Whilst I was in Breda I stayed at the house of Jan and Adael Broekman, a beutiful house on the edge of the city situated in woodland next to a river. I made a video as Jan explained how he is reducing emissions from his home, burning wood in a wood burning stove, installing solar hot water and solar PV on his roof, and insulating the exterior with paper behind larch wood panels.
Jan also showed me how the water authorities had removed some top soil from an area by the river, putting in a new channel to make the river meander and form an island, to form a water storage area to flood in the event of heavy rainfall, something which will become increasingly necessary as sea level rises and the Netherlands becomes unable to discharge its river water to the sea during storms which raise sea level
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