We are proud of our achievements so far:
2009
Start of the Foundation
2010
First seminar Friends of the Foundation
Promising agricultural pot and field experiments by Wageningen University Research
2011
Nomination of our proposal by Virgin Earth Challenge ($25 million, 11 remaining candidates)
2012
Planned experiments in Turkey and Oman
Seminar Rotterdam area: From Research to Implementation
Olivine movie in Dutch TV programm (VARA: Kassagroen)
2013
Laboratory experiments University Utrecht
Fire extinguishing experiments
GreenSands: Report Olivine applications in city of Rotterdam (Deltares)
‘Bidbook’ for sponsors and investors
Contribution to “Springer encyclopedia for Sustainable Science” published
Miniconference Foundation’s objectives: ‘has the penny dropped yet?’
2014
Visits for start-ups in Qatar and Cyprus
First experiments on firefighting with olivine
2015
Visit to Oxford seminar ‘Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques’
Dutch Deltares reports on olivine experiments
‘The Green Cookery Book’ Recipes against climate change and ocean acidification (to be published)
‘Scientific Assessment of Olivine methods’, initiated by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Distribution of latest Newsletter (in Dutch) to ± 200 readers
2016
Publication of the renewed website SmartStones.nl
2017
Publication of the Green Cookery Book in dutch as: “Olivijn – De Steen der Wijzen” (128 pages)
The translated booklet is now also available: “Olivine – The philosopher’s stone” ISBN 978-90389 26711
Plans for the future
We are ambitious and want to add many results to this list. We have carrefully planned our strategy to make olivine the CO2 solution.