Eva Van Strien Email & Phone Number

Anthroponix is a transdisciplinary research- and design collaboration funded by the Dutch Creative IndustriesFund, DesignTrust and Waterschap de Dommel, in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research. In search for regenerative human and environmental development, we are driven to research and design a new approach to our ‘bodily waste’. We therefore question our current perspective on human ‘waste’. We propose a new concept for a regenerative feedback loop that deepens our perception. Anthroponix creates new life out of what is considered ‘waste’. The human body only absorbs 15% of the nutrient intake, which means that up to 85% of nutrients ingested are ‘sanitized’ in ways that degrade water bodies and soil ecologies. Inspired by the abundance of these natural ‘human resources’, we see it as an opportunity to radically change these broken nutrient cycles.

Introducing a new regenerative design approach to contribute to urgent socio-cultural and socio-ecological problem solving. By doing so Eva aims to create a new design awareness embedded in Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Eva's work bridges design, science, ecology and indigenous knowledge and is driven by a deep love for the Earth. Her work can be seen as a celebration of alternative ways of being and living.Eva considers design as a powerful tool to reshape the bio-social relationships between humans and Nature, humans and plants. Her work translates into ways that question our (current) perception/ societal constructs and encourages to go beyond a naïve understanding of the intelligent natural world. Eva is dedicated to create a different approach to future design and well-being regarding our inner and outer ecosystem. Developing ethno-horticultural dialogues by cultivating kinship (again) between humans and Nature, humans and plants. Celebrating the sensory richness of the land. Bringing new narratives to bridge the human - Nature divide.

Wageningen

Anthroponix in collaboration with different WUR teams perform research on the implementation of source seperated human urine-based fertiliser. Nowadays, the most important agricultural fertiliser is animal manure. The production of artificial fertiliser has several negative impacts, such as a high energy demand and the depletion of the soil, phosphorus mines. Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all living organisms, which means that the absence of this nutrient will result in a critical situation. Therefore, an alternative fertiliser is needed, leading to the topic of this research; fertiliser based on human urine.Humans produce about 1 to 1,5 litres of urine a day containing the nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), which are essential for plants to grow. The advantage of urine-based fertiliser is that it will contribute to closing the nutrient cycle in our society. The nutrients we consume, will end up being used as a fertiliser. This research investigates whether the human urine-based fertiliser may be a useful replacement for artificial fertiliser in the Dutch agriculture. First, we want to determine if and in what way we could treat human urine, preventing contamination by hormones, medicines and heavy metals. For producing human urine-based fertiliser, two methods are known. In order to find our preferred method, we will investigate both processes of lacto-fermented human urine and human urine-based struvite. Secondly, we consider it to be useful to compare the characteristics of urine-based fertiliser and artificial fertiliser on their nutrient content, risks and cost-effectiveness because we think this would provide a good overview whether it is interesting to implement fertiliser based on human urine in our agricultural system. https://www.wur.nl/nl/project/Menselijke-urine-als-meststof.htm

Tilburg En Omgeving, Nederland

Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. The goal is to create new ways of living that are well-adapted to life on earth over the long haul.The core idea is that nature has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with. Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. After billions of years of research and development, failures are fossils, and what surrounds us is the secret to survival.“When we look at what is truly sustainable, the only real model that has worked over long periods of time is the natural world.”-Janine Benyus

Utrecht En Omgeving, Nederland

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