Looking back at the structural flaws symposium

Platform Weeffouten (Design Flaws Platform) is a collaboration between Natuur en Milieufederatie Noord Holland, Transparency International Nederland, Corporate Europe Observatory and Fair Resource Foundation. On Tuesday 15 October, the Platform Weeffouten was officially launched during the symposium ‘Together towards environmental policy that works!’ More than 100 people gathered to discuss the design flaws in our environmental policy and to look for solutions together. Jozias van Aartsen spoke passionately about his report ‘Om de Leefomgeving’; his contribution was followed by a panel discussion with Magdeleen Sturm (ex-IBP VTH), Roelof Bosma (Zembla) and Antoinette Verbrugge (Gezondheid op 1), sharply moderated by chair of the day Vera Dalm. During the main programme and the subsequent break-out sessions on Tata Steel (with Anne Albers), Chemours (with Anneke van Veen) and pesticides in lily cultivation (with Marijn Kingma), many local residents were present. Their personal stories made one thing clear: we can no longer afford to look away from all the design flaws that put our living environment and health under pressure. The presence of Members of Parliament made this message even more powerful. During the symposium, the participants provided input for a motion that will shortly be presented to politicians in The Hague. Want to know more about the Platform Weeffouten? Read all about it on the website. Related tags More on this topic

Platform Weeffouten is a collaboration between Natuur en Milieufederatie Noord Holland, Transparency International Nederland, Corporate Europe Observatory and Fair Resource Foundation. On Tuesday 15 October, the Platform Weeffouten was officially launched during the symposium ‘Together towards environmental policy that works!’

More than 100 people gathered to discuss the design flaws in our environmental policy and to look for solutions together. Jozias van Aartsen spoke passionately about his report ‘Om de Leefomgeving’; his contribution was followed by a panel discussion with Magdeleen Sturm (ex-IBP VTH), Roelof Bosma (Zembla) and Antoinette Verbrugge (Gezondheid op 1), sharply moderated by chair of the day Vera Dalm.

During the main programme and the subsequent break-out sessions on Tata Steel (with Anne Albers), Chemours (with Anneke van Veen) and pesticides in lily cultivation (with Marijn Kingma), many local residents were present. Their personal stories made one thing clear: we can no longer afford to look away from all the design flaws that put our living environment and health under pressure. The presence of Members of Parliament made this message even more powerful.

During the symposium, the participants provided input for a motion that will shortly be presented to politicians in The Hague.

Want to know more about the Platform Weeffouten? Read all about it on the website.

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