Your carbon commitment counts
On Sunday 19 and Monday 20 June, over 1,000 cyclists will ride the Climate Classic to draw attention to the consequences of climate change. But attention is not enough.
We want to make an impact. Help us by making a carbon commitment and/or compensate your carbon footprint!

Together we make the difference
The Climate Classic goes along the coastline that is created in the Netherlands when the sea level rises too far. In concrete terms, this means cycling 375 km in one day, from Breda to Groningen (125 or 250 km also possible).
With the Climate Classic, we want to not only draw attention to the climate, but also make a real impact. You contribute to this by making a Carbon Commitment or compensating Compensating CO2 emissions.
What will you do to reduce your CO2 emissions? Not eating meat for a month, help yourself or your neighbourhood to solar panels, join an energy cooperative or put pressure on the fossil industry via Follow This?
And do you take responsibility by compensating your non-avoidable CO2 emissions? Choose from the projects of Fair Climate Fund, Trees for All and Carbonkiller.
Your carbon commitment counts. Together we take action for the climate!
How do you participate?
1) Determine your footprint
Get insight into your current footprint. How much CO2 do you emit per year? Do the test on The Hidden Impact.
2) Make your carbon commitment
To reduce your footprint, choose a challenging and appropriate carbon commitment. We have examples of climate actions
3) Compensate
Offset through one of the three selected projects charities to offset your non-avoidable emissions.
- Step 1 - Determine your footprint
It starts with understanding your own footprint. Check out the website of My Hidden Impact. Ideal for gaining insight into your current footprint.
More importantly, you will also find out what is the best thing to do if you want to work on sustainability effectively.
Nice inspiration for your carbon commitment!
- Step 2 - Make your carbon commitment
With your carbon commitment, you reduce your carbon footprint. Haven't decided which climate action to take to reduce your footprint? Check out the list below for inspiration.
- Take the bike and leave the car
- Finally buy that radiator foil for behind your heater
- Object to your contribution to the fossil industry at the Tax Office
- Join your local energy cooperative
- Shower for a month for a maximum of 2 minutes at a time (or even smarter, buy a fair showerhead )
- Eat vegetarian or vegan for a month
- Buy a share in Shell via Follow This
- Insulate your attic
- Take the bike or the train instead of the car or the plane next time you go on holiday
- Join a (green) political party
- Cook for a week with only seasonal vegetables from the neighbourhood
- Identify what in your work can be done in a more climate-friendly way (and make it happen)
- Don't buy new stuff for a month, and if you do buy only second-hand
- Join the climate march on 19 June
- Share an article about the climate on your social media every week
- Organise an energy masterclass at a secondary school
- Have a climate conversation with 5 people around you
- Donate to an organisation that fights climate change
Got enough ideas for reducing your own footprint? Share with us your carbon commitment.
- Step 3 - Compensate your own emissions
In addition to making a carbon commitment, we hope that at least 50% of the participants will also offset their own annual emissions, so that together we can make a real impact. Will you join us?
We have selected three high-impact projects. You choose the number of tonnes you want to compensate and your project. You pay Cycling 4 Climate and two weeks after the Climate Classic we will announce the final score and transfer the money to the respective projects.
More trees with Trees for All
€16 per tonne CO2
As a foundation, Trees for All has been committed to a forest-rich world for more than 22 years. Trees for All's mission is to restore existing forests and plant new forests worldwide.
In this project, trees are planted in the Arbolivia project in Bolivia. Trees for All has been planting indigenous tree species here since 2008. The project helps farmers to use their land in a sustainable and climate-friendly way. More than 1,100 farmers have now joined the project.
Clean cooking with biogas in India
€19 per tonne CO2
FairClimateFund, a social enterprise, has been demonstrating since 2009 that the CO₂ market can fairly and effectively benefit those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
This biogas project gives households in rural India access to a 100% sustainable and clean way of cooking. Cooking on biogas is better for health, climate and environment and saves households time and money.
More info about biogas in India
Buy and destroy CO2 rights
€80 per tonne CO2
Carbonkiller campaigns to tighten the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to make CO2 emissions more expensive and discourage them.
Via Carbonkiller you can also buy CO2 rights. These will then be destroyed and this CO2 can no longer be emitted by industry. The more people, companies and organisations buy CO2 rights, the more difficult it becomes for the mega-polluters to emit CO2. Simple isn't it?
Current price for CO2 in the ETS system can be found here.

Making your carbon commitment & compensation

The carbon commitments & offsets made
Name | Participation | Commitment | Tons of CO2 Compensation |
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Carolien | cyclist | Reduced gas consumption by on-site heating through infra red panels. | 2.0 |
Babet | cyclist | No meat, minimal flying, no new stuff but second hand/repair first | |
Harry | supporter | less meat, more fish. | |
Henk | cyclist | Become a member of a green party | |
C4C rider | cyclist | Buying less stuff & cycling more | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Taking cold showers, taking the car less. buying less stuff and less fish/meat | 1.0 |
Mark - Hieroo Rotterdam | cyclist | I am going to install double glazing in my house, install a new central heating system and insulate my ceiling. | |
Bass | cyclist | More commuting by bike, more vegan and less flying | |
Martin Horstink | cyclist | I bought new bunds from JustDiggit, this will make deserts green again as the bunds will better hold the limited rainfall. And more green also means more stored CO2 | |
Maarten - Tensing | cyclist | I traded in my diesel car for an all-electric car. | |
Maurice | cyclist | house energy neutral | |
Jonas | supporter | stop consuming so much stuff | |
Talitha | supporter | Buying less stuff. | 4.0 |
J | supporter | Support for climate targets | 2.0 |
Robert | cyclist | Using less energy | |
Haiko | cyclist | Cold and reduced showering | |
Maarten Verkerk | cyclist | Continue with limited meat and fish; drive as little as possible; save energy at home; do not fly; switch from petrol to electric car | 1.0 |
Marc | cyclist | Eat less meat, buy more second-hand, and also travel long distances by train. | |
David Klein - Solfie | cyclist | Where & when I can talk about sustainability. (Make stickers to change place name signs to, for example, "Utrecht by the sea" (I've already done that). Get rid of the car & only travel by train, bike & electric shared car (already done). | |
Kirsten | cyclist | Eating less dairy | |
Maria van der Heijden | cyclist | 2 | 2.0 |
Bram | cyclist | Buying less stuff - even more second-hand - no gas - less dairy products | 2.5 |
Ernest de Groot (Water Natuurlijk) | cyclist | Cycle more, shower less, eat less meat, fly less | 2.0 |
Fenna | cyclist | Offer a car as a shared car, buy things only second-hand or refurbished | 3.7 |
Marleen | cyclist | I don't want to eat meat for a month & next year I want to buy few and only second-hand items and clothes. | |
Roos | cyclist | Shorter showers, less stuff, radiator foil | 2.0 |
Bicycle 2009 | cyclist | one week vegetarian per month, 16 year old boiler replaced by heating pump | 2.0 |
Ruud | cyclist | Buying less stuff. Keeping a carbon accounting system to rationalise my emissions. | |
Launch plan | cyclist | Have a climate conversation with 5 people | |
Jurgen | cyclist | Installing solar panels, less meat | 1.0 |
Gerben | cyclist | 2 | 2.0 |
Erik B | cyclist | Hybrid heat pump and more second-hand items instead of new ones | 13.0 |
Rick - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Make house more sustainable, e-car/e-bike and more to the repair shop | |
JackR | cyclist | shower head ordered | |
Tobias | cyclist | Buy less meat, dairy products, cycle more and take cold showers. | |
Michelle | cyclist | Electric car and less flying | |
Wimke | supporter | Taking the bike more often, taking a bath less often, eating less meat | 1.0 |
Wessel Hebing - Magnify | cyclist | Convince 10 people next year to actively reduce their footprint substantially | 4.8 |
Tessa | cyclist | Not to fly for the next 3 years | |
Tessa | cyclist | 1,9 | |
Andra Road | supporter | stop eating cheese and install a heat pump | 7.4 |
Daniel | cyclist | Cold showers and less meat/fish | |
Nikki | cyclist | Ice | |
Show | supporter | Generate as many kWh via solar energy as required for operation | 9.3 |
Tom | cyclist | More use toogoodtogo less waste | |
Thomas - EGEN | cyclist | Flying less | |
Rik | cyclist | 5 min shower instead of 10 minutes | |
Bram | cyclist | Only eat meat at the weekend | |
Ness Sequeira | cyclist | Buy less plastic package items. Offset some of my carbon through credits for what I can't reduce. | 15.0 |
Marjolein | cyclist | Solar panels, electric car, eat less or no meat, drink less cow's milk, give children a shower instead of a bath, if not necessary, don't fly. | 2.0 |
Egon Janssen - TNO | cyclist | flying less, making homes more sustainable and helping others to do so | 2.0 |
Annemarije Tillema - AH Team | cyclist | Showering for less time. Turn second car into a shared car. Deploy Energy Commissariat Gooi & Vecht, deploy NADO and above all, reduce your carbon footprint. | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eat less meat, cycle or work from home more often, take shorter showers. | |
Carola | cyclist | Buying local vegetables | |
RobSouth | cyclist | more by bike if possible. | |
European Climate Pact Ambassador | cyclist | I raise money and buy a seaweed CO2 compensation certificate to offset 250 kg of CO2 (125 euros) from The Seaweed Company. | |
Martine | supporter | Trade in two cars for a second-hand plug-in hybrid car, take less baths, cycle more, take colder showers, buy less products with plastic packaging, turn off lights at night, turn down heating | 1.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | I am not going to buy any new stuff or clothes for two months | |
Johan | cyclist | Possibility of eating meat only at weekends | |
Danny | cyclist | More train travel. Less stuff. Compensating more financially. Being more aware. | 2.0 |
Jisko Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | one month vegetarian plus thermostat at 18 | 1.0 |
Joris | cyclist | Less new stuff, more marketplace | |
Saskia | cyclist | Cycling to Portugal, planting a vegetable garden in our shared backyard, joining an energy cooperative, encouraging my landlord to get solar panels and insulating the walls. | |
Pim | cyclist | I compensate for all flights and driving kilometres, double by planting trees via threesforall and I buy less stuff | 0.0 |
RWS Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Eat less meat and cycle more | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eating more vegetarian | |
Max | cyclist | Do not fly, do not buy a car, do not eat meat, do not eat dairy products | 8.5 |
claire | cyclist | Jeans as second-hand as possible. | 12.0 |
Ward | cyclist | Vegetarian as much as possible, no separately packaged snacks, water instead of soft drinks, only things I really need, local products | 6.6 |
Remco | cyclist | Cycling to work more often (couldn't pick up after Corona) and driving less by car | 2.0 |
Dick | cyclist | Much less meat, more often by train and more financially compensated | 3.7 |
Herman | cyclist | within 2 years extra solar panels for my electric charging | |
Mel | cyclist | Making your house more sustainable and buying an electric car | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Cook for a month only with seasonal vegetables from the region. | |
Anonymous | cyclist | No more beef. As little other meat as possible and preferably chicken | 1.5 |
An Paridaen | supporter | I don't fly anymore, for short distances I take the bicycle, regularly the train instead of the car. We have been members of the local energy cooperative for 10 years. I shower minimally but often use flannels, I eat 90% vegan. I am already a member of the Party for the Animals. We have had a fruit and vegetable subscription for 30 years at a local organic farm. I buy as much as possible second-hand, including clothes. | |
Cas - Avineon | Tensing | cyclist | Eating even less meat and dairy products. Leaving the heating off as long as possible. | 1.0 |
25 | cyclist | 25 | |
Dolf | cyclist | day per week less meat and fish and more sustainable living | |
A | cyclist | No meat at all | |
Derk | supporter | Helping to initiate sustainability projects at work | 5.0 |
Emily | supporter | Buying less (plastic) packaging | 1.0 |
Marjon-Darel | supporter | Less car | 11.8 |
Ilse | cyclist | Shower for 3 minutes at a time for one month | |
Simon Jan | cyclist | Driving electric instead of the petrol pool car | |
Fran | cyclist | This year our 1898 house will have solar panels, double glazing with monumental glass, floor and ceiling insulation. And I only use plastic-free toiletries and have bought a filter for microplastics for the washing machine. | 1.0 |
Steffi | cyclist | Making my house as climate-friendly as possible: green roof, disconnection of rainwater and soon solar panels | |
Jeroen | cyclist | To go by bike or public transport whenever possible instead of by car. To start the Cycling4Climate bike ride, come to the start by bike. | |
Pim | cyclist | Buying durable and second-hand stuff and using it for as long as possible. Then give it to people who can use it after me. | |
Sabine - BlueCity | cyclist | Reduce to 0.8: cycling holidays, eating meat less than once a week, driving less | |
Jochem | cyclist | Become a member of rijne-energy for sustainable energy for the city of Utrecht | |
Fred Nijland | cyclist | Only cold showers | |
Hidden Impact Ambassador | supporter | I want to make sure Babette's book is translated | 0.5 |
Jeroen | cyclist | Going electric from September | |
Roel - myBrand | cyclist | To make my home more sustainable by purchasing a heat pump in addition to the 39 solar panels (which are already in place) and thus being able to do without fossil fuels. | 1.0 |
KNMI participant | cyclist | solar panels, less milk products | |
Arie - Hieroo | cyclist | Showering for less time and, if I do fly (max. once in 2 years), not changing planes | 3.0 |
Eva Wetterskip Fryslân | cyclist | Taking the train on holiday to Austria. Coming out of the closet more as a flexitarian. Talk more about climate change and environmental impact. Taking the train to visit girlfriends in Utrecht more often. | 0.5 |
bram | cyclist | eating less meat | 1.0 |
Tensing | cyclist | Reducing flight and car kilometres for holidays. Preference for train or destinations close(er) to home. | 1.0 |
Jan | cyclist | I am installing solar panels on my roof | |
Corné - Avineon | Tensing | cyclist | buy second-hand more often, go on holiday by train, use the bicycle instead of the car and buy a water-saving shower head 😉 | 1.0 |
Stefan | cyclist | Showering less, buying sustainable clothing and going on holiday by train | |
Robbert | cyclist | I will travel less by car and plane (switch to electric bicycle and train) and when buying things will consider whether they are necessary or can be done 2nd hand. | |
Monique | cyclist | Spend half less on stuff and drive half less | 2.0 |
Jeroen | cyclist | In addition to solar PV, I'm going to look into a hybrid heat pump. I also want to make my family and neighbours more aware. | |
Wouter - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Buying less stuff, that's a clear result. Other than that, fortunately, things are not bad. | |
econic | cyclist | We will accelerate the reduction of econic's own Co2 footprint | |
La Gro Geelkerken Lawyers | cyclist | We offset the total emissions of our team members for two years with a donation to Trees for All. In addition, as an organisation we are taking steps towards more sustainable and climate-friendly operations in all areas. On an individual level, too, we are looking at what we can do better and engaging in dialogue. | 93.8 |
Ties | cyclist | Eat less cheese, insulate your house more | 1.0 |
Menno | cyclist | Use the bicycle and/or public transport more often and invest in PV | 0.0 |
Alain Heunen | supporter | Vegetarian forever | 2.0 |
joep | cyclist | add solar panels | |
Simon | cyclist | Making your house more sustainable | |
EBN | cyclist | Buying less stuff and when I do buy something 2nd hand | 1.0 |
Len | cyclist | insulate flat roof, cycle more to work, lower the stove (even more), eat less meat | 3.0 |
Sam | cyclist | showering shorter, 100% vegetarian, vegan once a week, member of green political party | |
Evelien | cyclist | Taking the train on holiday this summer, eating less cheese, learning about seasonal vegetables and starting your own vegetable garden, understanding what stuff I buy (besides normal groceries) and taking action on this to reduce (emissions), trying to buy more locally with groceries, giving all the presents I buy for people sustainable visibility. | |
Rene | cyclist | Cycling to work, no air travel, almost no meat | 2.0 |
Ahold | cyclist | I drive electric and want to drive fewer kilometres. | 2.0 |
Frank | cyclist | Buying fewer devices | |
Geert-Jan | cyclist | Do some more insulation work on our house and reduce flying holidays | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Less travel | |
Peter | cyclist | petrol car out the door, shorter showers | |
Jamie | cyclist | Buy second-hand more often, talk to others about alternative travel options and start putting together meals with local seasonal produce. | |
Peter | cyclist | electric driving, house insulation/heat pump and only local food | |
Lotte | cyclist | Use fewer devices and fly less whenever possible | |
Tessa | cyclist | Lobbying my employer (2500 employees) to use the train instead of flying | |
Pleuni | supporter | I will eat more local seasonal vegetables | 2.0 |
Dave - Avineon | Tensing | cyclist | Flying less and eating vegetarian more often. Charge electric cars as much as possible with our own power from solar panels. | 1.0 |
KNMI - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Eat less meat and cycle to work (even more) | |
Gerard | cyclist | Replacement of all double glazing with HR++ | |
Louis | cyclist | Eat no meat, go to work by bike | |
M | cyclist | Eating plant-based food for a month | |
Arjan | cyclist | Installing solar panels | 1.0 |
René | cyclist | Eating less meat | |
Vincent | cyclist | Only necessary things to buy. | |
Timon - Antea Group | cyclist | Only buy things if you really need them | 2.0 |
Rubert | cyclist | interrail on holiday and eat 80% less meat | 1.0 |
Doobi loobi | cyclist | Create meals with seasonal vegetables | |
Job | cyclist | make vegetarian food the norm, take the train as much as possible instead of flying, buy second-hand goods instead of ordering new ones. | 3.0 |
Fabian | cyclist | Showering for less time | |
Mirjam | cyclist | Eating less meat and buying new things | |
Ramon | cyclist | Buying less new and more second-hand. Where possible, ride with colleagues | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Buy as much (cycling equipment) second-hand as possible | |
Eric van den Broek | cyclist | Driving fully electric, flying less/train more and making homes more sustainable | |
Per Verzaal C4C | cyclist | Buying 50% less stuff, moving to a tiny house and more cycling, less car! | 2.0 |
Thomas | cyclist | Not buying a new bike | |
Koen - Volantis | cyclist | Cycle to work more often | 0.0 |
Silke - EBN | cyclist | I am going to eat vegan (instead of vegetarian) 50% of the days again | 1.0 |
Wouter | cyclist | eat more plant-based and regional food, make your home more sustainable, buy second-hand goods more often | 1.0 |
Gerbrand | cyclist | Heat pump and solar panels, cycling more often and taking shorter showers. | |
Rob | cyclist | This year, try to find clothes second-hand first of all. | |
Robbert | cyclist | Buy more second-hand items, cut down on dairy products. | |
Remko | cyclist | Time for an electric car. More OV and renew glass of house to HR++ | |
Michiel | cyclist | Trying to cycle as much as possible, taking shorter showers, eating seasonal vegetables | |
Patrick | cyclist | Finally buy that water-saving shower head! Eat less meat, cycle more often. | |
Saskia | supporter | I will become a member of the Utrecht Rijne Energie cooperative and invest in the energy park of our city! | |
Private | cyclist | Solar panels, solar water heater, very short showers, free | |
Bart | cyclist | I am going to substantially reduce my gas and electricity consumption by installing solar panels | 8.9 |
Luc | cyclist | Less flying, less meat | |
Hanneke | cyclist | More consumerist and second-hand, meat max 2 times a week, no car for all appointments within 10 km around home/train station and take the bike | |
Sander Kok | cyclist | Buy no new stuff for a month and only second-hand if you have to | |
Anonymous | supporter | Buy more second-hand clothes | |
Bogie | cyclist | Cold shower | |
Gerard van Veen | cyclist | More cycling to work, eating less meat. | 1.0 |
MVO Netherlands | cyclist | I am putting solar panels on my roof this year | |
Van der Wal Transport | cyclist | Buying less unnecessary stuff and if you do then 2nd hand as preferred option. Even more the train and / or close by as a starting point for holidays | 0.4 |
Maud - Invest-NL | cyclist | Few clothes, and only 2nd hand clothes and things | |
torben | cyclist | I buy less stuff and more second-hand, especially for my children. | 2.0 |
Anique | cyclist | Buying more second-hand items, taking shorter showers, trying to eat more vegan food, going on holiday by train | 1.0 |
Tom van Rest - Anexo Energy | cyclist | 3 | |
peter nzv | cyclist | buying less unnecessary things | |
Jan | cyclist | Eating less dairy | |
Vincent | cyclist | No more aeroplane holidays and making the transition to veganism | |
Brecht | cyclist | Continue to watch my footprint and especially increase my handprint. As many people as possible to the "one planet liestyle". | |
Koen - KWDRM | cyclist | Making the home more sustainable | 0.6 |
Max - ANB | cyclist | I want to further reduce the energy consumption of my home (now also solar panels), eat less meat and use the bicycle for all journeys where possible. | |
Iris | cyclist | Shorter showers, buying less stuff or second-hand if possible and eating less dairy products | 2.0 |
Ben Cycling4Climate | cyclist | install radiator foil, insulate better. cycle more, wash less, do not use tumble dryer more | |
Thijs | cyclist | Buy 2nd hand furniture, and 2nd hand clothes where possible | |
paulien | cyclist | making my house more sustainable with a heat pump | |
Water Board Brabantse Delta | cyclist | Making your home more sustainable and purchasing an electric car | |
Roel | cyclist | buy sustainable products, less meat, more ov | 2.0 |
Robin Quax | cyclist | Cut back on dairy, replace boiler for heat pump, have more climate talks with people around me | 4.1 |
Menno - Bright Cape | cyclist | Use electrical appliances more consciously (switch off instead of standby), eat (even) less meat | 2.1 |
MJ | cyclist | Cycling holidays, showering for 2 minutes at a time and, in the long term, becoming a member of a green political party. | |
Smit | cyclist | Eat only local seasonal vegetables for a week. | |
anonymous | cyclist | cooking with local vegetables for a month | |
Anonymous | supporter | More cycling and less meat | |
Kenly Francisca - Tensing | cyclist | Cycle more often and insulate your house further | |
anonymous | cyclist | improve house | |
Anonymous | supporter | Shorter showering | |
Labrador Sem | supporter | Less meat | 1.0 |
Martin | cyclist | Sell 1 car, fly less, use bike more, eat less meat. | |
Arjen Meurs | cyclist | Using less plastic packaging material | 3.0 |
Maikel | cyclist | Insulate our roof and fly less | 5.0 |
Iris | cyclist | Buy durable or second-hand clothes, buy solar panels. | |
Har | cyclist | buy less, trade in hybrid for full electric over time | |
Sustainable Cyclist | cyclist | Less meat, more conscious dairy and sustainable home cultivation! | |
- | cyclist | eating less meat and giving things a second life | |
Joost | supporter | I sincerely want to fly less! | 1.6 |
Jeroen C4C | cyclist | solar collectors, driving less, second-hand clothes | |
anonymous | supporter | Take shorter showers and buy a water-saving shower head | |
Cyclist | cyclist | Shorter showers and more dairy products | 2.3 |
KNMI - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | install radiator foil, eat even less meat | 0.0 |
Yvet | cyclist | A month of not buying new things and a month of eating vegan. | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Take the train more often | |
Ross | cyclist | sell a car, only have 1 for my family and use my bike instead | |
Mark | cyclist | Further insulation of the house & shorter showering time | |
Deloitte | cyclist | Consuming more consciously (clothing, food in plastic) | |
Wetterskip Fryslân | cyclist | Doing most of the shopping by bike and not always taking the car for convenience. | |
Hanneke | cyclist | Cook for a month with only seasonal vegetables | 2.0 |
Hans de Vries | cyclist | Whenever possible I leave the car, and go on my bicycle as much as possible | |
Annemieke | cyclist | Going on holiday by train. Eating only seasonal vegetables and fruit | 2.0 |
J. van Rijen Wetterskip Fryslan | cyclist | cycling instead of taking the car; no more flying for holidays | |
Mats | cyclist | Use the bicycle more often instead of the car, take shorter showers, eat less meat | 0.5 |
Sander - Waterschap Brabantse Delta | cyclist | Eat less meat and fish. | |
Lotje | cyclist | Buy as little stuff as possible, second-hand if really necessary. Even less meat and dairy | 0.5 |
Rogier | cyclist | Last year, I started to sail much closer to the wind (YTD: gas = -40%, electricity = -15%), partly due to my participation in the CC last year. This has raised my awareness enormously. I would like to inspire other people to review their choices. Personally, I look at when I can best invest in big changes: Solar panels, EV etc. | |
AK | cyclist | Commuting only by public transport | |
Kim Hermans, Ministry of Economic Affairs | cyclist | Less dairy, more second-hand clothes | 1.1 |
look | cyclist | take the bike more often | |
Jeanke | cyclist | Less meat, less heating, more cycling | |
Milgro | cyclist | 1) Shower 25% shorter + finish cold, 2) Commute: leave electric car at home more often - cycle even more | |
Sebastiaan | cyclist | Use less energy, install solar panels. | |
Vera - Cycling 4 Climate Rijkswaterstaat Lelystad | cyclist | using the car less, installing solar panels | |
Marjolein | cyclist | Buy an electric car and have a heat pump installed. | |
national cycling team | cyclist | meat maximum 2 days a week and small trips by bicycle or public transport | |
Marc | cyclist | Don't fly next year. Max 5 minutes shower | |
Hanneke | cyclist | I cycle as much as possible, consciously eat less meat and fish. I try to be more conscious about this and to make it a subject of discussion. | 2.0 |
KNMI | cyclist | Drive less, fly less, lower the thermostat by one degree | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eat no more meat | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Installing solar panels | |
Rolf ter Bekke | cyclist | House sustainability, less car use and less meat | |
Simon | supporter | donate to a good cause | 2.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Applying radiator foil | |
M | cyclist | apply radiator foil in my house | |
Eline | cyclist | Taking the train on holiday | |
Joris | cyclist | Making the house more sustainable! Convincing others that with a jumper, extra blanket, thermo or hat, they can do without heating in winter! | 0.6 |
Tessa | cyclist | eating less meat | 2.0 |
Frank | cyclist | House preservation, less dairy | |
Wheeler 2022 | cyclist | More bicycles, less meat and making your home energy neutral within three years. | |
Wendela | cyclist | consume less meat, dairy and new stuff | |
Cathy | supporter | More bicycles | 1.0 |
Sophie, supporter of Kim | supporter | Solar panels | 1.0 |
Jeroen | cyclist | More carpooling with colleagues from the same region | |
Max | cyclist | Heat pump | |
Joost | cyclist | Less meat and dairy | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Solar panels on the roof supplement the annual requirement including electricity for the electric lease car. | |
bram | cyclist | Leave the car at home more often, save water, reduce gas consumption. | |
Maroc | cyclist | purchase of a heat pump and eating less meat | |
Sten | cyclist | I will insulate my house this year to reduce my gas consumption | |
Jeroen - Sia Partners | cyclist | More cycling, shorter showers | 7.0 |
Maurits | cyclist | Eating even less meat and dairy | |
Jappe | cyclist | Making house more sustainable by installing solar panels and heat pump | |
Anonymous | cyclist | cycle more to work and generate more (solar) energy | |
Remco Lots | cyclist | buying less (new) stuff | |
jens | cyclist | fly less | |
Mars | cyclist | no flying holidays! | 5.6 |
Rik | cyclist | Eat less meat, make your home gas-free, take the train on holiday, keep driving electric | |
Sem | cyclist | take the car less often to go cycling | |
anonymous | cyclist | take the bike | |
Thijs | cyclist | Cycling whenever possible, weather or no weather. Eat half less meat. Train instead of plane, if accessibility permits. | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Shorter showers | 1.0 |
Ludo | cyclist | Limit meat per week and buy more second-hand items | |
Feiko | cyclist | Buying less stuff and eating less meat. | |
Mark | cyclist | Riding more bikes. Buying less stuff. | 1.0 |
Cyclone | cyclist | Buy more 2nd hand items | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Buying second-hand and more durable items | |
C4C Arcadis | cyclist | Eat less meat and ride your bike more often instead of your car | |
Sander | cyclist | Use public transport instead of the car, eat less beef products | |
Bass | cyclist | Take the bike or the train instead of the car or the plane next time you go on holiday | |
Emma | cyclist | Now for real: solar panels | |
Rotterdam | cyclist | Commuting by bike, eating less meat and fish | |
Edward | cyclist | I will drive even less and eat less meat | |
Rens | cyclist | try to buy some second-hand clothes | |
anonymous | cyclist | less to the office | |
Maurits | cyclist | 2.1 | |
Eva | cyclist | I now need 1.1 earth. I am going to 1 earth level. | 1.0 |
Wouter | cyclist | Shorter showering | |
Wilma | cyclist | I make my house more sustainable and cycle at least 10,000 km per year | 3.0 |
Jaap | cyclist | Commuting by bicycle and no longer using the car for short distances | |
Mark C4C | cyclist | I will take shorter showers and ride my bike more often! | |
Ian | cyclist | Eating less meat, being more effective with things/clothes | 2.0 |
Ivo | cyclist | Replacing dairy with vegetable alternatives as much as possible, buying fewer and more conscious things, more second-hand items instead of new, talking to my environment about the impact of our behaviour on the climate. | 1.0 |
Jasper | cyclist | Buy less stuff, more when second-hand. | 2.0 |
r | cyclist | more second-hand items | |
Veronique | cyclist | I will eat less meat | |
Marianne | cyclist | I will not buy any new clothes or stuff for a month. Furthermore, I am going on a bicycle holiday and I am going to have a climate discussion with 5 people in my neighbourhood! | 1.0 |
Ton-Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | take the bicycle | |
Arjen | cyclist | Flying less next year | |
John - Climate Neutral Group | cyclist | Do not fly for short holidays | |
Niels | cyclist | My car is already gone. Eating more locally produced food. | |
Paul - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | On your bike to work! | |
anonymous | cyclist | electric car, solar panels, less dairy and meat | |
Robin | cyclist | No more flying for holidays | 2.0 |
SMT | cyclist | next car no diesel, and more often on the bike to work. | |
Jules (C4C) | cyclist | Buy a new/larger set of solar cells. | |
Paul C4C | cyclist | Consuming less meat and dairy and more attention to sustainable investments through social media | 4.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Solar panels, next an electric car and more bicycles | |
AH | cyclist | Minimise consumption of meat and car kilometres | 5.0 |
Erik | cyclist | Stop buying things you do NOT need | |
Ernesto | cyclist | Get rid of the car and share the electricity | |
Mark | cyclist | Buying less stuff | 1.0 |
Annelieke | cyclist | Buy more second-hand, use less dairy | 8.0 |
Roos | cyclist | Eat less cheese & cottage cheese, glue radiator foil, be economical with electrical appliances | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Leaving the car at home more often and trying more vegetarian dishes. | |
Rens - Alliander C4C | cyclist | meat maximum 1 time per week | |
Sjoerd | cyclist | Buy less stuff (and no unnecessary/too cheap stuff), cycle more and eat less meat | 0.5 |
Sjoerd - Alliander | cyclist | I go on holiday by train. I will mostly choose vegetarian and vegan alternatives in my diet. I will try to reduce consumption, especially when it comes to very polluting products, such as electronics | |
Bart | cyclist | More bicycles | |
Julia | cyclist | Less meat and less car driving | |
Richard | cyclist | Better public transport so that people take the car even less or attractive bicycle plans. | |
Adriaan | cyclist | 0,1 | 1.0 |
WNZV | cyclist | as much as possible by bicycle, make the house more sustainable | |
Hedwig | cyclist | Sell my diesel camper | |
Anonymous | cyclist | More bike rides to work | |
Roger | cyclist | Use the car even less, be more critical when buying new things, take good care of the solar panels and keep the heating at a maximum of 19 degrees. | |
Erwin Mulder - econic | cyclist | Buying more second-hand, flying max. once every 2 years and eating less meat. In addition, we try to work, organise and live locally as much as possible. | 0.4 |
Liesse-Lotte | cyclist | Traveling more by train than by plane, buying second-hand products instead of new. | |
Jeroen | cyclist | Drive as little as possible, buy as little stuff as possible | |
Cornel | cyclist | Smaller living | |
Rutger | cyclist | Not buying a car for the next 5 years and continuing to do everything by bike/ov | |
Stan | cyclist | Consume as little as possible, put on clothes, don't eat meat, drive electric, inspire others to do the same. | |
Ronald | cyclist | electric car powered by its own solar panels | 1.5 |
Harmen - Neptune Energy | cyclist | Improve house insulation (window frames, HR++ glass). Reduce spending in all areas (gear, fish, car) | 11.0 |
Marloes | cyclist | Less meat, making your house more sustainable and taking shorter showers | 1.0 |
Marianne | cyclist | Buying less & more conscious stuff, more often second hand and more durable/recycled materials. Keeping the heating down in winter. | |
Paul | cyclist | Travel by public transport or bicycle as much as possible! | 0.2 |
Levien | cyclist | reduce energy consumption at home, less car, more bicycle | 4.0 |
- | cyclist | Cycle to work more often | |
Sjoerd | cyclist | eat less meat and buy less stuff and clothes, at least be more aware of this | |
Suzan | cyclist | Make vegan/vegetarian dishes more often | 1.0 |
Bente | cyclist | Basing my meals on local seasonal vegetables, cooking more often vegan and this holiday taking the train + an electric car hire | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eating less meat and buying less stuff | |
TNO - French | cyclist | Solar panels, here they come! (as soon as they can be delivered) | |
KvR | cyclist | I am going to cycle to the cycling4climate start! I will also leave my car at home on the next holiday and go bikepacking. | 1.0 |
Jachu | cyclist | Eat vegetarian or vegan for a month | |
Koppie | cyclist | More cycling and less meat. | 1.5 |
Tieme | cyclist | thinking about buying things, insulating the house and not flying | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eating less meat and leaving the car at home more often | |
Yvo | cyclist | looking for heat leaks in the home and fixing them | |
Rik | cyclist | Limited dairy & one return flight in 2022 | |
Danny | cyclist | no meat, no flying | |
Wim | cyclist | shower briefly and cold, avoid (plastic) packaging as much as possible | |
Fred | cyclist | 1 | |
Rik | cyclist | Buying less stuff, and if necessary looking at second-hand items first. Looking for a replacement for the bowl of cottage cheese | |
Rob, Greenchoice | cyclist | 2 x by bike to work | 1.0 |
Roel | cyclist | Meat and travel to the office by train no more than twice a week | |
Aldert - BNP Paribas/ Change Inc. | cyclist | No meat. Limited dairy. No flying holiday in 2022. | 6.2 |
Sterre | cyclist | Cut my dairy consumption in half and never go to the office by car again | |
Rebel | cyclist | For things (mainly electronics and clothing) the priority is now as follows: 1) second-hand, 2) refurbished and if that is not possible 3) new, but also preferably with recycled content. | 1.0 |
Koen - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Reduce my footprint by 25% and also make my children aware of their impact. | 2.0 |
Jacqueline | cyclist | I will continue to eat less meat and borrow the garmin this year. We will not heat the swimming pool this year and I will not fly but take the train! | 2.0 |
Meije | cyclist | Cycle more, use less gas, eat home grown vegetables | |
Paul - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Postpone replacing things, see if I can get it repaired, eat less meat, fish and dairy | 5.0 |
Mark | supporter | Working hard on the energy transition through the two energy cooperatives I co-manage. | 4.0 |
Daniëlle | cyclist | Eat vegetarian or vegan for a month | |
Roel | cyclist | Driving less. More cycling. | |
Marcel | cyclist | Less car mileage, less packaging material, less meat | |
- | cyclist | On holiday in NL | |
Robert | cyclist | Postpone replacement items longer | |
Noortje | cyclist | Replace at least 1 planned holiday by plane with train, bicycle or the like | 1.0 |
Wim | cyclist | Take the bike or the train instead of the car or the plane next time you go on holiday | |
Jelmer | cyclist | further insulation of the house | |
Sanderb | cyclist | Less no meat, less car more train bike, degree 19 in house and recycling | |
APPM | cyclist | Never fly again | |
Yvonne | cyclist | No more flying, less water consumption | 2.0 |
Jente - Rijkswaterstaat | cyclist | I will take the train next holiday and work more from home to reduce my ov footprint. | |
Peter | cyclist | Less meat and pure, more cycling, less car and more train | 2.0 |
Michel | cyclist | More solar panels, eating less meat and using bicycles more instead of cars | 7.0 |
Stefan | cyclist | When buying things, I first look for second-hand and if that is not available I only go for new purchases | |
Bernadet - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | food locally as much as possible (Herenboeren), solar panels and insulation in new house, less showering, less plastic, more second-hand clothes | |
Guido van der Gracht | cyclist | Eating less meat, buying less stuff | 1.0 |
Jaap | cyclist | Trade in two houses for one; take the train instead of the plane; cycle more often instead of the car; be more critical about whether I really need certain purchases and if so, buy more used or refurbished | |
Klaas - Arcadis | cyclist | Shareholding in oil companies via Follow this; as many groceries as possible via Pieter Pot; never fly again (hopefully) | 3.7 |
Marco | cyclist | consume less, dairy less, consider more second-hand, try not to fly and drive even less car | |
Joost | cyclist | Consume less, drive less, eat less meat, enjoy more | 3.1 |
Jacco | cyclist | cycle more often, install more solar panels | |
Paul | cyclist | Solar panels, more insulation in the home, more use of bicycles to work | |
J | cyclist | Avoid the car as much as possible. Use no plastic and grow your own vegetables. | |
Ruurd - C4C | cyclist | Use bicycles for half of the commute, cook more from your own garden, improve energy-saving measures in the home | |
Gerrit | cyclist | Solar panels, heat pump, cycling to work | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eat less meat, insulate house better | |
C4C | cyclist | more vega(n), more bicycle | |
Loes | cyclist | Taking solar panels, taking shorter showers and cold showers as much as possible, buying less stuff | 1.0 |
sofie | cyclist | Shorter showers, more second-hand goods, less plastic, more local and seasonal food. | |
Juan greenchoice | cyclist | Less plastic, slightly shorter shower | |
Martin - Movares | cyclist | Less meat, less tiles in the garden, more rainwater harvesting, consumerism | 2.5 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Eating less fish and cycling instead of taking the car. | |
Annemarie - Holland Property Plaza | cyclist | No meat, avoid plastic packaging if possible, buy less clothes, move to an energy neutral house | 14.8 |
Michiel | cyclist | preserve your home, more second-hand clothes, more vegetables. | |
Bram | cyclist | Realise solar panels and eat more of my own meat. After all, I am a hunter. | |
KNMI | cyclist | Car gone, switch to electric shared car | 10.0 |
Arnaud | cyclist | Vegetarian food for a month (and shorter showers and more frequent public transport) | 3.0 |
Jasper | cyclist | Making my house more sustainable with a heat pump (= ordered), travelling less by car (especially holidays less far). Family visits by train | 2.0 |
[email protected] | cyclist | More cycling, shorter showers | |
Diederik - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Installing solar panels. Eating smaller portions of meat. Making children aware. | |
Marijn | cyclist | Take shorter showers, insulate the house more and buy fewer clothes | |
Estelle - Waterschap Brabantse Delta | cyclist | More on the bike to work. I can prevent the most emissions with this. In addition, when buying things, think more often "do I really need it". | |
Mirthe | cyclist | Meat-free weeks. Better insulation of houses. | |
Wilbert | cyclist | drive less car (less km, more economical), eat less meat, less stuff | |
Merel | cyclist | Insulate house, eat less meat | |
Michel | cyclist | Fewer car kilometres, more use of public transport, continue to make house more sustainable | 1.0 |
Jeroen Vanson - Greenchoice Business Team | cyclist | To myself: only buy refurbished electronics. To others: showing them around our A++ 30s house, explaining how nice shared transport is instead of owning a car and continuing to explain to others why I haven't flown in 5 years (and am still alive). Holidays by bike, shared car or train are also great! | 3.0 |
Jeroen | cyclist | Taking the bike to the office more often and paying attention to small and obvious changes in behaviour. Think less often of meat products/cheese on bread. Don't buy plastic bags, but take reusable ones with you from home. Compensate for packages online if they are offered. | 0.0 |
Wouter | cyclist | No flying, less travelling for work (working at home) and eating less meat with the family | |
Nancy | cyclist | De-cluttering, buying a heat pump (already ordered), travelling by car less and by train more. | 2.0 |
Michiel | cyclist | By 2022, don't get on a plane, don't drive if you don't have to, shower for a maximum of five minutes a day and turn down the heating when winter comes. | 1.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Buying less stuff and using the bicycle in my hometown | 2.0 |
Paul - C4C - HPBike | cyclist | Buy less stuff and cycle more | 12.0 |
M | cyclist | Bathing less often, less water. More vegan food instead of veg now | |
Lutske | cyclist | Floor insulation, cavity wall insulation, eating even less organic meat and buying less stuff | |
Martijn | cyclist | Eat plant-based food more often, buy less, go from a to b more consciously | |
Martijn | cyclist | Engage more often in climate conversation with others. | 3.0 |
Municipality of Rotterdam | cyclist | This year I will be going on holiday by train and boat instead of flying. And energetically continuing and strengthening the Circular programme from the city of Rotterdam | |
Vince | cyclist | Trying to eat vegan for a month, buying more second-hand items (marketplace, vinted), limiting flying to one return trip a year, taking shorter and colder showers. | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Buy less stuff/share more often | |
Anonymous | supporter | No meat no meat products no fish no cheese | |
Karlijn | supporter | Make new house energy-neutral. One car gone and replaced by bicycle, public transport, sharing concept. Less meat, (even) less stuff | 6.1 |
Harry Waterschap Brabantse Delta | cyclist | environmentally friendly festivals roof insulation solar panels | |
Freek | cyclist | Entire house has new window frames and double glazing | |
Marloes | cyclist | go electric, meat or fish max 3 times a week and short trips by bike | |
Guido | cyclist | 1. Lay solar panels. 2. Visit schools and explain the climate change and its consequences | 1.0 |
Michiel | cyclist | arrange for radiator foil. Above all, this year I will again stick to taking short showers, not eating meat, not having a car and flying a maximum of once. | |
Mirella | cyclist | Taking the bike instead of the car even more often, eating 1/3 less meat and buying even less new stuff. | 4.0 |
Haye | cyclist | After meat, it's now the turn of dairy, our guilty pleasure at home. In addition, I want to replace window frames as an insulation measure and upgrade our house with a hybrid heat pump. Oh, and working even harder to reduce the number of cars. | |
Ton van Gorp - WBD | cyclist | Lay solar panels | |
Ferdinand | cyclist | Eat less meat, but better quality meat. | |
Alfred | cyclist | additional solar panels and heat pump | |
Jeroen | cyclist | Visit schools and explain the consequences of climate change. | |
Shaun - Suitcase | cyclist | Purchasing solar panels | 3.0 |
- | cyclist | Bike instead of metro, and train instead of flying | 1.0 |
Cyclist | cyclist | Eating less meat and fish | |
Jochem | cyclist | Offsetting CO2 by planting trees through trees for all | 7.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Reducing travel miles: fly less and work more from home | |
Renz - Greenchoice | cyclist | Using public transport more often instead of the shared car | 4.0 |
Saskia | cyclist | Shorter showers, eating less meat, flying less and finally solar panels | |
Steffi - Waterschap Brabantse Delta | cyclist | Do as much as possible by bicycle | |
Melina | cyclist | more vegan and less km by car (difficult!) but switching to electric | |
Anonymous | cyclist | Try more vegan variants of, for example, cheese & insulate your house | |
Roland | cyclist | 2 | 4.0 |
Rutger | cyclist | Cycling instead of driving | 4.0 |
Eva | cyclist | I am already doing well in terms of my carbon emissions, so I want to motivate others to do something about it too: both people in my immediate surroundings and on a larger scale (government and companies) by taking action! | |
Esther | cyclist | Writing a thesis on sustainability and inspiring people. Continue to ask critical questions and possibly sell my bike. | |
Annelies Bax | cyclist | Inspire my environment in a positive way to live more sustainably | |
Anonymous | supporter | Eating less meat and maybe driving electric in the future | 3.0 |
Jan | cyclist | Shorter dock times, more seasonal vegetables and eating even less meat | |
Koen | cyclist | Make my new house (yet to be built) as energy-neutral as possible, until then commit to making the apartment building where I currently live more sustainable | 1.0 |
Building house | cyclist | Less stuff. Taking the bike instead of the train to work. Meat once a week. Not showering every day. | |
Water carrier | cyclist | No new stuff for a year, second-hand at most. Buying a heat pump. | 1.0 |
Floor | cyclist | Shorter showering | 4.1 |
Paulina | cyclist | Buy only second-hand stuff (as much as possible); do not fly; go on holidays by train; cycle rather than taking tram/bus/metro | |
Marijn | cyclist | Despite electric car on solar panels driving less | |
Hylke | cyclist | quarter long no new stuff, and otherwise where possible 2nd hand | 5.0 |
Martijn van der Vis | cyclist | I want to buy less stuff and travel less by car. If I buy stuff, more 2nd hand. | |
anonymous | cyclist | Flies | |
Lennart van der Burg | cyclist | As a municipal councillor, work towards an even more active climate policy | |
Ole | cyclist | No more flying but taking the train on holiday | |
Anonymous | cyclist | I do enough already | 1.0 |
Erik - APPM | cyclist | Never fly again | 3.0 |
Anonymous | cyclist | Taking the train on holiday | 2.6 |
Fons Janssen | cyclist | Raise €120 for climate-positive entrepreneurs in the Netherlands by ClimateCleanup | |
Paul | cyclist | No more flying within Europe (where possible) | |
Gijs | cyclist | Vega, second-hand & less stuff | 1.0 |
Martijn Platoon filling | cyclist | Remove tiles from the garden so that rainwater can enter the ground, place more greenery. Eat less meat | |
Igor - Cooperative Zuiderlicht | cyclist | More cooperative projects for A'dam energy co-op Zuiderlicht and fly less yourself | 22.0 |
David | cyclist | No more fossil fuel kilometres. Further reduction of gas consumption at home. Continue to work at home for 50%. Use plastic-free detergents. | |
Stephen | cyclist | Insulation of house, solar panels on VVE agenda | 6.7 |
Endurance cyclist | cyclist | Solar panels at last | |
uncouth | cyclist | No planes within Europe, more bicycles and trains! Eat less meat and shop more locally. | 3.0 |
Norbert | cyclist | eat (even) less meat and work (even) more at home | 2.0 |
Joke Koelewijn | cyclist | take a young person into the house, sharing our space + even more consistently take our own packaging to the shop | 2.0 |
Jens - AH | cyclist | Limit meat consumption to 1x per week | 8.1 |
Bram | cyclist | As far as possible, cycle to work. | |
Chickadee @C4C | cyclist | More bicycles instead of cars and more vegetable food | 5.6 |
Marieke - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | I will be cooking with seasonal vegetables for a month | 4.1 |
Samuel - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | Reduce packaging when shopping and buy second-hand furniture and appliances instead of new when furnishing my home. | 8.9 |
Master craftsman of C4C | cyclist | At least 150 new members for the Rijne Energie cooperative! (and no new clothes this year) | 10.0 |
Astrid - Central Events | supporter | I will cycle more often and halve my fish and meat consumption. | |
Petra - Cycling 4 Climate | cyclist | I will become a climate coach | 6.7 |