijmegen VISITORS AT THE Ext r a bud g e t 1,300 IN THE NEWS PAVILION From regular budget 640 16,000 sustainability MENTIONS IN POSTS Other 6,5 >100 Widely reported Province of Gelderland MILLION EUROS INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES POSTED FROM NATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPERS TO ON SOCIAL MEDIA 1,360 3,890 20,000 European Commission 95 PR VALUE MESSAGES ABOUT NIJMEGEN GREEN CAPITAL NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSPAPERS Sponsoring and external 495 contributions (cash) 5 LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS IN THE INNER CITY AND ACTIVITIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY 90% 15 OF COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES DEVOTED ATTENTION VISITED THE WEBSITE TO NIJMEGEN ON TELEVISION CONCRETE VISITS 243 7 1,000 1,000 25 40% CIRCULAR BUS STOPS CERTIFIED ECO-SCHOOLS VISITORS DISCOVER PICNICKERS VISITS FROM THE KING, MINISTERS, MEMBERS OF OF VISITS TO THE PAVILION AND BENCHES AMONG WHICH A CAMPUS CIRCULAR#42 MODEL HOME ON THE WAALBRUG PARLIAMENT AND STATE SECRETARIES WERE INTERNATIONAL #24 , , , #30 TREES10 PLANTED000 >10%INCREASE IN PRINCIPAL 5BEERS MADE000 FROM VISITORS2 000 AT VISITS>100 FROM GROUPS AND WORKING VISITS BICYCLE ROUTES RAINWATER SUSTAINABILITY CAFES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD GREEN TOGETHER ENTERPRENEURSHIP, TOURISM AND CONGRESSES 200 21 Thousands 174,000 65 26 SIGNATORIES SUPPORT THE OFFICIAL PUPILS, STUDENTS AND VISIT PARTNER EVENTS RESTAURANTS HAVE VEGETARIAN EVENTS SIGN GREEN CAPITAL MANIFEST PARTNERS VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE DISHES ON THE MENU SUSTAINABILITY MANIFEST 23 >100 190,000 Gold Award >4,000 SPONSORS INITIATORS THROUGH THE GREEN PAVING STONES REMOVED AND GREEN DESTINATIONS AND BT AWARD EXTRA CHALLENGES AND KLEURRIJK GROEN REPLACED BY PLANTS AND TREES CIRCULAR REGION HOTEL BOOKINGS #50 #55 #66 4 ONCE A GREEN CAPITAL CONTENTS MAIN ARTICLES 06 How it all started 12 Theme: Energy transition 22 Theme: Vital City 27 Letter Karmenu Vella 30 Theme: Circular Economy 40 Students actively involved 42 Infographic costs and returns 48 Kleurrijk Groen 50 Theme: Climate adaptation 56 Green Challenges 60 A visit from the king 66 Theme: Mobility 80 Green Capital after 2018. What’s next? ONCE A GREEN CAPITAL, ALWAYS A GREEN CAPITAL MORE IN THIS ISSUE Nijmegen, the oldest city in the Netherlands with currently more than 170,000 inhabitants, was proclaimed the sustainable capital of 05 Foreword by Mayor Hubert Bruls Europe 2018. We were proud of this. And we still are. If we look at the 11 Interview Harriët Tiemens results, we see that we have firmly positioned Nijmegen on the map 15 Column Wilma de Koning as a sustainable