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Leids Universiteits Fonds
Crowdfunding for Leiden University
  1. Living Lab
€15.000 Raised in total
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€15.000
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Living Lab

We reached 100% of the needed donations! Extraordinary! Additional donations will go towards the design of the Living Lab. 

A Living Lab in Leiden

The Netherlands is a country of water, and this water is important to us! Without water, life would be impossible. We use it for drinking water, agricultural uses, recreation and many other uses. Unfortunately, large quantities of chemical compounds enter our waters every year as a result of industry and agriculture. Because all water bodies are connected, this affects us all either directly or indirectly. In spite of years of research, we still only know little about the actual consequences of these chemical compounds on our water quality. This is mostly a result of the way such consequences are studied. We propose a different method, a Living Lab, which can teach us much more!

 

 

Current research is too simple

Currently, the possible dangers of chemicals compounds are almost exclusively tested in a very simple experimental setup. The experiments take place in a laboratory under controlled conditions. However, we know that nature is not 'simple' or 'controlled'. Nature is incredibly complex with a lot of interactions between species and, for example, weather. Some animals and plants are sensitive to the combinations of these interactions and chemical compounds. Therefore, the lab results do not give us the full indication whether some chemical compounds are dangerous or not. 

A unique research environment on Leiden grounds

The Living Lab in Leiden will be a large scale independent research location, driven by nature, where we hope to learn more on the consequences of chemical compounds present in our waters. In 36 experimental ditches we can research these consequences under actual natural conditions as we observe them in nature. This large experimental setup should allow us to learn what effect humans can have on our water quality.

Join us in building the Living Lab!

 We are in need of financial support in order to start building the Living Lab. We need to start digging at the end of October in order to allow nature to colonize the experimental ditches for the upcoming spring. With your help we hope to raise €15.000 in order to realize the Living Lab.

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Donors

12-11-2016 | 16:50 Verwonderpaspoort - Hanny Gijsman
09-11-2016 | 21:45 J. .
08-11-2016 | 17:16 Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
07-11-2016 | 19:00 K. Kohinor
03-11-2016 | 16:37 Cash .
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€20 Thank you for your contribution. You will receive a digital photo album reporting the Living Lab. Thank you for your contribution. You will receive a digital photo album reporting the Living Lab. Donate now Recommended €50 Thank you so much for your contribution. You will receive a digital photo album reporting the Living Lab and we will put your name on our field station at the Living Lab! Thank you so much for your contribution. You will receive a digital photo album reporting the Living Lab and we will put your name on our field station at the Living Lab! Donate now €100 Many thanks for your contribution. We will put your name on our field station at the Living Lab! Furthermore, we would like to invite you to a tour of the Living Lab with an in-field lecture! Many thanks for your contribution. We will put your name on our field station at the Living Lab! Furthermore, we would like to invite you to a tour of the Living Lab with an in-field lecture! Donate now €200 So many thanks for your contribution! We would like invite you (+1 other) to attend the festive opening ceremony of the Living Lab and we will place your name on the field station! So many thanks for your contribution! We would like invite you (+1 other) to attend the festive opening ceremony of the Living Lab and we will place your name on the field station! Donate now €350 Incredible thanks for your contribution! We will name one of our experimental ditches after you! Furthermore, we would like to invite you (+1 other) to attend the festive opening ceremony of the Living Lab! Incredible thanks for your contribution! We will name one of our experimental ditches after you! Furthermore, we would like to invite you (+1 other) to attend the festive opening ceremony of the Living Lab! Donate now
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w.j.persson@bb.leidenuniv.nl

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