Welcome to the www.sustainablenetherlands.com portal where you will find all the information you need relating to sustainability. Not only will it tell you about a number of books you really ought to read, but the portal will also point the way to numerous sustainability opportunities Search Engineering can offer you. Looking for practical advice about Cradle to Cradle? Are you thinking of making your business more sustainable but have no idea how to convert this into a good, practical philosophy? Would you like to train your employees in sustainability? Could you use some help introducing sustainability into your demolition, renovation and new development projects? Do your buildings need certificates? Then you've come to the right site to find answers to all these questions and more besides. It will of course also give you background information about Anne-Marie Rakhorst, entrepreneur and driving force behind this site.
Sustainable building, sustainable profits
The intention of Anne-Marie Rakhorst in publishing this book is to establish that the building sector can provide the basis for a clean, habitable and sustainable future. This can be achieved by not only utilising sustainable building techniques and materials, but also by applying innovative, yet affordable technologies in the field of energy generation, climate control and water purification which are CO2 neutral.
Sustainable Development... a Global Opportunity
Melting polar ice caps. An inevitable climate change. We all know this doom scenario only too well by now. It is high time for a new voice!
Cradle to Cradle - Waste = food
It is possible to break the spiral of the depletion of natural resources, of waste and of pollution. The answer is Cradle to Cradle, the revolutionary philosophy of Michael Braungart and William McDonough.Anne-Marie Rakhorst
Anne-Marie Rakhorst is the author of the books 'Sustainalbe building, sustainble profits' and 'Sustainable Development' a Global Opportunity', director of the Search group of companies and a much sought-after speaker on such issues as 'corporate social responsibility' and 'sustainable development'. For more information about Anne-Marie read her CV.
Search: Sustainable services
Search is an internationally operating engineering firm, laboratory and educational institute. Its clients include real estate companies, housing corporations, the industrial sector, contractors and national, provincial and local authorities. The Search companies are based on the belief that socially responsible entrepreneurship and striving for sustainable development are key principles for the present and the future. The intention is to contribute to these things with the deployment of all the mental and human capacity within the four Search companies.